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Style Board: Eco Style
Making environmentally friendly furniture, lighting and decor selections will not only affect the planet positively, but it can contribute to personal wellness. This new crop of sustainable products…
How to Advertise on Pinterest
At nearly every market this year, four social media platforms keep cropping up in conversations between retailers and interior designers: Facebook, Instagram, Houzz and Pinterest. We already know how…
Ethan Allen Opens New Design Center in Chicago
Ethan Allen announced last week that it has opened a new Design Center in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Featuring nearly 9,000 square feet of floor space, the Design Center has exposed…
Steelcase Announces Relationship with FLOS
Steelcase announced last week a new partnership with FLOS, an Italian decorative lighting group. The office furniture company plans to start offering a collection of FLOS lighting products throughout…
Nourison and Christopher Guy Team Up with New Luxury Rug Collection
What do you get when you cross a luxury furniture manufacturer and award-winning floor coverings? A new rug collection that's going to feel luxurious underfoot.
Nourison and Christopher Guy…
CODARUS to Open To-The-Trade Showroom in Laguna Design Center
This October, CODARUS, a multi-line showroom and national sales organization, continues its expansion into the West Coast opening a nearly 10,000-square-foot to-the-trade showroom in the Laguna…
Creating an Experience in Chicago's Clive Christian Showroom
If there was one word on everyone's lips at the American Lighting Association conference in Vancouver, Canada, last week, it was experience: how to create an experience to bring customers to the…
Kim Golden Joins Napa Home & Garden
Napa Home & Garden announced this week that Kim Golden has joined the company as Key Accounts Product Manager.
In this role, Golden will help bolster the home decor company’s product development…
ALA Recognizes Pillar of the Industry Winners and New Hall of Fame Inductee
The American Lighting Association (ALA) recognized the winners of its Pillar of the Industry Awards and inducted a new Hall of Fame member at its annual conference in Vancouver, Canada this week.
At…
Designer Q&A: Nick Sheridan
At Laguna Beach, CA-based industrial design and manufacturing company Cerno, good design all comes down to a clean aesthetic and functionality. The company's product, the Cubo sconce, combines these…