Design Inspiration
3 Printable Coloring Books to Soothe and Inspire You While Social Distancing
After more than a month working, living and playing from home, everyone — children and adults alike — is looking for something to do. Some designers and manufacturers have broadened their creative…
Pattern Play: Designers and Retailers Encourage the Creative Use of Patterns
It’s often said that fashion trends influence home trends, and as maximalism reigns supreme on the runways, it’s making its way into homes in the form of patterns and prints on upholstered furniture…
Decorative Lighting Fixtures Enhance Traditional Design
For a while there, it seemed like traditional design had taken a backseat to stark, clean modern design. It’s fun to see a resurgence of traditional interiors, interpreted in a new way. I had the…
Showing Off: Designers Make Their Mark With Showhomes
"Stretching your creativity.” “Great marketing opportunity.” “Collaborating with other designers.” “Cementing relationships with suppliers.” “Giving back to the community.” These are some of the…
Last Look With Sandra Asdourian
Sandra Asdourian started out as a New York City fashion model. Now an award-winning interior designer in Naples, FL, and Babylon Village, NY, Asdourian is known for clean, open, textured designs…
Designing for Hospitality Common Spaces
For Carrie Fusella, Owner and Lead Designer at Design Alternatives, in Toms River, NJ, designing common spaces — hotel lobbies, restaurants and clubhouses — while lucrative and exciting, also present…
Lauren Wylonis Shares the Inspiration Behind KingsHaven
There’s a new lighting collection coming to High Point Market next month — KingsHaven — and while the line may be new to the North Carolina home furnishings market, its founder/designer is not new to…
Last Look With Judy Gooch
Recent empty nesters, these busy Oak Ridge, TN professionals wanted to upgrade their 25-year-old master bath with a large shower, aging-in-place amenities and a relaxing environment. Designer Judy…
A Focus on Sustainable Interior Design
When Sheree Vincent began her interior design career in the early ‘90s, sustainability wasn’t much of a hot topic. Growing up in Minnesota surrounded by nature, she had always had a personal…
Clodagh Leads Life-Enhancing Design Movement
Clodagh, the internationally acclaimed head of New York-based Clodagh Designs, began exploring how design supports well-being and can transform peoples’ lives long before the field was considered a…