NOT TO MISS BRANDS AT HIGH POINT MARKET:

Next month, I am heading to High Point Market! While I have been attended the world’s largest furnishings market many times now, I never tire of the pilgrimage to home fashion week in High Point, North Carolina. I’m starting to get excited as I plan my agenda with new collections, new lines, and the parties of course. 

From panels to book signings to sourcing, this is what I’m looking forward to next month. I’ve been chosen to be a part of the Design Bloggers Tour for High Point Market VIP MARKET TOUR this fall! I’m so excited and honored to be part of this fabulous group as an ambassador TrendSpotter.

Get The Scoop on High Point Market

I am so excited to share with you all the is happening at High Point Market, because you’re getting the inside scoop, in-depth tour, and backstage views to all the latest and greatest home design trends. 

Designers attend insider Market Events to get out of the office and see the latest introductions and updates from the market in person. It makes me a better designer, especially when acting as a brand ambassador on a personal tour.

It’s so important and an opportunity to see design trends that are pushing to the front ( like the presence of purple in furniture, textiles, and lighting!! ).

WHY VISIT

Visiting High Point Market is pivotal for the Interior Design community as it allows us to learn from some of the best professionals in the industry and to update our sources. This is the place to see new color trends, visit your trusted furniture partners and find new sources that help you make your projects beautiful and most importantly, unique.

HOW TO FOLLOW dvd Interior Design

If you don’t already, make sure to follow dvd Interior Design through our social networks: Instagram or join our newsletter for all the updates from the market. 

We will be offering up fun and informative information on home decor trends for 2020! 

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE FROM ME:

• Pre-Market highlights here on the blog and in my newsletters,

• My High Point Market Events I am attending. ( see below)

• Daily agenda of the design bloggers showroom visits, A FEW private receptions we will attend, and a collaborative design eye of 10 fabulous designers from across the nation.

• A franco furniture tour with Toma Clark, aka The “Antiques Diva” hosted by Antiquarian of Connecticut.

• Meetups with other designers from previous tours, the hosts of the Market tours and the Style Spotters group as well, this is the best thing about being part of the design blogger tour, is the networking, sharing of ideas and the comradery of other designers.

• Having attended multiple markets, I will share with you my money-saving tips for planning your trip to HPMKT.

So follow here: Instagram or join our newsletter for all the updates from the market. 

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SNEAK PEAK and NEW LOOKS for

HOME FASHION 2020

Artisan

SonderLiving , www.sonderliving.com

Arteriors, https://www.arteriorshome.com/

Dorel Home, www.dhpfurniture.com

The Return Of Color

Sonder Living, www.sonderliving.com

Hand Crafted

Hudson Valley Lighting Group, www.hudsonvalleylighting.com Dramatic and crafted lighting.

Ercole Home : www.ercolehome.com. Global handcrafted glass Venetian influences: Beautifully handcrafted wood lacquers night stand with glass sculpture Wood Finish: Misty Grey Lacquer Glass: Icy White, White+Ivory mix for flowers Pattern: Blossom Base: Vintage Style (8’’H) Metal Finish: Bronze

Baker Furniture with Thomas Pheasant Designs www.baker.com Clean and Classic. Baker's introductions are always on point.

NATURE INFLUENCES

Must mention Baker Furniture with designer Laura Kirar: A signature look back at the beauty of natural materials and simpler shapes.

LAYERS UPON LAYERS

Layers of Lighting, to the trade lighting. All inquiries for purchase dvd2design@gmail.com

New and fabulous, Ray Booth with Hickory Chair

woodlandhome.com

Other Sponsors participating in the tour include:

Four Hands, www.fourhands.com | Hooker Furniture, www.hookerfurniture.com | Jaipur Living, www.jaipurliving.com | IMC – Interhall, www.imchighpointmarket.com/interhall | IMC – Salon, www.imchighpointmarket.com/salon | Lloyd Flanders, www.lloydflanders.com | SmithHonig, www.smithhonig.com | Crypton Home Fabric | 

CASUAL LUXURY LIVING

Norwalk Furniture, www.norwalkfurniture.com | Modern Sectionals for family living

Hubbardton Forge, https://www.hubbardtonforge.com/, Modern American Blacksmiths | Schoolhouse sensibilities meld with neoclassical spirit, the Atlas Pendant.

CURVES ARE EVERYWHERE

Century Furniture www.centuryfurniture.com Beautiful curves are everywhere.

Arteriors: Dune Chair

Notice the landscape of channeling and soft curves of the Dune in decadent jewel-toned emerald velvet and beautiful antique brass legs.

HONORING THE CREATIVE CYCLE

New introductions to trade only resources.

The eclectic mix of Alfonso Marina: To the Trade available via dvd Interior Design: dvd2design@gmail.com

Are you a designer interested in attending High Point Market? Here are some of my tips, and expectations

What You Will See and Learn From High Point Market

1. Expect to be running into everyone you've ever worked with on the plane

Yep. Its fun, but If loungewear is your usual apparel of choice for travel, you may want to rethink that choice. You can expect to run into everyone you've ever worked with, for, and around, or are hoping to impress on a single-aisle jet to Greensboro that somehow carries the entire design industry from your area that week. A plane to NC full of New Yorkers happens only 2 times a year, so make sure you are prepared to smile and shine (at 6am)

2. Running into everyone else you know at the Proximity

Now you have spent a full day at the market, but you are craving a good meal ( which is hard to find in NC) So you check into the Proximity, and even though you think you’ve seen everyone you know already, you will meet even more in the hallways and restaurant. This is the place to be.

