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Design Trend:  Lace

Design Trend: Lace

Lace is an up-and-coming trend in home decor.  Over the next year, you will see lace everywhere – from tile to rugs to fabrics – and this is not your grandma’s lace.  Check out a few gorgeous examples of items already available: Pin ItContinue Reading

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Design Trend:  Nostalgic Light Bulbs

Design Trend: Nostalgic Light Bulbs

It’s hard to believe, but the incandescent light bulb has already been dubbed “nostalgic.”  Only a short time into the “ban” on incandescent light bulbs (you can see a series of posts I wrote on the subject last year here), nostalgic or Edison light bulbs have reached new heights of popularity.   Pin ItContinue Reading

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Color Trend:  Tangerine Tango

Color Trend: Tangerine Tango

It’s Tangerine Tango time!  Orange is everywhere in home decor this season – from coral to tangerine.  Pantone, a leader in color trends and color matching systems, declared 2012 the year of Tangerine Tango when they made it the color of the year.  Check out some of these orange home decor and accessories: Pin ItContinue Reading

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Design Trend – Seaside

Design Trend – Seaside

Seaside colors, motifs and patterns abound this spring.  From coral to seashells, a touch of the ocean can be found on home decor and accessories.  Following are some of my favorites: Pin ItContinue Reading

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Design Trend:  Chevron

Design Trend: Chevron

Visit any furniture or home accessories shop, and you will likely notice an abundance of the chevron (zig-zag) pattern.  It’s everywhere right now:  rugs, pillows, bedding.  You name it, it probably comes in a chevron pattern!  The chevron pattern works well with other geometric patterns, stripes, florals and other organic patterns.  Mix it in nearlyContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Custom Fabric – Designed by You

Custom Fabric – Designed by You

Have you ever struggled to find just the right fabric for a home decor project you had in mind?  Even with so many fabrics available today, it seems that sometimes the pattern, scale or colors are just not right.  Now you have another option – custom fabric! Pin ItContinue Reading

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Design Trend:  New Tile Shapes

Design Trend: New Tile Shapes

Shaped ceramic and stone tiles are everywhere this year!  While the “standard”  and most common tile shape is still the 12″ square, there are so many more shapes and sizes to choose from today.  Check out a few of the best options out there… Pin ItContinue Reading

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Color Trend:  Going Gray

Color Trend: Going Gray

I don’t know if you have noticed, but wood tones are going a little gray nowadays.  If you have had your fill of espresso and chocolate finishes, this may be just the change to trip your trigger. Pin ItContinue Reading

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