HGTV Trend Files Issue 7

there’s no place like home…

trend files no.7

Dig in to our THICKEST ISSUE EVER! Enjoy!

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Scripps Acquires Travel Channel Will Anthony finally have the chance to throw down with Rachael Ray????

The Travel Channel is now the newest member of the Scripps family. “Combining the Travel Channel with Food Network and HGTV will make our fastgrowing, young company the undisputed global leader in lifestyle programming,” said Ken Lowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive. “This collection of popular lifestyle networks will be in great demand worldwide and promises to create substantial longterm value for all of our stakeholders.”

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Anthony Bourdain!

TLC Brings Us More Weddings with Flowers Uncut

WE Launches Platinum Babies

Paris Floral Designer Sets-Up Shop in NYC TLC ‘s new series, Flowers Uncut with Jeff Leatham follows celebrity florist Jeff Leatham as he creates exquisite wedding floral designs from New York to Paris.Each half-hour episodes shows the hectic behind the scenes world of floral design.

Leatham holds the title as Best Hotel Florist in Europe for the last three years and is currently the Artistic Director for the Four Seasons Hotels based in Paris.

J’adore the mirrored cubes & candles

“From luxurious baby showers and elaborate pampering of the moms-to-be, to extravagant nursery designs and beautiful baby wardrobes, each episode of WE tv's all-new original series, Platinum Babies, follows a couple’s fascinating journey of becoming parents.” The show’s first featured couple lives in Brooklyn and flies to the Mediterranean for their little one’s christening!

Wonder if any of the soon-t0-be parents have been featured on Platinum Weddings?

Hmmm… WE tv just announced the fourth season of Platinum Weddings will start on Janurary 4th. The new season will cover the nuptials of Black Eyed Peas' lead singer Fergie and the daughter of baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.

:: television news Oprah Will Say Adios In 2011 after 25 Years Soon after the announcement The Oprah Winfrey Show will cease in syndication as of September 2011, Christina Norman, CEO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network said the new 24-hour channel will premiere in January 2011. OWN, a joint venture of Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, will launch in nearly 80 million homes on what is now the Discovery Health Channel. David Zaslav, Discovery Communications President/CEO, released this statement following Winfrey's announcement about The Oprah Winfrey Show: "There is no bigger brand in media than Oprah Winfrey. She has changed the broadcast landscape and how people consume television. Discovery Communications has a tremendous partner in Oprah, and we look forward to bringing her and her creative vision, programming and unique voice to approximately 80 million homes on OWN, as well as online through the award-winning Oprah.com."

.2 Oprah Gives Nate Berkus Own Daytime Talk Show Sony Pictures Television and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions are finalizing plans for a new syndicated daytime talk show featuring interior designer and Oprah Winfrey Show-regular Nate Berkus, according to sources with knowledge of the dealings. The new project should be ready for a fall 2010 rollout. Berkus has been a featured design expert for The Oprah Winfrey Show since he first appeared in 2001, and also hosts his own show on Winfrey’s satellite radio channel. He also hosted Winfrey’s 2008 ABC reality series, Oprah’s Big Give.

One of her next moves

Bravo’s Latest Competition: ‘Launch My Line’ Bravo's newest fashion creative competition series, Launch My Line features 10 established fashion designers paired with 10 industry professionals, who are highly regarded in their own field of expertise, but have always dreamed of having their own clothing line. From stylists, music producers, event planners to CEOs and choreographers, the innovators will work with the established designers to bring their vision to life and create a fashion line. In the end, one team will be declared the winner and someone's clothing line will be launched. The new show will be hosted by Dean and Dan Caten of the design team, DSQAURED2. the designers

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Elle Décor: Women in Design: Magazine Celebrates 20 Years

Elle Décor magazine hosted the event, “Women in Design,” to celebrate its 20year-anniversary. The magazine’s editor, Margaret Russell, lead the panel of Holly Hunt, Kelly Wearstler, Annabelle Seldorf, Bunny Williams, Charlotte Moss, and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley. Rowley talked about her move from an all-white loft apartment (pre-children) to a townhouse with hardwood floors (post-children) and the tendency for elements of her collection to make their way into her home decor.

