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Building 1
8719 KATY FREEWAY
HOUSTON, TX 77024
713.827.8087
Building 2
8731 KATY FREEWAY
HOUSTON, TX 77024
713.465.6405
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Holiday Trunk Shows & Tablescapes
Join us at MAI on Saturday, December 3, for a holiday event designed just for you. Fabulous trunk showings will be hosted in Building 2, featuring great holiday gifts for friends and loved ones on your list – and for you, too, of course! Building 1 will be hosting throughout the store numerous designer-created holiday tablescapes [...]
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A WINNING EVENING
Exclaiming, “I’ve never won anything before in my life,” MAI’s Grand Prize winner Paula Courtney has her friend — and loyal MAI customer — Jim Nicholas to thank for her $1,000 gift certificate. When the drawing for $1,000 and $500 MAI gift certificates was held at the front of the store, Paula was visiting [...]
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HAS IT BEEN 5 YEARS?
With MAI’s 5th Anniversary Open House just around the corner, we’ve been doing some reflecting at the store. Memories include our great customers (of course!), changing trends and timeless looks, and expanding to two more locations in our center. Here, some memories from the past five years… “I remember working at the front desk during [...]
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Sip and shop this week at MAI’s new Building 2!
We’ve been putting on the finishing touches at MAI’s new Building 2, located at 8731 Katy Freeway… And we’re having a Grand Opening this week! Come in Thursday through Saturday, October 13 – 15, 10 to 6, to enjoy champagne, chocolates and other treats, and be one of the first to see MAI’s newest exciting store. [...]
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Thrill of the hunt…
If your heart speeds up at the mere mention of Round Top, this is the week you’ve been waiting for! All of the antiques shows are already open — or will be opening in a few days — so now is the time to be heading west of Houston to Round Top. MAI [...]
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LOOKING IN AT MAI
Looking at these front windows, you just know that good things are in store at Memorial Antiques & Interiors. Antique bleached furniture and a new take on sunburst mirrors set the stage for a sculpture from Europe. Vintage iron gridwork frames a lucite lamp with linen shade. And reflections off the window can’t mask [...]
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It’s in the details…
You’ve heard this before, right? Seems it bears repeating, according to one of MAI’s dealers who has been decorating her new home. A few accessories from MAI are adding details that the new home needs. Decorative items shown here came from four different dealers at Memorial Antiques & Interiors.
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Mid-century and still hot!
Mention the name Milo Baughman, Jr., and designers and decorators with leanings toward mid-century modern will nod in recognition. Beginning in the 1940s, Milo Baughman designed for a great number of companies such as Henredon, the Design Institute America, Thayer Coggin, George Kovacs, Drexel, and many other leaders in the furniture industry. In fact, until his [...]
LOVING NEUTRALS, STILL!
Wherever we look, we’re finding that neutrals are still — perhaps even more so — being used to update today’s homes. Magazines, blogs, websites, and stores are featuring neutrals, naturals, and “green.” Neutrals update our spaces and can give us a feeling of calm and serenity, so welcome in today’s world. Bleached wood furniture is [...]
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Welcoming a new mid-century dealer!
Joining MAI this week is Houston mid-century dealer Troy Osborne. Osborne adds to the store’s growing mid-century inventory with unique and fun furniture and accessories. Osborne has been selling his special furniture and decor in the Houston area for 10+ years and has had loyal customers coming to his space at The Old Blue House [...]
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NEW DEALERS = NEW LOOKS AT MAI!
Memorial Antiques & Interiors is known as a great source for just the right looks in today’s interiors. And that continues with the addition of some new dealers… adding spaces that are fun, traditional, industrial, a little bit glitz, and (even) edgy. MAI welcomes Dallas antique dealer John Petty, who is also known at Marburger [...]
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