Author Archives: Alan
Hot colors and styles at Market 2010
So, after all that gushing about Joe Ruggiero and B. Smith, I suppose you might be wondering what else is new and different in the world of furnishing and design. First, let’s talk about color. Pantone proclaimed Turquoise as the … Continue reading
High Point Market Notes-Spring 2010
The trip to market this year started with a crime. Walking out of my house to jump in the car for the five hour drive to High Point I spied my son’s laptop…and took it. I was thinking that I … Continue reading
Quick Centerpiece Idea for an Italian Dinner
One of our good clients called the other day in a bit of despair because she had ten guests arriving the next day for a dinner party and just didn’t have the time to make the table look right. The … Continue reading
You know you are going to have a good day when…
…two of your designers show up wearing matching animal print sweaters. Why didnt I get the memo??! Asking whether they were sporting leopard or cheetah, Janice chimed in that whatever they were wearing, maybe Suzanne and Veronique were ‘cougars’. How can you … Continue reading
Contemporary Wing Chair
Take a look at this new modified wing chair we just placed on our showroom floor! The olive leather is as soft as it is handsome, and by pairing it with a contemporary frame you have the perfect blend of … Continue reading
Our Favorite New Client
Simon has excellent taste, in socks as well as sofa’s.
Notes from High Point Market-Fall 2009
One of my favorite sayings is that history doesn’t necessarily repeat itself but it certainly does rhyme. I used that line a couple of years ago in an editorial, well really an editorialita, I wrote for a magazine a couple … Continue reading
DOTI is becoming Luxe Home Interiors!
On October 8th a new sign will be going up on the front of our store. Luxe Home Interiors! The ownership and great service will still be the same, and we will be showing a much greater range of product … Continue reading
Window Treatment Trends Fall 2009
My blog has been kind of quiet the past few weeks, but we’ve been busy! We are officially in window treatment season and our 20% off promotion has been attracting a lot of attention. Over the past four years we … Continue reading
Outdoor furniture can be amazing!
Think back to when you sat by the ocean in one of those painful little aluminum beach chairs and then compare that memory to your first time poolside at a first class resort. You can have that resort feeling every … Continue reading