The event included Elle “It was amazingly inspiring and Decor's first annual award for the panel discussion format outstanding achievement in made it a fun and interesting design, called the Vision discussion. We were able to see Award, which was earned by Paula S. Wallace, who is the each designer’s real personality, co-founder and President of instead of a staged personality the largest art and design on a reality show (Top Design).” college in America, namely, http://aliciabdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/el Savannah College of Art and le-decor-women-in-design-night.html Design. This year’s event was held in the Harold Pratt & Park Avenue. The evening also featured the House onof 68th St. unveiling renderings of finalists in the Women in Design Student Competition, where talented SCAD(Savannah College of Art & Design) female students and alumnae were asked to envision a design specific to their field using Rado’s Ceramica collection of timepieces for inspiration.

“What was the most inspiring thing for me, as a student was that all these women followed their instincts and passions.” http://aliciabdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/elle-decor-women-in-design-night.html

Cynthia Rowley

Charlotte Moss

Margaret Russell

Holly Hunt

Kelly Wearstler

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Kelly Wearstler’s Latest: Hue What makes Wearstler so fantastic is the sense-of-humor found in her designs. Just when you think they are too much, she throws a little wink to make you absolutely love it. Like her previous books, we love the images that include her and her two sons lounging around antiques and playing on $20,000 rugs. The no-fear attitude around these gorgeous objects and opulent spaces makes her our modern-day Dorothy Draper. We are addicted! not sure what we like better, the sofa or her

SHOES

STAR WARs meets sculpture!

Nothing beats some gold, mother-ofpearl and a whole lotta PINK

Find it at Bergdorf Goodman

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magazine news

Au Revoir

Metropolitan Home ...Another one bites the dust...

It’s official. After 35 years of publication, Metropolitan Home will cease publication with its December issue, making it the latest home decor magazine to succumb to the industry's advertising slump. The magazine, owned

by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., had a circulation of a little more than 560,000 at last count. Hachette said it will put its resources into Elle Decor, the luxury design magazine run by Margaret Russell.

Only six national shelter mags remain!

What are they doing right?

Esquire Goes Digital Esquire has launched its first interactive print media experience through its latest issue. After downloading the software from the mag’s website, hold the issue up to the computer and watch videos from stories in the issue. How sweet is that? One of our design crushes, Brad Ford, is keen on the idea for interior designers. “Imagine a shelter magazine being able to link a story to an actual tour of a space given by the interior designer who created it. Something to think about. Perhaps HGTV and Elle Décor should start talking….”

We totally agree! http://www.designtherapy.com/

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Download software from esquire.com

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Tilt magazine in front of computer to watch videos, interviews and photos

:: focus on the kiddies Dark Colors Can Be Playful in Kids’ Rooms Dark colors can make the predictable pale color schemes of kids’ rooms chic and unexpected. This nursery belongs to J. Crew's Creative Director, Jenna Lyons, and her little boy, Becket. It was featured in the December, 2008 issue of Domino Magazine and still looks cutting edge. The striped ceiling combined with the fur rugs and modern mobile, makes the room suitable for even a teenager. Love it!

.6 How to Hang Kids’ Artwork

http://www.ohdeedoh.com/

store spotlight: Brooklyn, NY

FYI: Grown-up store called Two Jakes Furniture

Bloom Fresco Contemporary High Chair $400

Mini Jake has lots of great, selective products that represent a modern and functional approach to play and parenting, including the Bloom Fresco High Chair, the Cadillac of high chairs.

There are safe and educational toys that the kids will love, and there is sophisticated yet playful nursery and playroom furniture that you'll appreciate. Their quality merchandise is meant to provide fun and comfort for all stages of childhood. They also have baby registries for those living out-of-town! https://www.minijake.com/

Our friends at ohdeeoh.com, one of the sister sites to Apartment Therapy, suggests using simple metal brackets and wire from IKEA to display the color masterpieces from your little Picasso. Here’s what they had to say: “In this photo, it's a child's artwork that really takes center stage on the white wall next to the white kitchen. (We also love this display idea for rotating artwork!) Though it may seem stark at first, a white backdrop can make even children's toys into little works of art in a museum and make your home appear less cluttered if done the right way.”

Could also be a great way to display family photos!

