inspiring is certainly a word to explain my High Point, North Carolina trip. (If you missed my very first blog about the furniture market, click here.) If anybody is a fan of the television show Million dollar Decorators, as well as saw the episode where Mary McDonald travels to High point with Nathan Turner to support him in his furniture introduce as well as do the show, you would believe High point is mainly greasy diner breakfasts at locations like Waffle House.
Now comrade Cameron MacNeil as well as I did some major diner eating, as evidenced by my picture above. Yum. The difference between Cameron as well as I as well as those Million dollar Decorators is that we really like waffles, however we were likewise thrilled as well as amazed by much of what we saw.
One of the most significant surprises for me was the number of showrooms set up in old industrial buildings. Cisco siblings (above) scored one of the very best buildings in town, as well as it was the ideal backdrop to their eco lines of furniture. Spacious, beautiful light coming in, rustic old wood — nothing was wanting in this space. as well as it afforded them the chance to do some truly fascinating things with their merchandising. This is certainly a method to get sellers as well as designers thrilled about a line.
I personally like this screen with the settee made from mixed material remnants, the beautiful chandelier, as well as the wall papered in old newspaper advertisements. now this is something any type of one of us might perform in a spare space or reading room.
Halo scored the old town terminate hall for their showroom. Again, it had excellent natural light as well as lots of wall area for screen ideas. I liked the method they showed their collection of wicker baskets as well as might envision this exact same technique employed in a country home or summertime house for storage — what a lovely idea!
Mr. brown didn’t get an old building, however they did a amazing task of making their booths look like they were in fascinating spaces. A excellent takeaway concept for me was a bookcase papered in contemporary silhouette wallpaper as well as full of old books, boxes as well as shoe forms. Funnily enough, all three are things I gather however I haven’t put them together in addition to this. Something for me to do on an upcoming weekend, after the requisite diner breakfast, of course.
For much more styling tricks, view Cameron as well as Joel Bray’s TV segment.
Photo credits:1-5. Meg Crossley