This month at DG, we are featuring tips, advice, trends and an endless amount of useful information from the experts themselves...and we have plenty to choose from! Everything you could possibly need to know about antiques, architecture, remodeling, art, interior design, window treatments, flooring, furniture and accessories, kitchens, outdoor landscaping, and specialty services can be found right here on the DG site...consider it your top-notch insiders' guide where industry leaders dish on what's new, relevant and to-be-expected in the design world.
Centiva, an internationally recognized design and manufacturing flooring company, sets out to inspire the mind and transform both residential and commerical spaces with their highly-innovative and creative flooring options.
New name, new outlook... The Home & Garden Market, formerly The Home and Garden Show of Fort Worth, has undergone a stylish revamp to provide DFW consumers and homeowners with the latest and greatest in everything new in gardens, kitchens, bathrooms, outdoor living and more. One exciting new feature, the The Antiques Appraisal Market lets you bring in vintage fine and decorative art for an appraisal from a professional's eyes.
This year's Metrocon Expo & Conference (sponsored by OM Workspace and DG Publishing Inc) went off without a hitch. Designed with innovation, forward thinking, and continued education in mind, volunteers from Texas/Oklahoma IIDA, Dallas-Fort Worth IFMA and Texas ASID came together to bring us one show-stopping, two-day event. Bustling designers, beautiful displays, and high energy filled the Dallas Market Hall convention center last week. And, even better news?
The Dallas Design District welcomes its newest addition: GranitiFiandre Dallas Resource Center, a contemporary and impressive space for architects and designers to bring clients to browse through more than 300 porcelain tile options, all arranged by color in a smart "library" fashion. Use the showroom, kitchen and conference rooms for presentations and enjoy ample space for brainstorming, planning, mixing and matching.
Luxury bathrooms are becoming a hot commodity in home design, with contemporary detail and design showing up in unexpected places... like the sink for example. Glass, wood, marble, bronze and other materials are being combined with mosaic tile, crystal, and metallic embellishments that transform this ordinary bathroom fixture into a work of art. See below for a few bold ideas in modern bathroom design.
METROCON 2009, the largest design-related regional expo in the country-August 13th & 14th (and media sponsored by yours truly-DG Publishing, Inc) is stirring up quite the buzz, and rightfully so!
Hundreds of "green" supporters flooded the floors of the Frontiers of Flight Museum last Thursday for the Second Annual North Texas Sustainable Showcase hosted by the USGBC North Texas Chapter, AIA Dallas, COTE, and CSI Dallas Chapter, to boast the latest and greatest in green building products and technology for commercial and resident
On this month's tour around the globe, we've landed in Turkey for our next "culture shock" design inspiration. With it's eclectic blend of Eastern and Western traditions and heavy influences from the country's 6-century-long rule by the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish culture is rich, vibrant, and loaded with history.
When it comes to choosing a design scheme, there is almost nothing I love more than Black & White together. It's crisp, clean, sophisticated and allows you to get creative with patterns (stripes & brocade, to name a few of my faves), graphics, and textures. There is something so pretty and chic about the stark contrast between the two. See below for a few elements that have me feeling extra inspired this morning.