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:: on the web

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Handmade Highway The Handmade Highway is a living, dynamic directory of handmade sellers giving users 1-click access to handmade shops, products, pictures, location, seller contact info, and availability for wholesale, consignment, bulk discounts, custom work and availability for blog features and giveaways. You'll get to know their sellers, see amazing handmade goods, gift guides, giveaways, and have a lot of fun. The Handmade Highway gives buyers and sellers a reliable place to find what they’re looking for regardless of where a particular seller or a particular product is sold. http://handmadetravels.blogspot.com/ and http://handmadehighway.blogspot.com/

Our Favorite Handmade Finds :

Get shopping!

Was $649 Now $299

was $2995 now $949 love the pink pearls

this would be gorgeous in an all-white room

adorable necklace

yummy-smelling soaps

Who doesn’t love another source for getting discounts on home décor? OKL is a great resource for finding great deals for interior design junkies. Featured sales only last for a couple days which is awesome since it makes the site constantly new and updated.

Become a member and get $25 for each of your friends that joins, too. E-Gift Certificates are available for holiday gifts! www.onekingslane.com

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Cute Area Rugs That Don’t Break the Bank!

Founded in 2003, Dash & Albert boasts a collection of rugs that are as durable as they are beautiful and, most importantly, affordable. Granny floral patterns become modern with these fun, bright colors.

Yay! So pretty and inexpensive!

www.dashandalbert.com

http://www.dashandalbert.com/

$95-1,260 bucks!

Latest Obsession: Paper Flowers In the spirit of all things pretty, we have to share our crazy obsession with paper flowers.

From Chanel to Etsy to Martha Stewart and Kates Paperie, they are everywhere! Give me crepe paper, pom-poms, even ones made out of newspaper. I cannot have enough. They are whimsical and chic all at the same time.

Way more affordable to use instead of the real flowers for event decor, too.

If Karl Lagerfeld uses em’, then we’re on board!

:: who we met this week

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Goes with anything!

AphroChic was created in 2009 as an embodiment of its mantra of modern soulful style. Jeanine Hays, the company’s founder and creative director, bases her work on the belief that a synthesis of high-end design and ethnic culture can create a style that is reflective of the individual while still being of the highest quality and the latest fashion. It is this belief, coupled with an unending dedication to environmental consciousness and sustainable design that gives AphroChic its unique blend of modern soulful style.

http://www.aphrochicshop.com/ http://aphrochic.blogspot.com/

Alexa Hampton

http://www.markhampton.com/

Mark Hampton’s daughter, Alexa became president and head designer of Mark Hampton Inc., where she’d been working on and off since the age of 13, growing increasingly conversant in all the styles of design. In the past five years, upholding the standards Mark Hampton insisted on, she has decorated not only apartments and houses but a 150foot yacht, a Gulfstream-4 jet.

She is no longer thought of as her father’s daughter.

Alexa has taken NYC by storm and is considered one of NYC’s go to designers. She is known for bringing a hip edge to classic style. Her designs are practical, slightly ornate.

Her designs have been featured in almost every major design magazine, many of which her designs have graced the covers of. AD has named her one of the 100 Best Designers EVERY year for the past 8 years. She is the first regularly appearing female on This Old House, where she is their Senior Design Consultant. She has a furniture line, a fabric line and a wallpaper line.

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Go to next page for the Dwell Studio Designer

www.dwellstudio.com http://dwellstudio.com/Blog/

Spotlight!

Working at HGTV is my dream job. HG has been my favorite network since I was 15 years old.

Which turned me into a bit of a Design Junkie…

A huge part of developing shows for our network has to do with meeting the people who rock the Design World. To me, these people are total Stars. Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting the Design World’s version of Brad and Angelina. Christiane and Josh, founders of DwellStudio, came in for a chat. They are sweet, funny, smart and charismatic. They exude effortless chic, truly living the dwell lifestyle. Miraculously, they are also totally relatable and down to earth. They even admitted to going to target to make sure their products aren’t messy on the shelves.

You probably all know the DwellStudio brand, but it’s time for you to meet the people behind the brand.

Christiane and Josh with Jennifer, their VP of Sales and Merchandising.

