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Product Designers

Get inspired by the latest in home furnishings products and the creative people behind the designs. 

Feeling Bubbly: Orb Chandeliers

Glass orb chandeliers in both horizontal vertical orientations feel airy and add a pop of modernity to a space. Golden Lighting From Golden Lighting, the Galveston chandelier’s halo design…

Summer Market Preview: Dallas 2018

The summer editions of the Total Home & Gift Market (June 20-26) and Lightovation (June 20-23) at Dallas Market Center promise new introductions in furniture, lighting and accessories. See how…

How Augmented Reality Is Fueling Online Sales at Houzz

Augmented reality (AR) has shown it has the power to influence shoppers, and now Houzz has its own numbers to back that up. During his keynote address at Internet Retailer Conference + Exhibition…

Submissions Open for High Point Market's Fall Market 2018 Design Bloggers Tour

The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) is now accepting submissions from bloggers and social media influencers as well as sponsorships from exhibitors for its Design Bloggers Tour for the 2018 Fall…

Crazy for Selenite

We’re living in a material world. Superficiality may have been the only thing on the Madonna’s mind when she sang about saving herself for boys that save their pennies, but we’re obsessing over home…

Faux Flowers, Fresh Designs

When designer and IBB Design Fine Furnishings owner Shay Geyer needs a custom floral arrangement, she calls Shane Friesenhahn of The Botanical Mix. When Friesenhahn needed a designer for a new…
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4 Design-centric Charities to Support this Upcoming Holiday Season

Based on the Showroom of the Year entries we receive every year, we know our readers are a charitable bunch. Each year, we hear stories from showrooms working to make their local communities better,…
Exterior of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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This Isn't Going Well: An Industry Guide to Tariffs and Trade Wars

International trade can best be described as the most convoluted game of Monopoly ever played: Everyone has a few good properties and a few okay properties and they're all just trying to make it…
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How to Think Critically About Style Reports

The major markets in Atlanta, Dallas, High Point and Las Vegas make style reporting a focal point of their programming and literature. Market goers can always expect to find some type of style-…
Five chandeliers and one blue velvet chair in a room
Photo: Classic Home

4 Factors that Drive In-store Purchases, According to New Study

Ever since the retail apocalypse/renaissance (depending on your optimism) hit, the retail industry has whispered about the demise of the brick-and-mortar store and whether or not it will survive into…
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