Image courtesy of Designers Guild For this latest blog entry, we decided to focus on one company in particular, whose amazing fashion-forward goods we carry in-store, as well as utilize in our various creative projects — Designers Guild. For years, having the taste and good fortune of being an exclusive regional “stockist” (as they call retailers in the UK), we have been enamored with not only their wonderfully-imaginative and extensive line of textiles and accessories, but also the way they go about crafting their products. What is their inspiration and process? To find these answers, it might be a good...
Trending… Trending… 1, 2, 3
Trending… Trending… 1, 2, 3… The year of 2016 is well on it’s way at this point (daylight savings just kicked in, thank you very much!), but there are those who are just beginning to scrape off the rust and turn the wheels on their upcoming projects. We are always curious (and presume that you are as well, if you’re reading this right now) to know the latest trends including styles, colors, and whatever else has started to catch fire or is already ablaze. For those of you looking for inspiration, here are some insights, suggestions & palettes we are...
Pantone – Color(s) of the Year?
Here in the D&D store and design studio, we recently got into the discussion about “colors of the year”, and specifically the company known for debuting them right before the calendar flips over each year — Pantone. So we asked ourselves — How do they choose them? Are we and/or our clients, utilizing them in any projects at all? I mean, is there any relevancy when it comes to the real design world? [Pantone is the authority. Let’s put it this way — Actual COUNTRIES refer to them when choosing colors for their flags.] As you can imagine, a fun...
Do you Pinterest? Huh?? Well, do you, Pinhead??
We recently started our own full-fledged Pinterest page, and are enjoying it so much we had to blog about it! (Is that the new word for ‘brag’?) Yes, Pinterest first launched in 2011, but it is still at the forefront of relevancy in 2016 and will be for the forseeable future too, for that matter. They have lots of cool features in the pipeline, such as ‘promoted’ pins and a ‘buy it now’ button that we hope to be able to utilize, once they become available for small businesses. Anyways, we wanted to tell you about our favorite things so...
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Downtown Easton Store Expands
Dwelling & Design, located in the heart of historic downtown Easton, Maryland is proud to announce the opening of their brand-new showroom on Goldsborough Street. In addition to their celebrated design services and unique home furnishings, they are now offering a larger variety of furniture, bedding and flooring choices for clients to choose from. The expansion will allow a greater selection of merchandise, as well as afford customers the opportunity to see more examples of the inspired vignettes and collections put together by owners and designers Fiona Newell Weeks and Don Wooters. See more at: http://attractionmag.com/index.php/event/downtown-easton-store-expands/#sthash.5Gqdsjdm.dpuf