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A Veranda home tour profiles the Dallas house shared by artist Donald Robertson, his wife Kimberly Gieske and their family. Designer Cathy Kincaid worked with the couple to combine a traditional Colonial interior with pop art, vintage furnishings and artwork by the children.
Veranda has published a tour of fashion illustrator and pop artist Donald Robertson’s Dallas home, showing how designer Cathy Kincaid brought his appetite for playful art together with his wife Kimberly Gieske’s preference for order. The project centers on a traditional clapboard Colonial, where family artwork, vintage pieces and bold color sit alongside formal furnishings.
Robertson and Gieske share the house with their family after moving from California to Texas during the COVID-era migration, according to the report. Robertson said the couple chose Dallas because it offered a traditional setting that reminded him of Lake Forest, Illinois, without its wind and cold. The house’s symmetry also appealed to him as a contrast to his busy studio.
Kincaid described the work as a collaboration, saying the couple already had clear ideas and she helped interpret them. Robertson favors humor and visual surprises; Gieske prefers a more orderly interior. Before Kincaid’s involvement, Robertson said, Gieske sometimes removed artwork he had hung. The designer’s task was to combine their preferences rather than suppress either one.
Kincaid enlisted longtime collaborator and stylist Charlie Birdsong to rearrange the family’s existing art and furnishings. Birdsong, who had worked with Kincaid for more than 35 years, died in late 2022, the report says. The rooms pair traditional elements with contemporary and personal touches: a white lacquer dining table with 18th-century-style chairs, a soft wallpaper behind an abstract work in one son’s room, and art by Robertson and the couple’s children throughout the home.
How the Home Balances Two Tastes
The tour’s central point is not simply the use of bright art, but how a designer reconciled two different ideas of home. Kincaid preserved the Colonial’s traditional character while making room for Robertson’s irreverence and Gieske’s preference for a more composed look. That approach lets the rooms feel personal without abandoning the structure and order of a conventional family home.
The family’s own work is part of that balance. Art by the children appears alongside professional artists’ work and Robertson’s pieces, making the interiors a record of the household rather than a display limited to purchased objects. The report offers a detailed example of how existing furniture and art can be rearranged to reflect a family’s changing needs and tastes.
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From California to a Dallas Colonial
The family moved from California to Texas during the period commonly described as the COVID migration. According to the report, Gieske had considered Lake Forest, while Dallas appealed to both partners for its traditional homes and milder weather. They selected a Colonial that suited their shared interest in symmetry, even though they differed over how much playfulness its rooms should contain.
Kincaid’s work with the couple extended beyond choosing new fabrics and objects. She and Birdsong first rearranged the clients’ existing furnishings and artwork, then filled gaps with textiles and other pieces. The resulting rooms include vintage seascapes, contemporary art, patterned wallcoverings and furniture from different periods. The report presents those choices as a way to make a formal house feel collected and specific to its residents.
“They had clear ideas, and I was there to help interpret that vision.”
— Cathy Kincaid, designer, in the Veranda report
What the Home Tour Does Not Establish
The source is a design feature and home tour, not a real-estate listing or a report about a sale. It does not provide the home’s address, purchase price, current market value or whether the family plans to move. It also does not state when the tour was published, beyond identifying it as a Veranda report.
The article describes the rooms and credits designers, artists and product makers, but it does not give a renovation budget or a full account of construction work. Its characterizations of the design and the couple’s preferences are attributed to the people involved; they are not independent measurements of the home’s style or value.
The Published Tour Is the Update
The development covered by the available source is the publication of Veranda’s home tour. The source material does not identify a scheduled follow-up, sale, renovation or other next milestone for the property. Readers seeking more room-by-room images or specific product credits can consult the original Veranda feature.
Key Questions
Whose Dallas home is featured?
The tour features the home shared by Donald Robertson and Kimberly Gieske and their family.
Who designed the interiors?
Cathy Kincaid worked with Robertson and Gieske on the project. She also brought in stylist Charlie Birdsong, her longtime collaborator, to help rearrange art and furnishings.
What is distinctive about the house’s design?
The house combines a traditional Colonial interior with pop art, family artwork, vintage furnishings and playful details. Kincaid’s approach joined Robertson’s taste for humor with Gieske’s preference for order.
Did the family move to Dallas from California?
Yes. The report says the family moved from California to Texas during the COVID-era migration, choosing Dallas after considering other locations.
Is the house for sale?
The source describes a home tour and does not say that the house is on the market.
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