Cover Story :
Cecilia Staniec & Kim Neidel Design Trade Superstar Runner Up — Bedroom

  This bedroom was one of four rooms in a makeover project designers Cecilia Staniec and Kim Neidel of A Darling Room near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, completed ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Kelly James Design Trade Superstar Runner Up — Home Office

  The home office of Kelly James' Ottawa, Ontario, home is a true reflection of James, who designed the room. Measuring a mere 9' x 11', the ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Elizabeth Dinkel Design Trade Superstar Runner Up — Kitchen/Bath

  Elizabeth Dinkel of Elizabeth Dinkel Design Associates, Inc. in West Hollywood, California, chose a design inspired by the natural landscape of the ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Michele Coseo Design Trade Superstar Runner Up — Dining Room

  This dining room, designed by Michele Coseo of the Savannah Design Group in Escondido, California, epitomizes elegance. As with the rest ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Design Trade Superstar

  For Nina Petronzio who was born in Nova Scotia to New York artist parents who owned an art foundry, a flair for all things artistic is definitely ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
JW Showroom's Design Medley

  Founded in 1969 by Joseph Caminiti and William Rigler, the JW Showroom quickly established a reputation as a leading independent representative showroom, ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Design Trade Superstar

  Verónica Volani-Inza knew from an early age that her creative talent would be her livelihood. Her childhood passion for drawing evolved into an ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
McGannon's Myriad

  Founded by Bill and Sharon McGannon more than a quarter of a century ago, the McGannon Showrooms have grown to encompass 27,000 square feet at the ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Jeffrey Michaels' Material World

  Diana and Michael Feibelman opened the Jeffrey Michaels & Company showroom located at the Design Center of the Americas in Dania Beach, Florida, in ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
A Magic Carpet Ride

  Beth Arrowood has always dreamed of blending traditional techniques from far away places into modern day works of art. As owner and operator of NIBA ... Read more.

Inside Business :
IFDA on Member Benefits

By Judith Clark
  Wow ... what an economic stress all in our industry are experiencing! Recession is hitting the furnishings and design industry with ... Read more.

Inside Business :
ASID on Safety in the Home

By Lisa Bonneville
  Humans have homes because they want to be safe. Since prehistoric men took to their caves, humans have created homes that have ... Read more.

Inside Business :
AIA on Proton Beam Therapy Centers

By John Jessen
  One of the exciting challenges in working on proton beam therapy centers, which provide cutting-edge radiation treatment to cancer ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Furnishing On Time

By Zachary Scott
   William Lawrence created his company on the merits of American craftsmanship and expeditious lead times, pairing innovative custom ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Walls of Inspiration

By Bev Bryant
   Operating today as an upscale design house in Newark, New Jersey, Thibaut (pronounced “Tee-bo”) is the nation’s oldest continuously ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Ocean Oasis

By Bev Bryant
   Mine Games, a 164-foot Trinity motor yacht, is a modern engineering marvel, but to an interior designer its conception was ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Destination: London

By Kelly Sweeney  
More than 35 years ago, design icon Mimi London was inspired to create furniture from logs and tree trunks. Today Mimi London, Inc. ... Read more.

Events :
Capital Design Week at the Washington Design Center

  The Washington Design Center hosted its annual Capital Design Week, an event offering attendees an abundance of educational seminars and lectures, ... Read more.

Inside Business :
ASID's Five Successful Strategies for Economic Survival

  The last several months have indeed challenged our interior design community. Designers and architects once at the epicenter of an explosion of new ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Ugly Betty

By Leann Harms
   ABC’s hit television show, “Ugly Betty,” is known for its bold set designs. Archie D’Amico, the original set decorator, spoke ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Crimson Crossover

   The Hotel Sax, located on Dearborn Street in Chicago, wanted to include a swanky nightspot in its $17 million remodel of the former House of Blues Hotel. ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Lighting the Way

By Leann Harms
   With a heritage as unique and extraordinary as the city in which it was founded, and with more than 150 years of success, it is easy ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Extraordinary Coverings

By Alisa Kirby
   Maya Romanoff has established himself as a formidable presence in the design industry. However, his gravitation to the creative ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Betty M's Collection

By Kelly Sweeney
   The Betty M Collection, the anchor showroom of the Chicago Merchandise Mart’s 16th floor, was founded more than 20 years ago by entrepreneur ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Social Media

by Leann Harms
    Whether you are completely emerged in it already, still trying to figure out what it is or somewhere in between, it’s clear ... Read more.

Events :
Illinois Interior Design Professionals Honored

  The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Illinois Chapter and i4design magazine presented the fifth annual Celebration of Design ... Read more.

