Much like we can expect from the American people in next year’s election, the votes among the nation’s top interior designers and manufacturers are split when it comes to forecasting what will be “hot” in home decor in 2008.
The good news is that there’s no mudslinging or veto power. In fact, design bipartisanship is encouraged, as it results in a myriad of choices for today’s style- and value-conscious consumers.
Here are the top 10 trends on the ballot for 2008:
1. The Incumbent – Wall murals are always a hot ticket, particularly those produced by Hopkins, Minn.-based Murals Your Way (www.muralsyourway.com), the industry leader in the production of decorative wall murals for more than 35 years. “Personalization is the key driver in mural selection,” says Todd Imholte, president of Environmental Graphics, the company that operates Murals Your Way. “We are finding more and more people choosing a mural that fits their personality.” With a gallery of more than 5,000 wall mural images, as well as the ability to create a custom mural from a personal photo or artwork, the possibilities are truly endless. Some of Hollywood’s celebrities are using the murals from Murals Your Way like Madonna, Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson. (more…)
Bathroom storage has evolved from over-the-toilet shelves to today’s sophisticated furniture pieces with pullout drawers and removable trays.
It’s a response to a common dilemma facing homeowners with new or newly remodeled bathrooms: How to provide bathroom storage without sacrificing style.
“In contemporary bathrooms with the sink mounted to the wall, there’s no place to put anything, said Kurt Schnakenberg, vice president of sales for Chicago Brass, a wholesale dealer in Highwood. “It looks great, but living (with) that bath doesn’t work because you can’t perform your daily activities in there.” (more…)
It may have been an overexposure to early Frank Lloyd Wright, or perhaps too much time spent in boats, but when I was young, and until very recently, I was horrified by furniture. I always thought that a perfect domestic architecture would be heavy on the built-ins. Shelves, benches, various seats and berths—these were the things necessary to finish a space, to tune it for living, to show at least that the designer was not entirely ignorant of how and by whom a house would be used. Also to anchor it. An uncle of mine lived for many years in a very cool Anglo-built adobe in Taos, New Mexico. At the center of the main space was a large circular pit, dug out of the ground and contoured for sitting: a brutal sunken living room, it seemed so much more profound than the loose, impermanent wooden furniture orbiting all around it, sliding this way and that, imported things ready to take up any position, or be replaced. (more…)
‘Picker’ for collectors knows how to avoid clutter
In the world of collecting, restraint is rare. Flea-market junkies hang paintings behind doors because their wall space disappeared decades ago. Their homes are stacked to the rafters, transformed into personal warehouses of their favorite finds.
Not Ken Erwin. In flea-market parlance, Erwin is a “picker,” a keen eye who shops on behalf of collectors, museums and other dealers. Though his days are spent navigating packed aisles of furniture and cluttered tables of objets d’art, his nights are savored in a steel-and-glass house in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles that is surprisingly spare, almost hollow. (more…)
Riley’s Real Wood Furniture in Eugene Oregon is proud to announce the arrival of our home page web specials. Get great deals and the newest styles at our home page. Specials are updated weekly. Riley’s web specials are the best way to save money on locally made, high quality furniture.
All of Riley’s furniture is made from the highest quality solid wood. Offering the finest in home furnishings in Lane County and throughout Oregon, Riley’s has stylish contemporary furniture and updated classics. These carefully crafted furnishings are manufactured right here in the North West. Manufacturers from from many local communities including Corvallis, Portland and Eugene and others are represented at our showroom, and on the web. Only the highest quality real wood furniture is selected for sale at Riley’s. (more…)
