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Fall Newsletter

Trend Report From High Point, N.C.

October/November 2012

Eye Candy

~for your senses and your pocket book

PROJECT DECOR

Finally an e-commerce shopping website with beautiful products! Designers like myself have created idea boards to help you pair the correct items together. All the work has been done for you! Just click and purchase... (Sometimes the boards can be silly too!...Like this one...)

Idea board: Got Milk?

Visit the free website and 'follow me' for some real design nourishment!

JUST A FEW WORDS~

Its been a busy past few months. We finished some great projects and have started lots more!

I am waiting on hand made Chinese wallpaper direct from an artist in China! An elegant mural on silk paper for a dining room. Can't wait for installation to show final photographs!

Here's a sneak peak...

And yes, wallpaper is another big trend for this year! So many amazing choices in pattern and colors. Are you daring enough to try it? Let me know...

Enjoy the Fall!

Warm regards~

Denise

The Ultimate Gathering Place

We created this beautiful kitchen as the result of a full gut/renovation. Custom cabinetry, glass backsplash tile, oversized brick patterned porcelain floor tile and breathtaking granite were the elements for this outstanding solution. A big change from the original, shown above in black and white!

Take a quick look at my video to see the unique design challenges.

My new kitchen gives the term 'people gravitate to the

kitchen' a whole new meaning. It is so beautiful that you don't want to

leave it. -Ellen F.

Architectural Details

This project was a great example of how changing specific architectural elements made a big difference in the overall appearance of the home.

For the exterior, we created a proper entry to this beautiful home by adding a pitched roof with a half round ceiling above a new front door. We swapped out an oversized window above, to one that was much more in scale with the facade. Custom columns replaced thin round posts. The original yellow paint was upgraded to this beautiful blue-grey. Now this home is ready for company!

In the interior, we added custom panels to join the new feature window and new door in the foyer. Panels were also added to the walls in the adjoining dining room, to replace older wainscotting, and unify the spaces. To complete this sophisticated look, we added a knee wall on either side of the front door in the entry and in the dining room, to pull it all together and create a more intimate setting.

Click here for more before/after photos of this project.

Fall Market in High Point

Just got back from the Fall Market in High Point, N.C. and what a great trip...So many new products and so much to see!

Here is the long anticipated Trends Report with photos. Now you can make your decorating plans for 2013! Enjoy.....