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Melanie Porter Knitwear for the Home
With Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow this year, many of us in colder regions are snuggling in for a few more weeks of winter. What’s more perfect to cure the winter time blues than a cozy knitted sweater? If it’s true interior design trends often follow fashion trends, it’s no more so than with knitwear. We’re seeing some ingenious ways of applying this handicraft in the home. Furniture designers and artists are putting their own spin on knitted chairs, stools,...
Latest Men’s Fashion Craze
The New York Times recently reported an interesting fashion trend among men—they’re going crazy for accessories. Not the usual suspects like cufflinks and watches. Men’s bracelets, bags and scarves are flying off the shelves in record number. So much so that financial analysts predict sales growth for men’s clothing and accessories for the first three months of the year will set a 20 year-year high. Several big brands, including Burberry and Coach, saw the sale of men’s...
International Design Comes Home
The children's rhyme about seeing London and France could be about seeing the world through design. Each major city in the world has its own contemporary design movement as well as a history of design and architecture unique to itself. Trends and traditions in these cosmopolitan cities can be used to inspire your own décor. Taking a cue from London or New York design can infuse your home with chic city style. Often these sophisticated cities are on the leading edge of the...
25 Poufs We Love
One 2011 interior design trend still on our radar in the new year is the “pouf” (in all its many forms.) Round, square, knitted, woven, leather or wicker, the pouf gets high points for its versatile personality. They come in handy as extra seating or for adding a burst of color to a room. We’ve found a multitude of poufs popping up all around the web, here’s what we’ve found. Which is your favorite? Image Credits: Style Estate; Nesting Place;...
Fashion Forward Cobalt
While there is nothing new about this hue, we are seeing its popularity increase from the runways to the streets to interiors. With fashion often inspiring colors, textures and prints in the home we can say cobalt is one of our new favorites. Take a look at a few fashion forward designs and how they could translate into the home.
Missoni for Target Collection Coming Soon
Get ready! On September 13, 2011 you can own your very own signature Missoni stripes, zigzags and abstract florals for a fraction of their normally high end prices. Target teamed with John Derian and Liberty of London to bring the Missoni for Target collection to the masses. The collection includes more than 400 products including bedding, bath, dinnerware, stationery and outdoor furniture. Many items in the collection will only be available through October 22, so get your taste...
Pantone Presents 175 New Colors
Pantone Gives Designers 175 New Ways to Celebrate Color Using words and phrases worthy of a passionate foodie, the world’s color authority Pantone offers their 175 new color additions. In between simple cherry red and black bean are colors with luscious names like Cherries Jubilee, Tangerine Tango, Cinnamon Stick, Marmalade, Flan, Pear Sorbet and Chocolate Torte. As we begin to explore these updated color palettes, it seems many of us will be surrounding ourselves with decadent...
Design Trend: Green Becomes Mainstream
HGTV Green Home 2011 kitchen with reclaimed glass tile mosaic Recently, the ‘g’ Green Design Center newsletter highlighted an exciting article from Consulting Specifying Engineer Magazine about Green design going mainstream. What will this mean for designers and their clients? All good things! The article reported that the green building materials market, which includes certified lumber, recycled content concrete, green floor coverings and other energy efficient fixtures,...
Illuminate Your Home with Lucia Lighting and Design
Creating an inviting ambience in your home depends a great deal on lighting. Lucia Lighting and Design of Lynn, MA embodies this ideal and offers many glowing new products to illuminate any space in the most beautiful way. Here are their choices for the best of the best. Satco KolourOne LED Lamps—“an innovative and brilliant new product! All of these lamps can last 15 times longer than their incandescent or halogen versions, and save you BIG TIME energy!” KolourOne...
QCLOCKTWO Modern Clock by Biegert & Funk
QCLOCKTWO by Biegert & Funk in Black QCLOCKTWO by Biegert & Funk in metallic finish The sleek and innovative QCLOCKTWO by Biegert & Funk comes in a variety of languages and colors.