THE market

Beads Of Splendor

Bead Boutique & Gift Gallery

9047 Garland Rd. Dallas, TX 75218 214.824.2777 beadsofsplendor.com http://www.beadsofsplendor.com/

FOSSIL RIM’S MOTHER’S DAY SAFARI

Dinner and Tour 2299 County Road 2008 Glen Rose, Texas 76043

254.897.2960 fossilrim.org

Dutch Art Gallery

49 Years of Custom Framing & Fine Art

10233 E. Northwest Hwy Dallas, TX 75238 214-348-7350 dutchartgallery.net

“THE COMPUTER GUY”

Computer Repair

972.639.6413 stykidan@sbcglobal.net

Completing The Project

Even with a baby, now over a year old, the Neubauers continue to tweak and update their home.

“This year has been about adapting things to make the most out of the space,” Lilly says.

They just installed a skylight in the living room. To open up the space even more and avoid hazards for Heidi, they removed the coffee table altogether. Instead, they have an end table between the back of the sofa and the wall. Propped up on the table, and no doubt the first thing to catch any visitor’s eye, is a 5-by-5-foot canvas painting of iconic country singer George Jones by local artist Clay Stinnett.

Lilly had noticed the painting at the vintage oddities shop Dolly Python, and she couldn’t stop thinking about it. Soon after they adopted Heidi, Lilly decided to call Stinnett directly and ask if he could deliver the piece since she had her hands full.

Lilly’s mother visited the same day, opening the door to find in the liv- ing room Stinnett, a 6-foot-tall bearded, tattooed man, hanging a bizarre piece of art, while Heidi slept peacefully in her swing.

“She was probably thinking, ‘Yeah, she’s not evening out any time soon,’ ” Lilly says.

Much about the house still evokes a youthful abandon — the decorative mirror lined with colorful images of Mexican wrestlers; a hallway full of gig posters for The Old 97s, Cake and Rhett Miller; a typographical print by Ludwig Schwarz displayed in the dining area that reads, “They hate us for our free gum.”; and a sign in the kitchen meant to display the family name but customized to say “House of Keeping it Real.”

Parenthood has not stifled this couple’s eccentric tastes. If anything, it’s an extension of it. There is something special about two different people getting together and raising another person who is different from them, Lilly says.

“I think different is good.”