Beasley & Henley

Here is another great picture from the  How-DO-They-Do-That?! file.

This home in Naples was about 10,000 square feet and had a nice flow to it from the architect Mark Nasrallah.  On the interior detailing and interior design side, we added everything.  Here is a picture of completed living room with all the details and furnishings.  Such a great house! 

I love going to High Point!  Seeing what’s new and hot in the world of furniture and all the incredibly creative minds that brought it all together- what could be better?!

Here are some of the top trends for 2010 that we saw at the October 2009 High Point Furniture Market. (For more pictures and details go to FACEBOOK, and find: Beasley & Henley Interior Design.)

 TREND #1 AU NATURAL

By far, the top design trend has to be the return of NATURAL.  Natural wood, natural fabric, reclaimed this and vintage that.  From furniture to lighting there was a huge focus on grey teak, reclaimed oak, pine, and natural alder.  It hits you the first day and follows you through the entire market from the boutique lines like Vagabond and Zentique to entrenched players like Lexington and Hickory White.

 Here are a few of the pictures:

  Even accessories and side tables are hot ”au natural’, like these from Artesia.

TREND#2 DAY BEDS

Another hot item was Day Beds. Maybe for the out-of-work children who are coming back home to live or friends who need a place to sleep for awhile? Not sure why but Day Beds were very popular for your interior design and of course shown in reclaimed or natural wood and covered in natural fibers.

TREND#3 LIGHTING

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (more…)

The Hook

Good wine and good company were key to getting the interior designers and design marketers to the event at Ceramic Matrix tile showroom last week. 

At the mention of the seminar however, everyone suddenly had something to else do. Wash the dog, visit in-laws, get stuck in traffic – anything to avoid another tedious lecture from someone telling us how to do something we already know how to do. 

Swayed by the offer of CEU credits and more wine, many stayed and though we never would have guessed -  it was so worth it!

The presenter, Feras Irikat, Design Director for Oceanside + Mandala tile companies, and Color Guru extraordinaire, filled us up with amazing facts, knowledge and tricks we didn’t even know we needed to know!

 Orange and Magenta and you’re good to go!

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I got lots of emails on my last How-Do-They-Do-That? post so I thought a would do another.

This one is a room I love in Naples Florida. It was a ‘designer -ready’ unit which means we got it with concrete floors, and plain, unembellished drywall ceilings and walls. Except for the kitchen and bathroom plumbing we added everything, and I mean everything!

This shot gives just a one-room example of what interior designers can do to a room. It can give a few ‘do it yourself’ ideas and also shows some of the latest design trends and unique ideas! Let me know what you think!

Wallpaper is all the Rage! It’s popular, chic and trendy for interiors, from modern to traditional.

Who knew? For a long time, wallpaper was on the outs. The far outs. We were all tired of stripes, flowers and damask; and of course, we were tired just thinking about stripping it off. So what did we do? We turned to faux, washes and plain ol’ paint. All still great options BTW, but Wallpaper has staged a comeback!

What happened?

Great new wallpapers happened!

Wallpaper manufacturers got smart and started to hire interior designers to design them. Fun ideas and great looks began popping up everywhere and we are falling in love with wallpaper all over again!

Popular so far are:

Large Prints

Mod 60's styling

Textured Surfaces: One of may favorite! Great pattern and hand flocked!

and shiny bright monochromes

A fresh look in today’s wallpapers is the indulgence in organic shapes and flow.

There are fewer structured geometrics

Large Geometric with fresh purple and grey

and more abstracts, that move with nature!

 

Love this silver metallic!

 Painted lacquer walls are a great design trend these days, but they are expensive and time consuming to do. They are worth it if you love the look, but now you can get a similar look with wallpaper!

Metalessence: Platinum on Cork - Amazing Texture!

Many of the new wallpapers are used to make bold statements and jazz up a room. Maybe it is a strong textured paper on a family room wall

 
               or a bold print in a hallway giving it an instant lift,

 or a rich red one on a wall of a guest room.

Or maybe it is something really off the wall but totally great like an animal print.

Wallpaper is also easier to install and easier to remove than ever before. And thanks to the ‘green revolution’, wallpaper is a lot less toxic, which is never a bad thing.

So grab a book and start flipping. Wallpaper is back!

Note: Still on the outs are wallpaper borders. Please don’t try these at home!

People ask us all the time, ” How do you Do that?” “How do you know what to do in a room?”

So, just for fun, I put together a recent Beasley & Henley design and gave some ideas of what we did to make this room so great!  In fact, this is one of our recent award winners….