Interior designer Donna Moss is well known in Southlake and is a major player in both the Dallas and national home design scene. She was one of 10 designers selected from around the country to be on the first season of HGTV’s Design Star reality competition series, and after that she hosted her own HGTV show called Donna Decorates Dallas for two years, along with her co-stars, daughters Tiffany Moss Jenkins and Ashley Moss. Her whole family works together in creating and selling extraordinary, multi-million-dollar homes that are true showplaces as well as gracious and comfortable living spaces for families seeking “that something extra.”
Donna’s husband Paul Moss and their son Kyle Moss own Beckett Graham Luxury Homes. Their daughter Ashley is a real estate agent/broker, and daughter Tiffany co-owns Blow Your Mind Design with Donna, a boutique and interior design studio inside Blown Away Salons at 2112 E. Hwy. 114, which is also owned by Paul and Donna and is located at the intersection of 114 and Kimball in Southlake. Donna and Tiffany also own The Artist Salon, Southlake’s largest contemporary fine art gallery, located throughout the same building.
The Artist Salon is a collaboration with Dallas and Fort Worth artists and gallerists, and to keep it fresh, Donna brings in new galleries every year. This gives The Artist Salon a unique flavor and new perspective. This past year, Donna and Tiffany worked with artists Debra Ferrari and Deborah Hartigan, who brought in amazing artists and sculptures. In June a new artist, Christina Lynn, took over curating the gallery. Christina will not only be bringing in brilliant fine artists from around the nation, but will also introduce emerging talent for a wonderful blend of beauty and affordable luxury to the Southlake community.
The boutique features unique jewelry, fashion and gift ideas, as well as home décor and accessories. Donna previously operated a Colleyville boutique for about 10 years, and in her new location, she now holds events in conjunction with The Artist Salon.
“The wide, maze-like gallery corridors in our building create a perfect backdrop for showcasing fine art and the works of emerging artists,” Donna says. “The building is 10,000 sq. ft., and art is everywhere.”
The salon suites feature different businesses like aestheticians, brow and lash specialists, massage therapists, hair stylists and more.
Celebrating the new Carillon Parc dream home development benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
Blow Your Mind Design recently hosted a party with the builders of a new dream home neighborhood in Southlake’s exclusive Carillon Parc development, to raise funds benefitting the lifesaving work of St. Jude in finding cures and saving children.
For the first time ever, five luxury home builders - Atwood Custom Homes, Beckett Graham Luxury Homes, Heritage Homes, Kensington Custom Homes and Willow Tree Custom Homes - are coming together to create five dream homes, showcased side-by-side in this fundraising effort.
With their trade partners, vendors, suppliers and other campaign sponsors, the builders have committed to collectively raise at least $1 million for the children of St. Jude, and they are raising additional funds through events and the support of vendors donating materials.
Having been in the interior design business for over 30 years, Donna has designed and produced many show homes in Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and Las Vegas. In one show home she produced, Donna recruited and coordinated 30 designers, either partnering as a team or individually decorating their own space to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.
“I enjoy focusing on show homes, and it’s exciting to work on the St. Jude project,” Donna says. “It’s an incredible fundraising opportunity for the organization and represents the first time St. Jude has ever worked with five builders in one magnificent dream neighborhood.”
When completed, the public can tour these homes for several weeks prior to their sale. It’s expected that they will be ready to tour by spring 2025.
Donna and team are in talks to create a coffee table book for this project, with a percentage of the royalties going to St. Jude. The book will feature the dream home builders and designers, special features of their St. Jude houses, and other exquisite, custom homes they have created.
Each builder has selected a color theme for their home associated with a child from St. Jude (the Beckett Graham color is purple), and Unique Loom rug company is donating color-coordinated rugs for each home. Donna is also working with Haerfest Coffee company, to blend a special flavored coffee representing each builder’s color, that will be served during the home tours. Many others – like furniture, lighting, appliance companies and more – are also graciously participating in this project to help raise funds and awareness.
“At Beckett Graham Luxury Homes, our entire family works together to create fabulous homes with extraordinary interiors.” – Donna Moss