Collin Abraham Collin Abraham is the owner of Pollen Nation, a high-end floral design studio and special events planning boutique. The sleek and modern floral boutique sells items ranging from aromatherapy candles, hand-blown glass vases, custom floral arrangements, exotic plants, and a high-end shopping experience unique to uptown Harlem. Collin learned to create beautiful flower arrangements while working at the Waldorf after moving to America. Now, he runs Pollen Nation along with his wife.

www.pollennation.net

Collin is the mastermind behind designing the arrangements for the exclusive private wedding of hit-makers Jay Z and Beyonce last year. Personal clients include music moguls like L.A Reid and Sean Combs. He also recently did the arrangements for the Obama inauguration. Other well known clients include former President Clinton.

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www.dwellstudio.com http://dwellstudio.com/Blog/

Dwell launched DwellStudio, a name that combines all the existing Dwell, Dwellbaby, Dwellkids and Dwelltable lines into a cohesive brand. The name DwellStudio embodies how the company has evolved since inception into a home furnishings brand with roots in modern print and pattern.

DwellStudio is the destination for the well designed, decorative minimal home.

his and her kiddie brag books

I was so proud when I saw these on my parents’ sofa!

modern takes on pink & brown combo ‌and I have this bedding from Dwell’s line at Target!

Chic Style for the table

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& 10 Questions: Christiane Lemieux, DwellStudio

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What instance in your life plays the biggest role in your design aesthetic?

That instance was probably getting married and having kids – when you get married you have to compromise and accept at least a little of his stuff…and then you have to figure out how to make it work with yours. When you have kids – you have to put all your favorite things away so they don’t get broken and then figure out what to do with what is left. When you don’t have to make the compromises of family life you can have mohair velvet upholstered walls…(sigh)

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When did you realize you wanted to be a designer?

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I have always loved sketching, drawing, painting decorating and re-decorating.

I redesigned my parent’s master bath at 13 (think lots of glass brick- yikes!). When I found out that could be your profession – I was sold. I had to beg, borrow and steal to get to Parson’s School of Design.

school!

What was your first Design Job? Fabric assistant at Isaac Mizrahi – 1997 – during the Unzipped era – fabric meant gorgeous jacquards and silks from Italy and had beaded wools from France. This is where I fell in love with textiles. I had no idea until then that they could be so luxe.

Who is the coolest person you've ever designed a room for?

That’s my

What is your favorite show on HGTV? House Hunters International.

My daughter – seeing the room and space from your kid’s eyes is pretty amazing.

Why can’t everything be pink?

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but having to make the compromises and to design around the parameters of real life is more fun and challenging too. That learning gets put into my work every day. Will crayon come off that?

What is your favorite Website?

1st dibs – what could be better than shopping for antiques, vintage couture clothing and estate jewelry all in one place? Add in Corcoran.com and I fantasize about the perfect place to decorate with my 1st Dibs findings. I could do it for hours.

More on next page...

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& 10 Questions: Christiane Lemieux, DwellStudio

Who wouldn’t love to work in an office like that?!

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Who do you think has the biggest influence on the Design world right now?

Target –they are partnering with the best designers and they are bringing design to everybody - essentially – and the price and concept of design at a big box store does not seem so out there anymore. It’s funny how really expensive design or designers seem a bit like a relic. People want to feel like they are getting real value for the money – even those who shop the luxury market.

What is the one piece of Furniture you would die for?

These days I am really feeling French 50’s lighting.

I would love a 6 arm Serge Mouille chandelier or a Pierre Guariche wall sconce.

They are so hard to find as originals. It is amazing to me how modern and current they still look.

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What is the one thing EVERY living room should have?

I have two -good lighting and a comfortable sofa. It sets the prefect mood when you are in a place where you look good and are at ease.

If you could choose one person (dead or alive) to design one room for, who would that person be and what would that room look like?

I would love to design Sasha and Malia Obama’s white house bedrooms. I would make them fun, graphic and hip.

Great prints, clean lines to play off of the amazing details in the White House architecture. I see a modern four-poster for Malia and an upholstered headboard in a great print for Sasha. I think the color scheme should be fabulous neutrals with pops of fushia and red something that will carry them through eight years in the White House and won’t seem too young. I think both girls would love a cool hang out area with comfy upholstery as well as a thought-through desk space. I would finish it off with a dramatic hanging light fixture.

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miami

P.S. David B. taking on Miami!

Color Splash: Miami is coming soon‌ Coming Soon: Color Splash Miami!

