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!