I have two new informative and fun presentations with visuals available for women’s oranizations, neighborhood groups and others looking for a complimentary meeting program. They can be adapted to fit most meeting time schedules.
One presentation features award-winning room makeovers with before and after photos, along with the stories behind each and the reasons for selecting the furnishings. The program was developed by our vice president of design, Carol Bugg, the author of five books on interior decorating. These are rooms for real people with real budgets.
I will show examples of aspects of decorating such as the importance of maintaining a color flow with the adjacent rooms, multi-purpose rooms, how to incorporate favorite old pieces with new, remaking rooms for Boomers, converting neglected spaces into intimate retreats, and how the availability of a greater variety of fashionable, low maintenance fabrics and furniture have made it easier to enjoy outdoor living.
I am especially pleased that Carol has included a Western Chic game room that we designed for a local client. It was featured on Erie News Now TV, the Erie Times News, the Meadville Tribune, and Crawford Voice.
The second presentation is based on trends and new products seen at the most recent international home furnishings market at High Point, N.C., the largest gathering of interior designers, home furnishings suppliers and retailers in the world.
I will show examples of the emerging trend toward light and bright–light wood combined with a pop of color and how the use of metals on furniture and accessories continues as a stunning design element. Another important market direction I’ll discuss is “Naturally Inspired” designs. Nature’s designs can best be described as Wabi-Sabi which is the Japanese tradition of looking at the beauty of something through its imperfections. The trend toward decorating that reflects island or coastal living also is part of being inspired by nature. I also have visuals that show that the desire to flashback to mod silhouettes and styles of the mid-century is still going strong. And, I have lots of other trend news.
For more information, call me at 814-336-3000 or email me at feltz@decoratingden.com