Going to the Miami Design District is a journey not only of place but also of emotion; imagine the delight of discovering something around every corner — a fascinating piece of art, an exotic dish or a chair you never knew you had to have. http://www.miamidesigndistrict.net/index.php

NiBa Home.

NiBa Home is a boutique showroom with a signature aesthetic that combines classic design with an unexpected edge. Conceived as an accessories emporium of unusual modern and vintage decorative objects, four years later NIBA Home has expanded to include furniture, lighting and works by several established artists. NIBAvintage encompasses carefully curated mid-century objects and furnishings all in the spirit and unique modern style of NIBA Home.

Designers including Luis Pons, Karin Garcia and Kevin Cherry have launched their careers through NIBA Home and it is their passion to continue introducing undiscovered designers and artists to the market place.

Susane R Lifestyle Boutique.

Susane's eclectic choices bridge over the 18th century to modernism. The store also has an online presence on 1stdibs.com, one of the largest resources for interior designers looking for high-end, vintage finds in furniture and accessories. http://susanerlifestyleboutique.1stdibs.com/search.php

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Check out the latest design events in Miami!

Design Miami/ favors objects that contribute to the discourse of design history, vanguard contemporary culture and sophisticated design collecting. The 2008 annual Design Miami brought 22,000 attendees descended on southern Florida from December 3 through 6 for the annual design fair counterpart to Art Basel Miami Beach.

Despite an increasingly gloomy economic outlook, the fair's attendance grew by 10 percent--as it has every year since its launch in 2004. Over 60 international museum groups attended, while galleries brought designers including Maarten Baas, Arik Levy, David Adjaye, and Max Lamb.

Look at that INSANE laser-cut facade on the building! What?!

Miami Gets New “Green� Art Musuem Architects Herzog and de Meuron recently unveiled their finished design for the new Miami Art Museum which will be a stunning building surrounded by hanging gardens with tropical plants. Fit for a world-renowned museum, the new MAM will be three times as large as the existing building and will be aiming for LEED Silver certification. A fluid and adaptable layout will allow the museum to grow in the future.

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Meet Facundo Poj.

Ofidio chair

Facundo Poj is a Miami based designer born in Argentina in 1971. Poj is a handcrafter of furniture and objects, a designer of happenings and events creator of unique spatial atmospheres. His use of materials is definitely on the unconventional side of the spectrum. He spends much of his time looking for treasures in junk yards and always searches for objects with a soul and a lasting quality to them.

Poj does not use nails or screws. All layers are glued with a non-toxic glue, threaded together with oak dowels and clamp pressed. The result is structurally solid and soft at the same time.

www.facundopoj.com

Corporate clients include: MoĂŤt Hennessy Louis Vuitton USA, Veuve Clicquot, Ecoist, Dom Perignon, Citrine by the Stones and Simmons of Argentina.

Athena Book Table

Made from recylcled airplane emergency doors!

727 Jet Lounge

Ofidio Stool

:: upcoming events

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Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. As the sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 40 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Exhibition sites are located in the city's beautiful Art Deco District. The event corresponds with Design Miami and all of the hot interior designers, architects and products designers will be there showing off new designs. www.artbasel.com

Highlights:

Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964 | Richard Gray

Olaf Breuning, Colors, 2009 | Metro

Mona Hatoum, Undercurrent (red), 2008 |

Gallery | New York

Pictures | New York

Galleria Continua | San Gimignano

New Product Debut We visited his very cool studio last week!

Dror Benshetrit, runs a firm of his very name that specializes in product design, architecture, and art direction in NYC. He plans to unveil a new design at Art Basel. www.studiodror.com

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PROJECT ALERT! Don’t know what to do with your old windows once you’ve replaced them with Energy Efficiency windows? What better way to garden than with a recycled window box? Or a window made Greenhouse!? Perhaps you’d like to bring the rustic look of your old windows in and create a fabulous coffee table! Don’t trash your windows, re-use them! I love all of the fabulous ideas this DIY eco-friendly project provides!

Tips from www.gogreenblog.com!

I am obsessed with the room divider idea

Good-bye cumbersome reusable water bottles!

http://www.deckstool.com/products.htm

http://vapur.us/home.php#

Skateboards these days are amazing examples of graphic design, and some are practically art themselves – what a shame that they should to go to a landfill after the boards have lost their pop!

