Accolades & Press
There are a lot of wonderful people out there to write about, so we're grateful for the local and national magazines that have focused their attention on us. The TV appearances are quite flattering too. (See below.)
But the most satisfying accolades we get come from our customers. Here are just a couple:
“Monique has incredible vision for design...she creates the perfect atmosphere through thoughtful, progressive, and visually stimulating works of living art. Over the years of working together, she never ceases to amaze me!” — m. powell (client)
"Beautiful space full of living art and decor, you will be inspired and refreshed after visiting!" — a. beard (boutique customer)
"I love this place! What a secret treasure in South Austin. I can't wait to take more classes here." — b. biehl (boutique customer)
"The products are amazing and original. The customer service is stellar. And the classes are such a fun date night!" — p. ell (boutique customer)
“Cacti Paid Homage to…” featured wedding in The Knot Magazine
We’re honored to have helped make this magical day for Kirk and Warren. Check out their feature in The Knot Magazine. We built and erected the custom A-frame ceremony backdrop as well as all the decor, boutonnieres, etc. Photography by Jenny DeMarco Photography.
Podcast: Facebook podcast with Stephen Orr (listen to podcast)
Our artrepreneur founder & creative director, Monique Capanelli, was featured in Facebook podcast with Stephen Orr (editor in chief at Better Homes & Gardens; former executive editor of Conde Nast Traveler). The conversation covered home industry trends during the pandemic, fueling creativity in uncertain times, and empathetic leadership in times of crisis.
7 Elegant Furniture Solutions For Your New Home (watch video)
The design team at Ezvid Wiki, the world’s first video wiki, discovered Articulture Designs and included it in their recommendations for innovative furniture designs. We’re thrilled they found us and selected us! To their half-million subscribers….”hello! Drop us a line.”
Collegehood Advice - Pathway Profile Podcast (listen now)
Collegehood is a wonderful podcast giving advice on how to succeed and thrive during college. Host Katy Oliveira spoke with Artiulture founder Monique Capanelli on pathways to finding your right career — even if that includes making up your own job! (That’s the Articulture way!)
Three Tips for Indoor Plants (watch video)
KXAN’s Studio 512 visits the Articulture boutique to get expert advice from Monique Capanelli on caring for indoor plants — and getting creative with them too!
CTG Backyard Basics (watch video)
KLRU’s Central Texas Gardener invites Monique Capanelli to discuss how to propagate succulents. Monique demonstrates three different methods.

KXAN's (NBC-Austin) Studio 512 invited Articulture artrepreneur to their studios for a live “make a mini living wall” demonstration with host Stephanie Gerry.
Real Simple: 10 Clever Ways to Reuse Planters
Real Simple Magazine provided some crafty ideas on how to reuse planters after plants die. And Ariculture artrepreneur Monique Capanelli was featured for two of them. (Though, we’re still not sure why “put another plant in it” wasn’t allowed as an option.)
Austin Monthly: Articulture Designs Puts Plants on Display
We love this description of the Articulture boutique: “it’s soothing—a zen-like temple to considered composition. Every hexagonal wall planter, painted pod mural and Buddha head is thoughtfully placed, by an expert eye.” We love it so much, we don’t even care that our artrepreneur fonder’s name is misspelled.
Central Texas Gardener (watch video)
We were thrilled to be welcomed back to KLRU’s Central Texas Gardener, talking plant care when planting palettes are mixed varieties.
CBS - We Are Austin (watch video)
The We Are Austin crew invites Artiulture’s Monique Capanelli to talk plant art and living walls. Co-host Trevor Scott was super excited and friendly.
Austin's prize-winning daily newspaper asserts, "you'll be blown away by the Articulture boutique's living walls, interior botanical design, and even living furniture."
Thanks for the kind wods! "The mix of art and horticulture expertly blended by 'artrepreneur' Monique Capanelli quickly turns heads."
Studio 512 invites back artrepreneur Monique Capanelli to demonstrate some floral design basics and talk about the range of fun and informative classes held at Articulture Designs.
Austin Monthly's "Fun Things to Do in Austin" Issue
Thanks to the editors of Austin Monthly for including Articulture's series of hands-on classes in their what-to-do-in-Austin list. You can see why our guest reviews include "the coolest thing I've ever done in Austin," at one of our upcoming classes.
Best of Austin: Best Force of Nature
We're honored and thrilled to earn an Austin Chronicle Critic's Pick in shopping category. Says the experts: "Articulture has tons of accents to instantaneously and affordably upgrade your most humdrum rooms."
KXAN "Studio 512" (watch video)
KXAN's Amanda Tatom invites Monique to demonstrate how to make a signature Articulture mini-living-wall. And thanks Amanda for the super kind words: "Articulture takes house plants to a whole new -- and very cool -- level."
Featured in the business section: "Southwest Austin firm works to transform plants into living walls, gifts, works of art."
Time Warner News (watch video)
"Garden Journeys" visited us at the Articulture gardens for a fun segment on making a modern succulent arrangement.
CanvasRebel Interview with Articulture founder Monique Capanelli
An illuminating interview article exploring the many facets of being a business owner, and the extra challenges merging creativity with business, and success with failure.