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Last Look: AphroChic
In 2007, then-lawyer Jeanine Hays launched AphroChic, the design blog that celebrated modern decor and Hays’ African heritage and culture. Two years later, Hays and her husband Bryan Mason…
How Showroom Events Could Attract Millennial Males
Katherine Cullen, Director of Retail and Consumer Insights at the National Retail Federation, knew that, in general, Millennials love going to retail events — more than any other demographic. But as…
Retail Road Trip: Denver
Urban Lights
In 1976, David Nestor opened Foothills Lighting in Denver. In 2010, after being out of the lighting game for nine years and now in the middle of a recession, he opened Urban Lights. The…
Howard Elliott to Partner with Set Decorator Beth Kushnick
The Howard Elliott Collection has entered into an agreement with New York City based television and movie set decorator Beth Kushnick. Kushnick is best known for her work as set decorator for seven …
States Allowed to Collect Sales Tax from E-retailers, U.S. Supreme Court decides
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of South Dakota in the landmark sales tax case of South Dakota v. Wayfair yesterday, overturning more than 25 years of legal precedent that stopped states from…
The Future of Product Design
For the first time ever, thought leaders from two industry associations — the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) and Women in the Home Industries Today (Withit) — came together at the…
Ode to Outdoor (Lighting)
If interior lighting is the delicious strawberry cream cheese filling between the perfect layers of sponge cake, then outdoor lighting is, of course, the icing on the cake. (Or maybe we’ve just been…
4 Cannot-Miss Seminars at Dallas Market Center
Pack your shades and your comfortable shoes: The Total Home & Gift Market and Lightovation summer editions start next week at Dallas Market Center, and the weather reports say it will be hot and…
Feeling Bubbly: Orb Chandeliers
Glass orb chandeliers in both horizontal vertical orientations feel airy and add a pop of modernity to a space.
Golden Lighting
From Golden Lighting, the Galveston chandelier’s halo design…
Summer Market Preview: Dallas 2018
The summer editions of the Total Home & Gift Market (June 20-26) and Lightovation (June 20-23) at Dallas Market Center promise new introductions in furniture, lighting and accessories. See how…