Thankfully, Pennsylvania-based Deckstools is here to keep art from the trash heap and to add style to your pad with their striking line of furniture made from reclaimed skateboards.

Vapur is the first flexible water bottle designed to fit in your pocket, purse, backpack or briefcase. Unlike rigid water bottles that are full of hot air when empty, Vapur can be rolled, folded or flattened and tucked away.

This means it goes more places and fits in tighter spaces than any other bottle.

Each one is about approx. $200 bucks!

aMotto: Skateboards these days are amazing examples of graphic “Portability Through Design. design, and some are practically Drink Responsibly.

Do good.” art themselves – what a shame that they should to go to a landfill after the boards have

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Adaptive Re-Use: Can’t Get More Green Than This!

Check out the following historic churches that are being given a new lease on life.

After months of renovation this magnificent structure originally constructed in 1294 has opened its doors to the public as a “brand new” bookstore in the heart of the Netherland’s city of Maastricht. A great example of adaptive re-use, the Selexyz Dominicanen infuses rich and historic architecture with plentiful shelves ripe with information.

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At the back of the church customers and visitors can sit and admire the beautifully renovated 14th century ceiling frescoes, or chat over a cup of coffee in the café situated in the former choir. Totally better than Starbucks!

All of these could be AMAZING EVENT SPACES!

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http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/24/gorgeouschurch-renovated-into-modern-bookstore/selexyzdomincan-church-maastricht/

Hello, destination weddings!

Situated within a beautiful old church, London’s Museum of Garden History recently underwent a stunning renovation that re-envisioned its interior as a fresh modern space. Designed

by Dow Jones Architects, the sustainably-crafted renovation will provide more dedicated space for the museum’s permanent collection and allow for more flexible exhibitions and fabulous events. http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/28/gardenmuseum-by-dow-jones-architects/

:: retail news David Stark + West Elm West Elm and David Stark are at it again! Stark has created a line of holiday decor made completely out of recycled materials, a signature

.21 ‘Shabby’ is Chic Again!

for the talented, Brooklyn-based event designer (guru, genius, royalty).

West Elm and David Stark previously partnered together for the company's grand opening of their NYC Broadway store, where Stark and his team built large-scale furniture out of shredded West Elm catalogs and cardboard. Ridiculously fun and inspirational for me to dust off my stack of old magazines and get shredding!

omg it’s cardboard!

Queen of tea-dyed vintagelooking textiles and roses galore, Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic line has a new home in Soho. Her Simply Shabby Chic line at Target and several decor books have made her a household name.

http://www.westelm.com/gift/trends/david-stark-collection/

Green Depot Opens in NYC Green Depot was started in 2005, with a mission to make green living and building solutions accessible affordable and gratifying. With 9 locations, including a consumer flagship in New York City, Green Depot is fast becoming the nation’s leading supplier of sustainable building www.greendepot.com products and services.

According to the New York Times, “Green Depot brings ecoconsciousness down to earth, where it belongs”. You can find “green” cleaning supplies, light bulbs, paint, décor books, window treatments and baby stuff all under one roof!

http://www.shabbychic.com/index.htm

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Shop til’ you drop guilt-free!

Bargain shoppers… start your engines! Two amazing websites have come under my radar and I cannot wait to share them with you!

Shopittome.com, founded in 2004, works as your personal shopper sending you daily/weekly “sale-mail.”

The e-mails consist of sales your favorite designers are having in your sizes!

Next, renttherunway.com, wow is the only word that comes to mind. RTR wants to do for high-end fashion what Netflix has done for movies. If you’ve heard of bag, borrow or steal it is the same concept but for designer clothing! Simply chose your designer, size and date you need the item for! They’ll even ship you two sizes just to be safe!

How have I been without this for so long!?)

Even a Catherine Malandrino dress, yeah project runway judge!

Eva Mendes…Interior Designer?

Eva Mendes partnered with Macy’s this past July with her bedding line, Vida. “Vida is about easy luxury – the colors, fabrics and textures that I live and love, brought to life in a stylish, comfortable and affordable way,” said Eva Mendes. “I’m excited [to partner with one of the strongest names in the retail industry and] to see my passion for design come to life.”We are big fans of her fashion style and would like to see more!

Where’s the next installment, Ms. Mendes?

