Join The Decorating and Staging Academy in Atlanta, GA, July 11-12, for an Exciting and Informative Conference-The DECO-Zone Symposium and a chance to shop the largest To- the- Trade- Only Market in the country. Register by June 7th to earn a FREE hotel room. Don’t miss me and other phenomenal speakers in action. I will be […] Read more
Join JoAnne Lenart Weary and me for our new series: The Profit Potential: Pricing. The first webinar in this series is all you need or want to know about pricing- always a hot topic for design pros! The Profit Potential: Pricing Two part series – June 19 and 26 , 2013 2- 1.5 hour sessions 5 […] Read more
I’ll be in the Boston area May 22nd for the WCAA Eastern Mass chapter talking windows for a day long special event. Please join us if you are in the area. Here’s the agenda and the 411 info… Windows: From Marketing to Design Inspiration is Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. We’ll be […] Read more
For a fabr-i-alcoholic like me it’s all about searching out the newest textiles. The January editions of Maison and Objet and its off-site counterpart, Paris Deco Off are a a designer’s fabric dream. Every luxury textile purveyor is strutting their stuff in what seems to be a never ending round of new colors, weaves, surface […] Read more
Now that 3D printing — the process of making three-dimensional solid objects from digital designs — is available and affordable to individual consumers, it’s piqued a lot of interest across the design space. President Obama, in his 2013 State of the Union Address said 3D printing “has the potential to revolutionize the way we make […] Read more
This Spring, modern window dressings will influence a room without appearing heavy or bulky thanks to delicate voiles, burnouts with open-work patterns, lighter fabrics in small- and large-format prints and embroidered motifs using yarns of various thicknesses. LASER CUT BY OKSANA KNOLL STRIPED SHEER MANDALA Window fashion stylings also appear lighter; even when layered and […] Read more
In putting together our recent Profit Potential: Pricing webinars, JoAnne Lenart Weary and I were again reminded how branding, marketing, pricing are all so intricately intertwined. You can’t do one without doing the work for the others. Throw in today’s digital environment and it’s even more complex. Yet, everyone is looking for the magic bullet to […] Read more
Enjoying a final day in the French countryside, capped with a gourmet farewell dinner. And then… […] Read more
