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Missy Allison & Harriette Allison Lucky Star Interior Design Services Interior Specialists: Concepts, Design, Decor, Vintage Reuse & Recycle Experts

By missya | Published: January 31, 2012

The “Retrovation” of Lone Pine’s Historic Dow Hotel: The Dow Hotel is proud to announce a plan to restore, renew and reclaim the charm of its roots! A full scale “retrovation” is underway that will highlight the hotels finest feature: its history. A return to classic simplicity will imbue the rooms of The Dow’s historic [...]

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Design and Decoration with The Lucky Star

By missya | Published: December 2, 2011

Last spring Lucky Star Interiors, Missy & Harriette Allison, had the good fortune to spend time in the High Sierra’s above our hometown in a charming spot where fishermen play, beautiful Cardinal Village Resort http://www.cardinalvillageresort.com/. The setting was magnificent, craggy granite above, groves of aspen below and the constancy of Bishop Creek’s babbling as the backdrop [...]

For the first time, award winning “Painted Ponies” is now available for private purchase

By missya | Published: October 3, 2011

For the first time since its Best of Show award designation from The Western Design Conference in 2009, designer Harriette Allison’s one-of-a-kind beauty, the chair known as “Painted Ponies,” is for sale. http://www.luckystargallery.com/shop/harriette-allison-painted-ponies-award-winning-chair-p-609.html Allison’s Best of Show win was notable for a number of reasons, at the time, she was the first woman designer to ever [...]

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Trunk Show at Desperados in Bend, OR 9/17

By missya | Published: September 12, 2011

Join us Saturday 9/17 12noon-5pm at Desperados in The Old Mill in Bend, Oregon 330 SW Powerhouse Drive Bend, OR 97701 http://www.desperadocouture.com/ See The Lucky Star Leather Collection http://www.luckystarleathercollection.com/ A line of handbags, wallets, belts and guitar straps designed by nationally recognized, award winning artist, Harriette Allison. With classic Hollywood cowboy style and vintage cowboy [...]

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Shipping Furniture

By missya | Published: September 2, 2011

Our new shipping relationship with Greyhound has us excited about being able to truck furniture all over the mainland US in a most economical way! No longer is it cost prohibitive to have our wonderful furnishings sent to you… just a trip to your nearest Greyhound station, and voila! Don’t fret about freight – the [...]

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SAMPLE SALE: Nevada Handmade & Handsome Belts

By missya | Published: June 10, 2011

All of our leather accessories and handcrafted goods are 100% American made, right here in our Reno, NV workshop. Only two hands ever touch our products as they are made: the designer, and the fabricator – people with a combined 50+ years experience in leather craft and western design. Please see our western style belts. [...]

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National Museum of Wildlife Art: Western Visions

By missya | Published: March 9, 2011

We were honored to have Harriette be asked to participate as a guest artist at the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions Show http://westernvisions.org/WesternVisions/Artists/artistDetail/index.php?wvArtistId=195. (Really, any excuse to get back to Jackson Hole, WY is alright with us!) We reconnected with our Jackson clients, welcomed new ones and made some new friends of fellow [...]

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Maverick Style features designer, Harriette Allison!!

By missya | Published: March 3, 2011

We met Christin Miller of Maverick Style while showing for the National Day of the Cowboy celebration at The Autry National Center http://theautry.org/programs/music-festivals/national-day-of-the-cowboy-and-cowgirl. At that time she told us she would like to feature our leather goods http://www.luckystarleathercollection.com/ on her western inspired blog, Maverick Style. Here is her lovely piece about our handcrafted, American made leather [...]

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Named True West magazine’s “Best of the West 2011″!

By missya | Published: February 16, 2011

Our own Harriette Allison has been named the Best Living Western Home Furnishings Designer True West Magazine’s Best of the West 2011! A hearty thank you to every one who has embraced our humble vision: to create and re-create using fine materials of our past, re-use and recycle vintage furnishings with all wood construction and [...]

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RIP Peachy Carmichael of Surprise, AZ

By missya | Published: January 13, 2011

Last year we had the opportunity to correspond with a couple of sisters out of Surprise, AZ. They found us through an ad we ran in Cowboys & Indians magazine featuring our belts. We got a happy and hearty message on our voicemail telling us their idea and wondering if we could help them. (And, [...]

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