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Check out these new sources for inexpensive art! Love it!

Low price makes it easy to switch out stuff more often!

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artriver.com Artriver is not the typical modern art web store. Many of the items on the site are the last of their kind on the market and, in many cases, once a particular items sells out it is gone for good. www.artriver.com

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ugallery.com Ugallery represents today's top emerging artists - tomorrow's art world.

An expert panel of curators selects each artist, giving the gallery a diverse and sought-after collection of media, styles, and perspectives. Try any artwork from their collection in your home for seven days with free return shipping.

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20x200.com Bekman, owner of a Lower East Side gallery of the same name, started the site to give artists a platform to showcase new works each week to potential buyers. New works in photography and prints are posted every Tuesday and Wednesday at 2 pm EST. Mark your calendars! The site has been featured in Domino, New York Times, GQ, Dwell and Ready Made.

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“Seek the strongest color effect possible.. the content is of no importance.”

-Henri Matisse Go ahead, judge em’ by the cover!

Go ahead, judge em’ by the cover!

I don't know about you, but like many out there I have attempted to color-code my books as a way of making them "designed." It looked cool at the beginning, but then got all messed up once I actually wanted to read something (imagine that!). Thanks to Coralie Bickford-Smith, senior cover designer at Penguin, bookcases can be pretty again with these gorgeous cloth covers, part of the publisher's re-launch of classic titles. Available on Amazon.com. already been seen around school at Parsons!

They’re old candlesticks!

LET THERE BE COLOR! Meet Rice, a Danish housewares company who offers no apologies for their love of color.

Minimalists, beware!

Items can be found at retailers such as ABC Carpet & Home and Urban Outfitters. I might cook more if my stove looked like that orange one! http://rice.dk/default.aspx

Per Apartment Therapy: These Iacoli & McCallister Mini Pedestal serving dishes are vintage powder coated brass candlestick holder base with a Corian top. Each vintage base is unique and the Mini Pedestals are hand assembled in Seattle, Washington. They come in several great colors and range in price from $90 - $120 and are available through Iacoli & McCallister. http://iacolimcallister.com/miniPedestals.html

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Stairway(s) to Heaven Feel the need to kick up the decor in your home but low on space?

Don't forget about the stairs!

Check out these examples from our friends at Apartment Therapy.

Painted stairs by Horst Glasker in Germany. Each stair is labeled with a different emotion. What are you feeling today?

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/scala-painted-stairs-by-horstglasker-098533?image_id=811874

A couple took the term "words to live by" to the extreme when they chose to take the words from love letters her grandparents who had been married for 73 years. The architect couple's home was originally in Metropolitan Home: http://www.pointclickhome.com/green/arti cles/building_life_together

Talk about romance...sigh. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/bo ston/writing-on-the-stairs-069964

Remember the FAO Schwartz scene in the movie Big, where Tom Hanks plays Chopsticks on the floor? Check out these musical stairs in Stockholm. They were created to encourage more use of the stairs to relieve the crowding on the escalator. Result: Over 68% more people chose the stairs.

P.S. The video of people skipping the escalator in favor of composing music on the piano stairs of Odenplan subway station in has been viewed more than 2.5 million times on YouTube.

Imagine if these were in all of the subway stations?

How much happier would everyone be?

:: real estate trends Designers’ Touch to Help Sell Condos

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Decorators get a free canvas to show off their talents, and developers get a lavish unit that can fire the imagination of potential buyers.

In their scramble to lure buyers in a market overcrowded with apartments and undersupplied with buyers, developers are struggling to increase their marketing efforts without depleting their already strained bank accounts.

Image: Pastels by Renaldo Davidson rest in a storefront space at a temporary exhibition in Brooklyn. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/nyregion/13galleries.html

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091101/FREE/311019979

Showtime Show House 2009 Television is also getting in on the real estate deal. The Showtime and Metropolitan Home Show House drew in over 1,500 visitors this fall. Top designers transformed two duplex penthouses at the former 1913-vintage warehouse into opulent spaces with design cues taken from the network's popular shows, including The Tudors and Dexter. The cost of each was as much as $1 million and was borne by the magazine and the network. Now that Met Home is shut down, will the project continue with another mag next year?

