What are you doing for the holidays? I don't know about you, but this is the time of year I start thinking about sprucing (no pun intended) up the guest room, finding that special gift for someone dear to me, decorating for a festive feel, etc. I'm not looking for big fixes or big splurges; just little "extras."Being that Casart's wallcovering unique quality of Continue Reading
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
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
Highlights of High Point – The Louisiana Connection
Highlighting High Point's Louisiana Connection. It's not surprising that Louisiana had a presence at High Point; we do seem to get around! Tara Shaw, a Louisiana connection, was exhibiting and had a terrific location. Although she was very busy, we managed a chat and were able to get a picture.Aware that European treasures were becoming increasingly more Continue Reading
Batting 100 with Bryan Batt!
Byran Batt is Batting 100!A successful acting career on Broadway. A character in the award-winning show Mad Men. A Big Easy home furnishing boutique named Hazelnut. A touching memoir, She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother, and now, a second book, Big, Easy Style: Creating Rooms You Love To Live In; the title playing off of the nick name for New Orleans. Seems Continue Reading
