What lured us back to New Orleans? Well, a family gathering for a sister's birthday, which turned into a family reunion, which morphed into a Thanksgiving celebration, all against the backdrop and initial kickoff event of Mary McDonald's Book Signing at Tara Shaw Maison on Camp Street.Although this was a public event, we had been invited to attend when meeting up Continue Reading
Archives for November 2011
Libby Langdon Times Two at High Point
Libby Langdon must have been a cheerleader when she was in school. She is up-beat, effervescent, motivating, funny, and much more. I mentioned that I had attended both of her presentations in an earlier post. The first, How we really live/What We Really Want: Insights from the Front Lines at Makeover Television, was held in the showroom of Braxton Culler, for whom Continue Reading
New Methods to View Interior Design Work in Progress
As an artist I appreciate mock ups and new methods to present them. I know there are typically a lot of conceptual sketches that get drawn before the actual design gets produced and this takes a lot of time. Many fields require this creative process but up until recently there have not been sufficient tools to help in efficiency and decrease the time this process Continue Reading
Angelo Surmelis at High Point
We met Angelo Surmelis at High Point.I really wasn't stalking him! Ashley was on her cell phone and I saw this man wearing a hat walking briskly in front of me, whom I immediately identified as Angelo Surmelis. Now, I've watched Angelo on HGTV's Rate My Space and knew he had a line of furniture, bedding, rugs and drapes called appropriately enough angelo: HOME and Continue Reading
Showrooms and Socializing at High Point Market
What would going to High Point Market be like if you didn't see something new? Fortunately there were tons of new types of design, furniture and accessories to see and inspire and you can always go for the showrooms and socializing. Of course some things old are now new again like:1) Focus on Nature's objects -- seashells, bugs and coral displayed in unusual ways, Continue Reading