Image: Designer Amy Lau's 'Dexter' dining room features vinyl ceilings, skulls in liquid casing, red vials as centerpieces, a wine glass chandelier and and an entryway of tiny resin doll parts.

In the current real estate slump, landlords are looking to artists to spruce up the empty storefronts that are dotting the main streets of cities across the country. The artists pay minimal rent, sometimes none at all, to have space to showcase their work to audiences they otherwise might not reach. “The artist gets a gallery or studio, and the landlord gets a vibrant attraction that may deter crime and draw the next wave of paying tenants.”

Could HGTV do a show house next year featuring its designers?

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“The Glass House” is located in Johannesburg, South Africa designed by NICO VAN DER MEULEN ARCHITECTS. The future owner requested a “glamorous contemporary open-plan light-filled house that offered a view to the garden from every room,” I think it is obvious that Nico nailed it. View their portfolio at: http://www.nicovdmeulen.com/index.html

WHITNEY HOUSTON’S HOUSE FOR SALE Whitney Houston's New Jersey home has been put on the market at a reasonable 2.5 million dollars. The home features 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and is located on 5 acres of land. The circular home provides a glorious amount of natural right and unique architectural features!

Houston's home was also the set of the 2005 reality TV show "Being Bobby Brown." With a low price tag for a celebrity home this listing is sure to fly off the market.

Check out pics of the diva’s property!

:: blogs we love

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our brilliant trend report sources: check ‘em out Darling Dexter: http://www.darlingdexter.com/ Desire To Inspire: http://www.desiretoinspire.blogspot.com Everyday Celebrating: http://www.everydaycelebrating.com/ Simple Song: http://www.simplesong.typepad.com/ Rockstar Diaries: http://taza-andhusband.blogspot.com/ The Selby: http://www.theselby.com/ Please Sir: http://pleasesirblog.blogspot.com/ Grosgrain: http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.co m/ Sweet as a Candy: http://sweet-as-acandy.blogspot.com/ Apartment Therapy: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny Design Dust: http://designdust.tumblr.com/page/1 Made By Girl: http://madebygirl.blogspot.com/ Midwest Modern Girl: http://midwestmoderngirl.typepad.com/ Team Boo: http://teamboo2000.blogspot.com/ Simple Pretty: http://simple-pretty.com/ Fresh Home: http://freshome.com/ Pop Gadget: http://www.popgadget.net/ BLTD: http://betterlivingthroughdesign.com/ Habitually Chic: http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/ DĂŠcor Fellow: http://decorfellow.blogspot.com/ City Sage: http://www.annesage.com/blog/page/3/ Frolic: http://elseachelsea.typepad.com/frolic/ This Is Glamorous: http://www.citified.blogspot.com/ Style Stalker: http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/ Absolutely Beautiful Things: http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot. com/ Stair Porn: http://www.stairporn.org/ AprhoChic: http://aphrochic.blogspot.com/ Design Therapy: www.designtherapy.com

The LilBee: http://www.thelilbee.com/ Vics Blog: http://lost.net.au/vic/ Storked: http://www.glamour.com/sex-lovelife/blogs/storked You are My Fave: http://www.youaremyfave.com/ Brocade Design Blog: http://brocadedesignetc.blogspot.com/ Things That Inspire: http://www.freshpalette.blogspot.com/ Lovely Little Things: http://lovely-littlethings.blogspot.com/ Curbed: http://www.curbed.com House Enthusiast: http://www.katiehutchison.com/houseenthusiast/ Camp Comfort: http://campcomfort.blogspot.com/ NotCot: http://www.notcot.com/archives/homedecor/ Crave: http://news.cnet.com/crave/ Eddie Ross: http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/ Happy Mundane: http://www.happymundane.com/ New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com Zillow: http://www.zillow.com/blog/ Realtor: http://www.realtor.com Things I bought that I love: http://thingsiboughtthatilove.com/ Katy Elliot: http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/ SFGirl By Bay: http://sfgirlbybay.blogspot.com/ Cote De Texas: http://www.cotedetexas.blogspot.com/ Emmas Design Blog: http://emmas.blogg.se/ Basically Anything that is Awesome: http://pradaanswer.tumblr.com/ Interior Divine: http://interiordivine.blogspot.com/ Mrs Howard: http://www.mrshowardpersonalshopper.com/ So Haute: http://sohaute.typepad.com

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