BLOGFEST 2011 - THEY'RE HERE!!

THEY CAME FROM ONTARIO, THEY CAME FROM NOVA SCOTIA - THEY EVEN CAME FROM NEW YORK! YES THE BLOGGERS ARE HERE, OUT IN FORCE FOR 2 DAYS.  AT 200 LEXINGTON NYDC I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING A TOUR GROUP THROUGH SEVERAL SHOWROOMS AND THE ORIGINAL RESTORED 1926 HALLWAY ON THE 12TH FLOOR. WORLD CLASS SHOWROOMS, WORLD CLASS PRODUCT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR BLOGS OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS! 

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE aka A FAST REPUTATION

NOT ONLY HAD THEY BEEN AROUND THE  BLOCK - -

 THESE  EXOTIC BEAUTIES CAME FROM AROUND THE WORLD - -

SURPRISE SURPRISE MANY FROM ITALY - -OF COURSE YOU HAD TO PAY THE PRICE TO ENTER - -BUT EVERYONE AGREED A THING OF BEAUTY (as in interior design) IS A JOY FOREVER. 
For the last 8 days the Javits Center was taken over by red hot creations from around the globe THE AUTO SHOW!
SMALL WONDER THE VOYEUERS- IN- THE- KNOW PRACTICALLY HAD TO BE DRAGGED AWAY SO OTHERS COULD SEE - -THE MASERATIS, LAMBORGHINIS, BUGATTIS - -ASTON MARTINS, BENTLEYS, ROLLS ROYCES even lowly JAGUARS!
Designers all share a well known creed:  Inspiration comes from anywhere. Thank you to all the wonderfully sculpted bodies &  the marvelously shaped headlights / forward thinking!  Can't wait 'til 2012!

GET RUFFLED?? NOT!!

ARRAY MAGAZINE ASKS TOP DESIGNERS ABOUT DESIGN TRENDS THEY LOVE TO HATE :)

GLENN LAWSON'S RESPONSE: RUFFLES IN THE LIVING ROOM!  ESPECIALLY ON SOFAS AND CHAIRS!  RUFFLES IN THE DINING ROOM - -ESPECIALLY ON CHAIRS!  THINK 1980'S AND EVEN THE EARLY '90'S.  THINK OF THE TASTEMAKERS AT THE TIME.  SISTER PARISH AND EVERYONE IN HER SHADOW.  YES, SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MIX-MEISTER, BUT PLEASE...... :/

THIS CELEBRITY ROCKS!!

& ROLLS & SWIVELS & RECLINES!!  ARRAY MAGAZINE'S Design Dish ASKS THIS ISSUE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT CELEBRITIES WHO MOONLIGHT AS DESIGNERS.  ARE THEY GOOD FOR THE INDUSTRY OR SHOULD THEY LEAVE IT TO THE PROS?

MY ANSWER? I THINK A  VERY SUCCESSFUL PAIRING MADE MANY YEARS AGO WAS TODD OLDHAM WITH LA-Z-BOY.  THE HUGE DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE IS A FASHION DESIGNER WITH A WONDERFUL QUIRKY SENSIBILITY- PERFECT TO ELEVATE LA-Z-BOY FROM THE MAN CAVE STAPLE TO SOMETHING MODERN AND FUN. 

C'mon Devon! Lead Me To Your Chambers!

WOW! SO MUCH HAPPENING LAST WEEK IN THE DESIGN COMMUNITY!200 LEX'S "WHAT'S NOW WHAT'S NEXT"TO SHOW OFF NEW AND WONDERFUL PRODUCT AND ON A HUGE & AMBITIOUS SCALE "TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS" IN CONJUNCTION WITH ASID.  THE PROGRAM FEATURED OUR VENDORS BELOW 32ND STREET, A SPECIAL GO-SEE FOR OUR SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED DOWNTOWN GREATS.  I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STEP INTO THE DEVON SHOPS FOR A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION & REINTRODUCED MYSELF TO THEIR SPECIAL HIGH END PERIOD-INSPIRED FURNITURE ( NOT UNLIKE THE DINING ROOM I RECENTLY DESIGNED, ABOVE ).  WITH ALL THE MODERN, TRANSITIONAL & MIDCENTURY INTERIORS  WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ITS NICE TO OCCASIONALLY STEP AWAY AND INTO A LUSH TRADITIONAL INTERIOR.  LONG LIVE DEVON SHOPS - TRULY AN ORIGINAL, TRULY ONE OF THE BEST!

"I CAN'T - A ; I CAN - A ; - IKEA !"

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FINALLY MADE IT INTO IKEA!  THE ONE IN TRENDY RED HOOK, NO LESS.  THERE I SAW THE USUAL AND A FEW UNUSUAL THINGS.  AT FIRST I THOUGHT MY FAVORITE FIND WAS A BAR STOOL NAMED Glenn !  HOWEVER A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE AISLE WAS THIS INGENIOUS Fusion TABLE FOR 4 WHOSE CHAIRS TOTALLY TUCK UNDER WHEN NOT IN USE, THE CHAIR BACKS THEN APPEARING TO BE Hugging THE TABLE TOP.  GREAT FOR NY SPACES AND THOSE ON A BUDGET $299. for table & 4 chairs; Can't beat that & Can't go wrong! 

LAURA ASHLEY ON A MAN HUNT

Ok, ok what's the first thing you think of at the mention of Laura Ashley?  Need I say?  The image is branded on our brain.  But - -look - -something very new and different.  Take these Dining Chairs in the photo.  Why they're downright brawny!  A slightly updated take on a French design with bulked-up proportions.  These are chairs men wouldn't be embarrassed or afraid to sit in.Way to go L.A.!  Any other reactions?