Every now and then you'll run across a periodical with all kinds of useful information. Such was the case with Country Collectibles' 2011 Decorating Shortcuts.Some suggestions appeared in a December blog post, What Are You Doing for the Holidays? Here are a few more.1) Designer John Loecke-"Use wallpaper in an unexpected way. Paper ceilings. Your eye Continue Reading
Ahoy, Mates!
Ahoy, Mates! Grab a knot, net or nautical stripe!When-January 28th-February 1st at the New York International Gift Fair, Pier 94, New York City which draws 35,000 attendees from 50 states and 85 countries.Where - Karen Robertson Designs-Booth 41006Karen will introduce Casart's Karen Robertson Collection in vignettes displaying her wonderful marine designs Continue Reading
Is It Spring Already?
Is it Spring Already? Can it be that it's almost time for the next High Point Market Week? Better flag April 21st-26th. Seems like we just attended the Fall Market Week and wrote about all the trends we saw in our blog posts and November e newsletter; including coastal, nature, and classical.Last weekend I was thumbing through the January Wisteria catalog and Continue Reading
Decorating Decisions
It's a new year. It's time to freshen up the house with decorating decisions. But, you're not sure what you want to do. Maybe you can glean some suggestions from the magazines. Veranda has a bright cover with the subject, The Joy of Color but when you thumb through the pages, there's only one article with bright colors titled Haute Hues.Well, that's not Continue Reading
Everybody’s Doing It!
We came out with Casart Creative a few weeks ago in time for the holidays. It's a novel idea for a gift or an adult or children's party to color your own mural and personalize it. We covered it in this previous post and now like to say everybody is doing it !We weren't the only ones with a similar thought. It seems everybody is doing it.I went to Continue Reading
