High Point High 5: My Trend Flash Report

High Point High 5: My Trend Flash Report | Kelly Rogers Interiors | Interiors for Families

I’m fresh off the plane from High Point market yesterday, the bi-annual home furnishings market in North Carolina that’s basically Disney World for designers, furniture retailers, shelter magazine editors, and a whole host of others from all over the world. I make the trek every April to visit all my go-to vendors to see what’s…

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Trending Plaid

Eamon's Vintage American Nursery Tour | Kelly Rogers Interiors | Interiors for Families

If you’ve gone clothes shopping lately, no doubt you’ve noticed the plethora of plaids, the tons of tartans, the buffalo checks by the bucketful, hanging on the racks this fall season. This trend is rapidly propagating into the home decor realm, as well (you’ve seen the adorable new Target commercial with Emily Henderson, no?). Trendy…

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High Point Spring 2013 Color Roundup: GREEN Edition

Vanguard Furniture #hpmkt Spring 2013

As a color-oriented decorator, I tend to see color first and other details like line, scale, proportion, etc. after that initial impression of hue. Since color is an important element in retail and showroom design, it was a pretty good bet we’d see some great combinations and palettes at High Point Market. And we did.…

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Family-Friendly Finds at High Point Spring 2013 Market

CR Laine Accent Chairs in Sunbrella #hpmkt

I attended High Point market this past weekend for the first time. Although I was only there for a whirlwind day and a half visit, I can’t believe how much I accomplished, learned, saw, enjoyed, and was inspired by. It is an experience like none other! One of my primary objectives in going to market…

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Made You Look

Hacienda Farida Outdoor Rug - Rugs USA

I love designs that work on multiple levels – that look like one thing, but act like another. It’s a way of having the best of both worlds – whatever those worlds may offer! The design world seems to be brimming with such products these days – some dating back to ancient decorative traditions, and…

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Interior Design Time Warp #2 – The 1980s

Interior Design Rendering from 1980s

Well, thanks for your patience as I’ve attended to some personal matters (you know, family, school, the usual stuff!). I proudly bring you the second installment of Interior Design Time Warp – my favorite decade (so far) – the 80s, baby! If you’ve forgotten how families lived during the decade of decadence, or if you…

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Interior Design Time Warp #1 – The 1970s

Materials Board from 1970s

While vacationing in Newport, RI last month, we rented a lovely house in the Kay-Catherine neighborhood. The homeowners had the most impressive collection of coffee table books I had ever seen. Name a topic, they had a great big book (or several) about it – art, architecture, sailing, lighthouses, geography, food, wine, etc. The ones…

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