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A Great lookling Chair That's a Recliner!

         It's that time of year when you lose your husband to the Fall Football Game on television. The leaves are swirling down from the autumn cover outside. He really should be out there in the sunshine and be raking up your yard, but, there he is, in front of the TV for hours. Well, he might as well look good. Go ahead and surprise him this Fall with a comfy leather chair that looks good with him in it. He can be styling while he eats those taco chips!

            

              Corey and Jen have pulled off another wonderful display in our store with

the starter piece to the design being the leather recliner in the sumptuous taupe leather. They added a lot of color when they added the boldly stripe rug in blue, teal, brown and gold. The whole display shows you how easily a room can be pulled together. They accesssorized the space with a graphicly bold mirror over the steel and plank wood console and added a couple of abstract art pieces on the adjoining side wall. I love the free standing bunches of sticks for the corner. 
 They add a bit of whimsey and fill the corner at the same time. 

           For the month of November we are going to offer clients a walk- in Design Service. This is for all of you that just can not figure out what is wrong with your room or how to fix it. Take a photo of your design dilemma and bring the photo in and show it to Jen. Take dimensions of the room so she will know how large the room is and mark off the doorways and windows on your sketch so she can establish the way the room traffics. If you have any samples of the fabrics on the pieces that you want to keep in the room bring them along. The more information you bring to the table the more successful the space will be. Then give her a chance to work on a few suggestions and when you come back she can brainstorm a few ideas with you.


Let's get those houses ready for the holidays!!!!

Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID





The Recliner has always been an icon in the American Way of Life! I have discovered a new updated version that does not look like a recliner! Husbands will be so happy that their wives will no longer veto the recliner in front of the TV. It is made with very comfortable and breathable leather and is a great looking chair.

Our vignette this month is a clean contemporary version of the TV area in your home. We paired our wonderful seating with a console made of brushed steel and plank wood. This also is a well designed piece because of the placement of the legs. The assymetry of the design adds to the appeal of the table.

Corey and Jen, on our design team at Details of Design, added a bold stripe rug to give us the color scheme for the room. This rug is available in sizes up to 8ft 6 inches x 11 ft 6 inches.

Then they merely filled in with a fantastic mirrror centered over the console and paired it with some Tiffany Blue Ceramic Lamps to pull on the color in the rug.

Here is a tip: If you are going to use one large mirror or piece of art over your console, the next wall, as in the photo, should have something different, like the stacked abstracts on the left hand wall. Vary what you hang on your walls. Do not just hang one piece of art in the center of every wall in the room.

The next time that you want to rearrange a room, add a few new pieces, or accessorize the room that you have not finished, take a few photos and dimensions of the room and come in and see Jen and/or Corey to help brainstorm with you. They can pull it all together with our lamps, art and accessories right here in the store. It's a good resource to keep in mind!

Our Blogging Plans

What caught my eye about this chair was not the yummy taupe leather but, that it is a RECLINER!!!!! So, it is going to be the starting point of our next blog. We, meaning, Corey, Jen and I are going to put together a display on our 8x5 ft platform by the front door to our store and we are going to demonstrate our design abilities to spur you into action in your own home!

After putting our heads together, our design team decided that it really would be more interesting if we paired it with contemporary furnishings even though it has traditional lines. So, after scouring the store to see what we had that was new, hot and exciting we decided to pair it with a fabulous console table that is made of steel slab and a wooden plank top.

"Once you have a few key pieces in place, the rest of the design is filling in the accents and accessories." said Jen, " If you want to leave the rest of this to us, we will finish off the design and call you when it is finished." Well, I had lots of design work to do back in the studio so, I left the two of them to create the next masterpiece in our new series of "Details of Design".

That's our plan! We want to create for you, on a regular basis, a fun design based on the wonderful items that we receive in our Retail Store. We want you to begin to see the possibilities!!!

We would just love it if you decided to become a follower of our blog! It's really easy to sign up: Look in the Left Hand Column of the blog and scroll down to become a follower. Click there and follow the directions. Then when we come up with our new display you will be notified by email. It's sort of like saving your favorite TV show!!

Stay tuned for the new creation!

Gina Fitzsimmons