NYDC What�s New, What�s Next...

 

I had the pleasure of being asked by the NYDC to put together a lifestyle board for What's New, What's Next this year.  I am so excited to be able to share with you some of the great new pieces that are coming to the design center from amazing brands!   If you are in the New York area please plan to attend the event - check out all of the details here.

Join the New York Design Center on September 19th for the fifth annual �What�s New, What�s Next,� a showcase of new ideas, materials, and products. Beginning at 2:00pm, attendees are welcome to attend presentations, book signings, and panel discussions with the industry�s top editors, designers, and manufacturers.
In addition to the stimulating programs surrounding the latest trends, guests have the opportunity to views new product introductions ranging from residential to contract, rugs to lighting, sofas to tiles, ultra-modern to traditional, and everything in between. What�s New, What�s Next celebrates every facet of the design industry generating a buzz that can�t be missed.

Product links below..

Rug/art/tables/sofa/chair/stool/pendant



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Sunburst mirrors..

 

I cannot put my finger on it but there is something that I cannot resist about the sunburst mirror.  I love them right now, currently it is the rectangular pieces that have got me really hooked.  I love the variation in texture and color and the statement that they make.

This trend has been hanging on and I am so happy about it!

Do you like the sunburst mirror or do you think it has had it's current reign long enough?

 

Find out a bit more about the history of the sunburst mirror here..

 

Silver or Black Jewelry Finish? Which Do You Prefer?

Silver or Black jewelry finish? Which do you prefer? 


I recently posted this question on my Facebook page. 


So far, silver is in the lead...

Shiny silver finish?

When I first began making jewelry from broken china (and we're talking nearly 20 years now - yikes!) I would occasionally dabble with the black/vintage/antiqued finishes, but for some reason I always seemed to come back to silver.

Silver is traditional, it's easy to wear, it's shiny....as for the darker, vintage finishes - I believe they tend to be more trendy, coming into style right along with the whole "new vintage" era that you see everywhere you turn - in clothes, home furnishings, fabrics...what's old is new again, and so it goes.

I like the way a dark finish against a bright floral china pattern makes the colors pop, and how it lends to the "old" feeling of a piece of china. I equally like the feeling of luxury a shiny, silver finish affords. For me personally, I guess it all comes down to what kind of mood I'm in.

Which do you prefer?

Silver that has been given a black finish

What do you think?