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Las Vegas Design Center Forecast:
From ‘Lucite Love’ to ‘Inside Out,’ the Public is Invited to Discover Trends Featured at Summer 2010 Las Vegas Market at World Market Center Las Vegas

(LAS VEGAS)—August 4, 2010—The season’s hottest furnishings are currently filling showrooms within Las Vegas Design Center. Beginning August 10, the public is invited in for the first time following the August 2 – 6 Las Vegas Market to see the newest trends unveiled at one of the industry’s most formative events.

Shoppers and style-seekers may want to bolster their trend tracking before they go. Paul Watson, ASID, director of business development for Las Vegas Design Center, provided insight into the newest trends representing hot home furnishings that were highly visible during Market.

Loving Lucite
Lucite dominated the design scene in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and now the versatile material is making a clear comeback. Watch for the sizzling hot acrylic taking shape in tables, chairs, accessories, lighting and more. Example: The Invisible Chair available at H. Studio/Haziza, A-129. Purely simple. Geometric lines and design encased through clear acrylic. It’s an illusion of invisibility made present by functional art. Available in twelve unique colors.

Old Meets New
Some of today’s most popular furnishings exude a look that’s new and exciting, while also a nod to the past. A contemporary traditional style conveys both a sense of depth and progressiveness, and it’s taking over the design landscape. “We are seeing traditional silhouettes recreated or intermixed with contemporary motifs,” Watson said. Example: A reproduction console and curio from Kindel Furniture’s Dorothy Draper Collection, available in the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill showroom, C-101. The inside back panel is shown in coral, and is available with a contrasted painted finish.

Splash of Color
Why paint an entire room when splashes of color add punch and style? Create exciting interiors by using color and texture with vibrant decorative accessories, such as picture frames, wall décor and throws. The bright accents can change as quickly as the trends. Example: The Lazy Susan Worn Beach Glass Bowl adds a bright, summery aqua color to the home year-round. Available at Dillon-Wells, A-236.

Instant Antiques
Reclaimed and repurposed woods are a nod to the eco-friendly movement. But they’re also beautiful and natural ways to add style to a room. With stunning patinas and unique characteristics, antiques are as much a conversation piece as they are a statement. Example: Cabinets from the Hughes Collection in the Four Hands showroom, A-110, are made from 90 percent reclaimed pine and deliver functionality with an inspired historical design in a stripped-down raw finish.

Inside Out
Outdoor living spaces bring a sense of luxury to everyday living. More and more people are creating their own outdoor lounges, outdoor living rooms and outdoor kitchens, giving their home the feel of a private resort, and savoring life alfresco. Example: Available in the Jordan Spencer showroom, C-188, Lee Industries’ new upholstered outdoor collection features modern, white, maintenance-free pieces that stand up to the elements.

About Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas

Sitting at the epicenter of the world’s fastest growing home furnishings complex, Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas is a year-round resource for design-seeking consumers and designers showcasing top names in fine furniture, decorative accessories, wall décor, lighting, floor coverings, fabrics and trim. Now open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., LVDC boasts hundreds of leading manufacturers’ lines. An important source of education for the industry, Las Vegas Design Center also attracts many of the industry’s most prominent thought leaders to its comprehensive slate of seminars, networking receptions and other sought-after events. Las Vegas Design Center is home to the recently opened Mundo: A Culinary Haute Spot. For more information, visit www.lvdesigncenter.com.

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Try envisioning your environment as Living –Breathing- Art-An Interactive Space.

A painting that hangs on a wall or a statue on a pedestal. “Pieces” to be used in the space; which might be the “key piece” of the space, priceless, the main reason you want to design the space-however, this key piece is one of a multitude of components that make an entire space work for you!

Our passion is to create interactive artful spaces incorporating functions of design.

Think about how something as simple as how a piece of material feels against your skin -it may have a sensual nature, make you feel relaxed, uplift you and why? This is the tactile or physical part of design that can make all of the difference in a space for you- That’s the type of emotional connection we will draw to your space!

Your environment has the potential to be an emotional interactive space invoking feelings that meet your needs.

Every item within the space shares its role in creating a:

Living-Breathing-Designed Space: Art

Is it possible without asking a family member to come watch the kids? Yes it is! We (Jill and Marc) are doing this while the kids are in school (hint, hint, hint)!

Sharing ideas with you for what we are planning on doing individually and as a couple on our “staycations” may inspire you to take this idea and run with it as well….. so, here we stay!

• Polish & Pamper: First thing- we are going to have someone come in and clean our house and make our bed each day as if we were in a hotel!

• Nature & Nurture: Marc is going to head out to Dead Horse Canyon to go mountain biking just southwest of town. Jill is going to get a hot rock massage and a facial at the spa.

• Feed & Flourish: We will meet at Four Seasons “Verandah” for lunch. Afterwards, the house is clean and quiet and it’s time to read and take a nap.

• Renew and Rejuvenate: Another day will be spent enjoying a day shopping together for some niceties at Nordstrom’s…and seeing a mid-day fashion show at the mall, then take a stroll over to the Wynn Resort for a light lunch before picking up the kids from school.

• Inspire & Initiate: Playing tourist on the Las Vegas Strip and getting some inspiration from the galleries and artistic vision of the architecture within… What’s better than that…when you’re in a town with so much design inspiration, why not take advantage of what’s available right outside your door and initiate new ideas and local connection!

• Fitness & Form: Enjoying Bikram Yoga together and making sure to exercise daily.

• Educate & Enlighten: Finally spending time at a local bookstore / library for inspirational and uplifting ways of leading a healthier and more fulfilled life while continually incorporating design into our daily routine.

Whatever it is for you-make your home your place to retreat and enjoy the area you live in….why wait until you go out of town to live in a resort…..just take a “Staycation”.

Visibility in the home- what things do you want people to see in your home and what things don’t you?

The ability to bring the outside in is a key component to creating a visually fluid space from the entrance of your home to the outdoor areas.

When you don’t need a ton of privacy leave your windows uncovered or with minimal filtering materials- One of the first things people experience is the light you have coming from the outdoor areas through your windows.

Bring light in without sacrificing privacy. Visibility in your bathrooms can be private in addition to being bright when using decorative glass materials vs. your standard builder’s windows or doors. Choose material which still allows light in without sacrificing privacy.

Use glass or crystal to enhance your lighting fixtures, bringing a reflective quality and sparkle to the area while creating a visual statement.

Many builders use slab doors which can reduce your visibility and make your space seem smaller-try adding insets with glass to increase the open feeling.

Glass-try using it in a variety of ways to add to the mood, visibility, privacy, and energy of your home.

The important thing about color is to have fun. Remember how easy it was to use color when you were a child? What do we fear when we are choosing a color for our home? Be a kid and experiment and if you don’t like it start again.

Changing the colors on your walls is one of the least expensive ways to make a huge impact on your environment! Put a few splashes of colors on a wall and live with them for a few days. Feel the energy change in the space and pick the color(s) with a positive impact on your mood.

Take time to research how the colors you have an affinity for impact your daily life, and you may be surprised at the outcome.

After having recently toured Encore Las Vegas, I found the predominant color is red. Red is the color of power and strength not to mention sexuality. How do you want to feel when you go out? The Decor at Encore invokes a mood of: “Yeah, I look good… I am feelin it”. When you Design a home what colors you choose say a lot about you. Do you have Red in your bedroom? What color is your kitchen? What is the overall color theme of your home?

This week I will add a post on the effects colors have on your moods.