When you want to stand out from the herd, you can either highlight your brand with vivid color or you can glam it up with a dose of dazzling gold and shimmery silvers. This is what rug manufacturer Global Accents did at High Point Market. They took the standard hide rug and blinged it! No [...]
Decorating and Design Trend Marketing: All for a Good Cause, Breast Cancer Awareness
by Melissa Galt on in Interior Design
We all know about Breast Cancer and easily recognize the global symbol of a pink ribbon, but did you know that you can now have that symbol as a functional part of your home interior? With Furniture for the Cure™ The Platt Collections has taken cause marketing to a new level with their fresh and [...]
Decorating and Design Top Trends: Luxe Lamps with a Vintage Flair
by Melissa Galt on in Interior Design, Looks To Love
J Douglas aptly states their tag line as The Art of Living, and an art it truly is. At the recent Highpoint Market I had the pleasure of meeting a handful of their creative manufacturers, including Julie Pinnell of Gallery Designs Lighting. Gallery Designs is part of a third-generation, family-owned lamp manufacturing company based in [...]
Decorating and Design Trend Marketing: All for a Good Cause, Buzz from Bees
by Melissa Galt on in Interior Design, Looks To Love
One of the keys to effective marketing today is a great hook and at Fall Market in Highpoint, there were some great ones! The first I saw was featured by Ellen Gefen of TheHome.com when she shared what custom upholstery manufacturer C.R. Laine has done to support the honey bees. In case you’ve no clue [...]
Celebrate Your Home, Part II
by Melissa Galt on in Interior Design, Looks To Love
Home is truly our external heart and as such it needs a lot of care and attention in its decorating and development. Invite friends and family to contribute to the creation of your home. A house is merely a dwelling; it becomes a home when you use your heart to express your environment in a [...]
Celebrate Your Home, Part I
by Melissa Galt on in Interior Design, Looks To Love
Home is truly our external heart and as such it needs a lot of care and attention in its decorating and development. Invite friends and family to contribute to the creation of your home. A house is merely a dwelling; it becomes a home when you use your heart to express your environment in a [...]
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