With summer sadly coming to a close our attention goes from white to winter white. While the days of white pants after labor day (or September long) in the North are not SO taboo anymore, some brilliant marketing person devised the term "winter white". Whether you're down with the lingo the difference between summer and winter white is simply the brightness; winter white is softer, and [...]
Linda at Calling it Home launched her 9th annual One Room Challenge (#oneroomchallenge) today. This year the 20 designers involved are using furniture from the following vendors. Bassett Mirror Company Bellacor Arianna Belle Crystorama DecoratorsBest Farrow & Ball Itsums Karastan Lazzaro Leather Lowe's Mark and Graham Minted Urban Home We not only love a good makeover but one of our 350+ vendors, Bassett Mirror Company, is [...]
This might be the busiest week of my life for a number of reasons. First all good things must come to an end and despite pushing Summer 2015 out an ENTIRE month longer than expected its come time to move off the island and back to civilization for me. I'll miss these views .... but thankfully it doesn't really end there. While I move [...]
With High Point Market quickly approaching (October 17 to 22), new products are on the horizon, ready to make their big debuts. Editor at Large has tapped five prominent designers—Alexa Hampton, Gideon Mendelson, Lindsey Coral Harper, Bennett Leifer and Celerie Kemble—to share what's on their must-see list while scouting the goods from market exhibitors. Get ready to get your drool on .... More great product [...]
Okay we know we're getting little too carried away with all things warm and fuzzy this week but we just had to share this velvety and colorful collection that dropped ... each available in bright red, bold blue and black. Nice right? We just want to sweep our hands across it... And then there's this vintage grandma twist ... euro chic for sure! Straight from [...]
Just like that September ends and a brisk fall breeze rolls in. Boots and blankets - our favorite season for obvious reasons. While it always takes a few weeks to adjust images of snuggling up in a blanket with a glass of red in front of the fire persist. These furry faux pieces caught our attention -- adding to our perfect Friday night (or any night [...]
Putting a hold on most new orders so she could focus on optimizing customer-acquisition and product-delivery processes helped this SMB owner increase profits. If you know anything about me you'll know I'm FIERCELY proud of bootstrapping both of my entrepreneurial ventures. While it hasn't come a place of not wanting to work with some of the fabulous venture folks out there or wanting to grow [...]
In a few weeks we're heading back to Highpoint aka Market. Just thinking about it causes a wave of excitement that is equally greeted by scheduling strategies and sore feet! Our friends over at Dering Hall are adding more fuel to the fire with the much awaited debut of their virtual showhouse. Teaming up with a roster of 12 talented designers who will create a [...]
It was hard to miss chatter about the movie 'The Intern' last week. From the Writer/Director of other movies we adore (It's Complicated, the Holiday and Something's Gotta Give), the flick based around an online fashion website run by a young, career-driven woman (Anne Hathaway) hiring an intern sounds familiar, until a retired successful business owner and widower (Robert DeNiro) lands this senior (?) position. [...]
Some may call it a fad or a trend, but regardless a little industrial in a space not only brings out the male-female balance, but usually makes for a great conversation. The issue is that most light fixtures we see these days are a total copy cat of already done. When these ones crossed our inbox however, they caught our attention. A little wacky and [...]