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Sumptuous shapes, fresh colors in style

By Staff
Publication: Furniture Today
Date: Monday, October 16 2006

Six distinct style themes take center stage in furniture at this week's High Point Market. They include Crisp Contemporary, featuring fresh shapes and bright, lively colors; Modern Traditions, updated versions of classic American styles such as Arts & Crafts and Mission; Asian Inspirations,

highlighting exotic finishes and natural forms; Mediterranean Magic, combining intricate veneer work with hand painting and carving details; Great Getaways, relaxed, casual styles with special character; and Tropical Breezes, distinguished by creative material mixes and soft forms and finishes.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • Sumptuous shapes, fresh colors
  • MEDITERRANEAN MAGIC On Legacy Leather's Elba, a leather/fabric collage sofa with high arms and scatter-back pillows, the front rail and trim are accented in embossed ......
  • Sumptuous shapes, fresh colors
  • MEDITERRANEAN MAGIC On Legacy Leather's Elba, a leather/fabric collage sofa with high arms and scatter-back pillows, the front rail and trim are accented in embossed ......
  • Asian inspirations
  • New goods in this category offer simple forms that reflect traditional Asian designs, including straight lines and flat surfaces. While the silhouettes are simple, the ......
  • The Question Song
  • The daughter and granddaughter of artists offers a very agreeable rhymed verse with a large comfort quotient. Each spread begins with a repeated line about ......
  • Gabriella's Song
  • Fleming (Madame Lagrande and Her So High, To the Sky, Uproarious Pompadour, 1996) celebrates music and its power to touch our lives. The setting is ......
  • Garden Varieties
  • With Americans looking to simplify their increasingly hectic lives, it's no surprise that many are paring down the decor in their homes and gardens as ......
  • Grande Dame
  • With the recent revival of classic decor, it is inevitable that traditional looks return with the grandeur and embellishment that have served as a cornerstone ......
  • Deluxe Luxe
  • Falling asleep has never looked better with the luxe top of bed offerings featuring hand-sewn crystals, rich embroidery and classic patterns. Silk, velvet and satin ......
  • aïtali
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  • Marvin Wanted More!
  • Like puffy clouds with smiling faces and sticklike legs, sheep gambol merrily upon sunlit green hills—all but Marvin, that is, who resents being slightly smaller ......
  • Fresh colors, creative shapes
  • Manufacturers are playing to their strengths this market, concentrating on proven niches and core competencies as the best way to drive business in this uncertain ......
  • Family Rooms
  • Readers young and old in Akron, Ohio, an industrial city 30 minutes south of Cleveland that is known for rubber tire manufacturing, just got themselves ......
  • Design: Ready to Rock
  • From the early days of Devo and Duran Duran to the latest videos from Destiny's Child or all-day coverage of the international Live 8 concerts, ......
  • Classic Mickey comes home
  • NEW YORK — In the wake of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary, Disney Consumer Products is working to boost the profile of its iconographic character — ......
  • Lively tabloid offers easy access to...
  • Circulated to employees of Bank One Corporation, The Wire won the 1999 Silver Award in The Newsletter on Newsletter's annual design competition in the corporate-internal ......