Have you noticed all the new, elongated dining tables with plenty of room for a crowd? Sometimes they’re called “gathering” or “refectory” tables, reminiscent of those used for monk’s dining halls in monasteries. In the Mediterranean regions of Europe, they adopted these for non-religious use in the 16th century, first in Italy then traveling to [ read more… ]
I walked by this vintage-looking settee this morning in our Wheaton store. It’s a one-of-a-kind piece that was previously $2533 and is now $975. Gulp… quite a big savings. It has a quirky marriage of modern grey and blue dotted fabric with colonial styling. I’m really warming to this colonial cool thing that is starting [ read more… ]
An exciting trend to watch is extra sparkle in home furnishings, as in the unexpected faux zinc-finished table shown above. Earlier this week I attended the International Housewares show in Chicago where Leatrice Eiseman gave the Pantone View home + interiors 2012 color forecast, including nine illuminating color predictions. What Eiseman calls the Reflections group… [ read more… ]
