Photography by: Lance Selgo with Unique Exposure Photography

This vignette, designed by Horchow, shows off some of the great scores available for purchase.

Furniture lovers, take note. An especially alluring shopping event opens to the public this Saturday, April 14, in the Design District. Dwell With Dignity, a non-profit that helps furnish residencies for families transitioning out of homelessness, knows nesting treasure when it finds it. And by the looks of this month's pop-up furniture store, they've fully stocked the place with salivation-worthy inventory.

Vintage, designer and craftsman pieces reside cozily together in Dwell's showroom and will be marked down to fire-sale prices. You can snatch up your dream end table or sofa for a pittance and the money spent goes back into the community. Collectors and the severely under-decorated will want to shell the extra bucks for Thursday and Friday's preview events, which run from 6 to 9 p.m. and give private access to the stockpile and first-dibs rights on purchases.

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Welcome to 72 feet of organizational heaven!

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When local husband and wife duo Dylan and Pamela join forces, there's nothing they cannot accomplish. Take for instance the recent refurbishing of their trailer boutique, the Dowdy Studio Wagon. With only 72 square feet to play with, they were able to convert their space into a bright, welcoming retail shop -- take that, Ikea!

The Etsy vending team pop around town in their art wagon, spreading their hand crafted designs to Dallas' masses. Silk screened art, fun wooden jewelry and their staple, silk screened tee shirts with fun designs, like quirky animals or very bearded vikings, on soft stretchy material.Mmmmmm, so soft.

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Big Tex Monster Mash by Clay Stinnett

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Smoke and Mirrors Gallery is the type of space that you walk into and think "Am I still in Dallas?" Yes, ma'am you are. But it's easy to forget that when an oil painting of Big Tex is staring at you with laser-beam eyes. This cocoon of the peculiar nurtures the region's thriving primitive and outsider art scenes, similar to the role Webb Gallery has assumed in Waxahachie. It gives a platform for those sculptors and painters who chose a non-traditional path and allows them to showcase their work formally.

Smoke and Mirrors has just announced that they'll be hosting an open house next Wednesday, March 7. That's one week to say farewell to your innocent piggy bank before you're forced to smash it. You'll want that mad money more than some ceramic swine because at this party all of the art is marked down. That's right, it'll be a clearance sale on lowbrow goodies when work by Clay Stinnett, Brian Scott, Kevin Parmer, Nix Johnson and others gets marked down as much as 30 percent off. Some of Clay Stinnett's larger works will be available for as much as 50 percent off.

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Was $90, now $45

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The only thing better than a shopping success story is an autobiographical shopping success story. Welcome to mine. I popped into Dolly Python on my lunch break and heard them make the decision. Rather than bagging up all of those georgous coats and sweaters they are all marked down by 50%, effective immediately. Signs are not yet up, the racks are not yet pillaged -- it's all there for you to ravage.

That adorable cropped mink coat (above) had a ticket price of $90, so if you scoot fast you can get it for $45. It was just one of more than 50 fur coats that are now up for grabs. Hustle kids.

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Let's face it, Lula B's is Dallas' mecca for living room necessities. They've got all the basics covered, from a suspended round TV to a '70s disco light that flashes to the beat of the stereo it's connected to. While wandering the aisles of Lula B's West on a lazy Saturday, we discovered some chichi, but totally essential living room decor, and couldn't resist sharing our finds with our radtacular Mixmaster friends.

The first relic we stumbled across was a New Wave clock ashtray. Need to know the time and ash your cigarette all at once? No prob. The piece of '80s pop culture comes with a $15 price tag.

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KC created this beautiful media stand from a catalog photo, and for half the store's asking price.

​If there's one thing I love, it's a man who goes by his initials. If there's another thing I love it's anyone who will re-create Anthropologie furniture for a fraction of the price. I found both in a local woodworker named Khaki Caekaert. But you can all him K.C.

My path to K.C. began when I discovered this amazing chest of drawers on Anthropologie.com. The drawers from "Anthro" were on sale for $1,789 with an additional $300 for shipping. Ouch. Double ouch since my parents didn't leave me a furniture fund. Instead I just lusted after that reclaimed wood bitch for weeks until I had an idea -- why not ask a friend who's learning woodworking if he knew anyone that could make it for me? That lead me to K.C. who quoted me $800 for the entire piece -- design, wood, build, varnish, pulls, etc. Fortunately, I have a brain that works so I said, "Let's do this."

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IKEA says "Have friends or die alone."

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I made my first trip to the Frisco IKEA yesterday. In the course of my journey I saw families ripped apart, friendships tested and entirely too many things promising to solve my organizational dilemmas. Yes, I left disorientated with two carts of "AUSKS" and "FULKVIKS."

The problem with IKEA is that while you might enter a focused human fortified with a four item check list, you leave a shattered soul held together with weird wooden pegs and metric screws -- with a blue tarp of crap hanging over your shoulder and a brain that has entered screen-saver mode: mine froze on a picture of a monkey smashing cymbals together. I should have known better. There are some non-negotiable rules when entering the Swedish mega-plex, rules that I chose to ignore. Don't suffer my fate, be successful in your endeavor for organizational perfection with this simple guide.

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Goodies galore!

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What caught our eye with this one was the phrase: "bargain hunter's paradise." This Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. you can troll for treasures at The Gyspy Wagon Swap and Flea where more than 20 venders will encamp to peddle their best vintage, oddities and straight-up junk.

No crafts though, sorry. You'll have to find that dream-catcher/wine key somewhere else.

All real bargain hunters and grifters know that proper haggling requires cash -- the old fashioned folding kind, so you might plan in advance just in case you find that perfect pair of antique cowgirl boots. Wouldn't it be a shame to only have enough dough for one? You'd have to dance in circles.

Food trucks Trailercakes and Ruthie's Rolling Cafe will be on hand to feed you, the hungry pillager and keep you from making those famished hallucinatory shopping mishaps. So go forth and make Sunday a shopping success story that you'll retell for years to come. It all goes down at 2928 N. Henderson Avenue.

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This previously adored Louis Vuitton train case sparks exotic escape fantasies.

After all, it would only look better if fluffed out, filled with carefully selected frocks for an impassioned weekend getaway. Sure, you could use a smaller bag on a two-day pass, but why on earth would you? This massive soft-shelled crate allows for adventurous flexibility.

Shoes, scarves, sweaters, maps, and a blanket for a spontaneous sunset viewing? Honey, with this vintage carry-all, there's nothing that can't be included.

The tag is marked at $495, but it'll make you smile every time you see it in your closet. Or better, it will illuminate your entire face when it's at its best: sitting full, near the door, with your passport posed anxiously on top.

Scoot over to Lula B's East, at 2639 Main St. to snatch your treasure. Or call ahead, like a proper madam, and have it held. Reach them at 214-824-2185, until 7 p.m. every night.

Hello, Dolly! You must know that I'm nesting. Why else would you have such adorable trinkets for my home-based test kitchen?

​Is your kitchen underdone? Is your wet bar dry of inspiration? Dolly Python has you covered.

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