HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!! Hope you and your friends + family shared a fun & festive (or quiet & reflective) Christmas / Holiday season! THANK YOU for making the first year back east so wonderful, including getting to see & be with family this year, getting to do some travel, attend market events, meet more online friends in real life, and of course - work on transforming this house into a home! Still more to do, but really excited that the hubs and I are actually getting dressed up and heading out this evening to celebrate the past year (we rarely ever go out on New Years!!) Yesterday, I took down most of Christmas inside the house, (mostly trimmings & wreaths), cleaning up the needle mess, and added my traditional sparkle & shine to the living room for New Years Day. Blessings to you & your loved ones for a happy, healthy, safe & successful 2016!!

 

(above) Evening in candlelight... (below) Daytime shine!

 

Make home yours!

 

Happy New Year!!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

2015 Spring & Summer Market & Design Industry Events

There is a light at the end of this heavy snow burden winter: Upcoming Spring & Summer trade shows plus design industry events to attend. Time to get your head out from being buried in the snow, and mark your calendars with these upcoming market events happening in 2015! From trade-shows in New York City to Las Vegas and East coast showhouses -- to the largest interior design industry event - High Point Market in North Carolina, here is a list of a few events to save the date on - at least for the first half of 2015. For additional information on each of these events, just click their title to link to their site. And whether attending or not, you can usually also follow the events, by following their unique hashtags (provided if applicable)...

Save these dates!

MARCH

ADAC - Atlanta Decorative Arts Center

Atlanta, GA

9 Events happening from March 5 - March 26 (see site for details)

Atlanta Spring Gift, Home Furnishings & Holiday Market #atlmkt
Americasmart - Atlanta, GA
March 13 thru March 15 

Great American Bargain Book Show #GABBS
Americasmart - Atlanta, GA
March 13 thru March 15

High Point Market - Product Preview - TwitterChat #HPMKT
Global 
March 18 - 6pm EST

Charleston Symphony Orchestra League’s 38th Annual Designer Showhouse
Charleston, SC
March 19 through April 19

Architectural Digest Home Show #ADHS
New York City
March  19 thru March 22

Design Camp #DesignCamp #ADHS
New York City
March 18 & 19 at the Architectural Digest Home Show

DIFFA #DIFFA
New York City
Preview Party March 19 - Public viewing March 19-22 - Gala Dinner March 23

ASID Design Summit 
Chicago

March 26 

APRIL

Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Showhouse - Presidents Dinner
New York City
April 1

Houston Design Center Spring Market
Houston, TX
April 7 & 8

ASID - Design To Lead Summit
Washington, DC
April 13

Dream Home 2015 - Grand Opening
Design Center - Merchandise Mart - Chicago, IL
April 16

ASA 2015 Decorators Showhouse & Gardens - Château Soleil
Atlanta, GA
Open to the public from Saturday, April 18 – Sunday, May 10

High Point Market - #HPMKT 
High Point, North Carolina
April 18 thru April 23

Junior League Showhouse  #HPMKT
High Point, North Carolina
Preview Party April 17 - Public viewing April 18 - April 26

Design Camp #DesignCamp #HPMKT
High Point, North Carolina
April 20 & April 22

Design on a Dime - Housing Works Charity Benefit #DOAD
New York City
Preview Party April 23 - Public sale April 24 & 25

Dwell With Dignity - Pop-Up Thrift Studio #ThriftStudio2015
Dallas Design Center
Preview-Party: April 24

MAY

2015 Metro Designer Showhouse
Edgewater, New Jersey
Opening Gala April 30 - Open to public May 2 thru June 28

Legends 2015 - La Cienega Design Quarter #LCDQ
West Hollywood, CA
May 6 - May 8 

Brimfield - Spring Antiques Market #Brimfield 
Brimfield, Massachusetts
May 12 thru May 17

D&DBuilding - Spring Market 2015 
Upper East Side, NY
May 13 & 14

18th Annual Newport Harbor Home & Garden Tour
Newport Beach, CA
May 14 

International Contemporary Furniture Fair #IFCC
Javits Center, NYC
May 16 thru May 19 

JUNE

Canadian Home Furnishings Market
Toronto, Canada
June 4 thru June 7 

NeoCon 2015 - Largest Commercial Interiors Market Event
Merchandise Mart - Chicago, IL
June 15 thru June 17

Summer Luvin' - Sweet Salvage 4-Day Pop-Up Vintage Shop
Phoenix, AZ
June 18 thru June 21

JULY

Atlanta Summer International Gift & Home Furnishings Market
Americasmart - Atlanta, GA
July 7 thru July 14

Brimfield - Spring Antiques Market #Brimfield 
Brimfield, Massachusetts
July 14 thru July 19

Coastal Living Hamptons Showhouse #CLSHOWHOUSE
East Hampton, NY
July - September 2015 (check site for date & time updates)

Collaboration Nation - LVMKT & Design Camp

AUGUST

Las Vegas Summer Market #LVMKT
World Market Center - Las Vegas

Design Camp#DesignCamp #LVMKT
Las Vegas World Center
August 4 & 5

Happening Date of post:

Dwell With Dignity Thrift Studio - Kick-off Party #ThriftStudio2015

at Pirch - Dallas, TX

March 5 - 7pm-9m

By no means is this every industry event - but most are the pretty heavy hitters from around the country. Now the object is to fit in all the wonderful design events into your busy schedules - And check you area for local events to support, connect and be inspired by - for example, an art walk.