Other notables, the scene in Oly's High Point showroom, Currey and Co for lunch, and Four Hand for the evening party.

3. Pimento cheese, egg salad, and chili at the Parson's Table

Admit it: You were a bit skeptical the first time you were ushered into a church basement in downtown High Point with assurances that it held the best lunch in town (we all were). Lo and behold, the women of High Point's First United Methodist church do not disappoint: With their Southern hospitality and gentle-but-firm maternal urging, you're sure to leave stuffed with pimento cheese and more desserts than you'd care to count. When in Rome.

4. Eating like you'll never see the South again

The food fest continues beyond the parish hall, no urging necessary. Whether your vice of choice is a Cookout milkshake, a Bojangles biscuit sandwich, or some good old-fashioned southern BBQ, one thing is certain: There's no juice cleansing in High Point.

5. Shopping

From the biannual Mottahedeh sale to Mr. Brown's warehouse and the barn at Schwung Home, there are endless opportunities to add to the weight of your carry-on—or to make use of no fewer than 14 tote bags you're likely to have accrued by the end of the week.

HIGH POINT MARKET EVENTS I WILL BE ATTENDING

FRIDAY:

Junior League of High Point Showhouse 2019 (media tour and opening part on Friday, October 18th)

“ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME and The Junior League of High Point are proud to present the 2019 Junior League of High Point Designers’ Showhouse

Restoration is underway at the historic Dalton-Bell-Cameron house, once slated for demolition after being gutted by fire but now on its way to becoming a designers’ showhouse in the fall.”

October 19th – November 3rd

Open Daily 10 AM-5 PM

Purchase tickets through media sponsor and international magazine: Aspire Magazine

Alden Parkes Showroom

‘Showhouse in a Showroom’ featuring six world-class designers.

October 17th – 23rd

Open Daily 8 AM-7 PM

200 North Hamilton Street, Suite 110

I always visit 214 MODERN and suggest that you also visit them.

Why? Well for great vintage and amazing collections. This year the showroom is hosting All-star designers Celerie Kemble, Young Huh, Lauren Leiss, Barry Lantz, Mia Allen, Susan Hable Smith, Michel Smith Boyd, Barrie Benson, and Angela Chrusciaki Blehm style their best vintage vignettes for charity at 214 Modern Vintage, in partnership with online resource Chairish.

SATURDAY: High Point offers many speaking series to elevate your business.

HPMKT Event 3 Pieces to Solve the Profitability Puzzle

Saturday, October 19

10am -11am

High Point Station

Super excited about the Keynote Speakers this Fall, Diane Keaton with Aidan Gray: A Conversation with Diane Keaton

Saturday, October 19
3pm - 4pm
High Point Theatre, in the Transportation Terminal

SUNDAY:

An opportunity to meet and hear from Erik Qualman.

Socialnomics - Winning Customers via Social Media and Mobile: Motivational Speaker, Author, and respected Digital Leadership.

Sunday, October 20
3pm - 4pm
High Point Theatre, in the Transportation Terminal
With Erik Qualman. DM me if you plan to attend, I would love to meet you there.

MONDAY:

EVENT NEWS

Monday, Oct. 21, 10:30 to 11:30 am 

‘Biodiversity in Design’ presentation with biologist-turned-artist Susanna Paisley, co-sponsored by the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC). Art resource Zoe Bios Creative announces it will team up with the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC) to co-host this event on Monday. O in the High Point Tile and Marble Building, located at 108-110 S. Elm St.

Dr. Susanna Paisley is set to present ‘Biodiversity in Design,’ a topic the conservation biologist-turned-artist is intimately familiar with.

**For More Coverage on What is happening at High Point Market Fall 2019, Visit BOH ( Business of Home)

FREE TOUR: Tour HPMKT like an Insider – October 2019

THIS TOUR IS NOW CLOSED!

The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, with 11.5 million square feet of show space, 75,000 attendees, 2000+ exhibitors, and 100+ countries represented. Retail home furnishings buyers, interior designers, architects, and others in the home furnishings industry can be found in High Point twice a year, because if you can’t find it in High Point…it probably doesn’t exist!

dvd Interior Design would like to thank all the participating brands for taking the time to host us and preview their new products and collections. If you are interested in seeing more about our tour at Fall Market, please SIGN UP for our newsletter below.

Get even more insight with Deborah on her guest appearance on ”A Well-Designed Business”

Welcome to today’s episode! On the show today we are going to be having an in-depth conversation with Deborah Von Donop, an interior designer, and well-known blogger. We will be talking to Deborah about monetizing your blog and also about how and why it is really important to create a content-rich blog, in order to drive readers and design enthusiasts to your website for the opportunity to monetize through affiliate links and sponsored content. Listen in to find out more about networking as your biggest resource for growth.              

Deborah is the principal of DVD Interiors in Connecticut and she is the editor and founder of the national blog DVD Interior Design. Deborah also guests blogs for a number of other sites, including Westchester Magazine, I blog Magazine, Blissfully Domestic.Com and more. She writes weekly posts about design resources, highlights from industry events and also interior design topics that are aimed to educate and inspire her readers. Deborah’s experience includes a BFA in Interior Architecture from Cal State University in Long Beach, a CCIDQ certification, an NCIDQ certification, and a LEED GA credential. All of this combines really well to bring in-depth knowledge to all of her projects. Listen in now to find out what Deborah has to share about upping your game in social media.

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