Thanks for stopping by!

Note: Lead image from Monika Hibbs - Design Love Planner

Good-bye 2014 - Hello 2015!

A new year - A clean slate - and time for fresh beginnings, but not without reflecting back on the passing year, filled with life's ups and downs. Usually, the new year brings resolutions, especially pertaining to health and well being, and 2014 was sure filled with its share of challenges, accomplishments, and even a scare. While I began to break free of some of my sugar intake (finally ridding myself of drinking soda!) my husband on the other hand was dealing with Sciatica, which got progressively worse throughout the year - eventually leading to physical therapy, spinal tap shots, acupuncture, and spinal surgery in August for two herniated discs. During his recovery time, my husband and I relearned a little bit about patience and bounding. I'm ever so grateful for his  successful surgery, which finally gave him pain relief -- he is too young to have been going through (he's not even 40!!) For 2015, health and well being is again at the top of the priority list with incorporating more outdoor activities into our daily routine - YAY! Biking can happen again (without the fear of having another heat-stroke!) And since I just had an eye exam, I'll be getting my new specs this January (bi-focals - oh joy! lol)

Besides the focus on health for 2014, we were focused on making our move out of Arizona. We had the excitement of two possibilities to have moved earlier in the year - one even back to Florida this past May - but someone upstairs had other plans for us... Thankfully, our hopes and wishes came true to be moved back east. Now we're not only making our new house a home, but we're also refreshing and updating Jeff's new store location for his great store team.

Each year we try to experience someplace new to us, and 2014 brought not only the experience of a road trip for our Anniversary to the beaches and coastline of California (from Newport Beach to Laguna to Carlsbad!) but I personally broke a "I'll never" vow by traveling to Las Vegas - not once, but TWICE! Jeff and I took our first road trip of the year by going to Las Vegas to attend the LVMKT Winter Market - and later for Summer, I flew back to Vegas to attend not only LVMKT Summer Market, but also I was honored to be asked to attend Design Camp as a guest and loved it! Although a trip back home to Florida to see my mom was also planned - and had to be cancelled - new plans for family to come visit us in Carolina are already under works for 2015 - along with a road trip south to Atlanta to attend DBC2015, plus new trips to take such as visiting the Carolina Coast for this year's anniversary, a trip to Florida for Jeff's deice's graduation, and hopefully a drive to the mountains in the Fall. I'm grateful for our new location not only for the change of seasons we'll be able to take in, but also being so close to one of the most must attend market events of the year: High Point, coming up this April.

2014 Highlights

 

Thanks for a great 2014! Looking forward to a fabulous 2015!

 Enjoyed collaborations, such as with HomeGoods in 2014 and continued collaboration for 2015!

 Totally enjoyed pulling together Fashion & Decor looks for Hadley Court in 2014, and looking forward to continued collaborations in 2015, plus maintaining Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/hadleycourt/https://www.pinterest.com/hadleycourt/

Loved meeting online friends (such as Interior Designer Barry Dixon) in real life plus seeing friendly faces (such as Leslie Carothers) at LVMKT Winter 2014!

Enjoyed meeting more online friends IRL at LVMKT 2014 and Design Camp 2014!

 LVMKT 2014

Thrilled Jeff and I had the opportunity to experience the west coast and tour fabulous showrooms!

Enjoyed taking in local history, such as the Biltmore in Phoenix!

Enjoyed connecting with the lovely ladies at TurnStyle Consignment in AZ (Roxane, Suzanne, and Cole!)! Thankfully - even though I moved - we still keep in touch!

To a fault, I kept my distance while living in Arizona, both really making too many deep connections, but I believe this will be changing, and some deep roots and connections will be made living here in North Carolina - from volunteering to help with some historic preservation to more involvement with local groups, such as WithIt plus making new connections and friends from neighbors and people in our surrounding areas - I'm really looking forward to making more connections and exploring the history of the area, plus getting back into some of my favorite pastimes such as gardening and furniture refinishing! I can't begin to tell you how excited and grateful I am to be back east!! I feel like "me" again! :)

 Loved being able to do a little exploring of High Point this past Fall, but looking forward to being more involved and attending market in 2015!

I really am enjoying checking out new places to source here in NC, such as The Red Collection - Fine Consignment Shop in Greensboro!

 

How was your 2014? What are you looking forward to in 2015?
At the moment, I'm looking forward to getting our home office cleaned up, re-organized and set after I refinish the desk I scored while at the Red Collection! Below is a peek at what went into the space planning...
 

 Basically went with Option B, minus the extra chair + cabinet between the windows. I'll share more this week!

 

Happy NEW Year and thank you for your continued support and stopping by!