Book Reviews :
Houses In My Heart

by Heather Warmus
The exuberant and glamorous designs of Carleton Varney are captured and revealed in his very own autobiography, "Houses In My Heart." ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Bedroom Ballad

By Kelly Sweeney
   The 37th annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House saw the makeover of a doublewide limestone mansion on the Upper East Side ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Small Spaces, Big Projects

by Leann Harms
  Amidst her work as an award-winning interior designer, syndicated columnist and author, Christine Brun took the time to speak with ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
PLUSH HOME's Posh Picks

  Initially known amongst discerning Hollywood, California, clientele, Nina Petronzio’s PLUSH HOME furniture collection now ships globally and is often ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
ID Collection Top 5

  In its Dallas and Houston showrooms, ID Collection (Interior Design Collection) offers furniture, fabrics, wall coverings, lighting, accessories ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Rug Buying Basics

  How can interior designers be more successful marketing and selling fine Oriental rugs to their clients?
   Designers need to develop a sense of the ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Getting Published

By Dan Forer, Architectural Photographer
   An interior designer’s access to the public eye comes through the medium of photography. It’s the only way ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Mansion Makeover

Interviewed by Sterling S. Bader
    What was the theme for your room at the Greystone Mansion Showcase House in Beverly Hills?
    My ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Suite Lookin' Room

Hotel ZaZa Houston, Texas, is the new caretaker of the former Warwick Hotel building, a landmark for generations of Houstonians.
Originally built ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Living Roomy

 Project location: Westlake Hills, Austin, Texas
Project overview: The house, a dramatic two-level, hillside, 10,000-square-foot contemporary stucco ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Outdoor Icon

  Since 1978, when design industry icon David Sutherland, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, native, launched his first rep showroom in Houston, Texas, the company ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Raising the Bar

   Tell us a little about O-Bar. How did you find the location? What was the inspiration behind O-Bar and the atmosphere you created?
    We actually ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Transatlantic Transformation

by Beverly Bryant
    Born into one of the wealthiest families in India, Gautam Hari Singhania is a gentleman with impeccable taste, and an ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Rosewood's Renovation Rule Book

By Eileen Madigan, Special to DTM
    The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, an award-winning, five-star hotel and restaurant located in the heart of ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
Designer Showcase Dazzles

  This year’s Designer Showcase sponsored by The Women’s Symphony League of Austin, titled “Villas, Vistas & Violins,” included three Comanche Canyon ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
A Nautical Niche

by Alisa Kirby
  Prior to undertaking a profession in interior design, Dee Robinson was completing her premedical coursework at the University of Maryland. ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
McRae's Menagerie

  McRae & Company, founded by Christie McRae in 1985, is one of Northern California’s premier home furnishings showrooms. Occupying a 10,000-square-foot ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Fab Form & Function

  In May of 1995, Lloyd Scott and Josy Cooner joined forces and opened a multiline showroom in Dallas. The Scott+Cooner showroom has become well known ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Texas Treasures

by Kelly Sweeney
   With 36 years of experience in international textiles and furniture sales, Kelly Hardage is certainly no stranger to the design ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Auditions Open to All

By Anne McCarthy Strauss, DTM Correspondent
    Architectural Digest magazine is giving unknown designers the opportunity to have their work ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Knockoffs Damaging

by Eleanor McKay
  A cheaper version of that must-have chandelier might seem like a deal, but have you considered the real cost of that “bargain” ... Read more.

Cover Story :
Green Designs Are Red Hot

While in the past, few suppliers bridged the gap between style and environmental sustainability, today, leaders in the green movement are paving the ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Posh & Patterned

by Alisa Kirby
   At age seven, Marcie Bronkar was captivated by the famous dance scene in the musical “The King and I.” Bronkar admits, “When Yul Brynner ... Read more.

Events :
AIA Dallas Celebrates Architecture

American Institute of Architects (AIA), Dallas, recently hosted the 2007 Celebrate Architecture! GALA at the Dallas Museum of Art located in the city’s ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Bau's Bounty

   The Bau Showroom can be found nestled among an oasis of stylish showrooms, located at the Laguna Design Center in Laguna Niguel, California. All ... Read more.

Book Reviews :
Rooms to Inspire Offers Inside Insight & Advice

"Rooms to Inspire" by Annie Kelly is a collaboration of views and ideas from 13 established designers. This 255-page book covers many interior design elements ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Illuminating Dagmar

by Kelly Sweeney
   Born in the late 1970s as Dagmar Lamps, Dagmar Design has grown into a Los Angeles trade secret. Started by European artist Dagmar ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
Sew Retro – So Today

by Alisa Kirby
    As a young boy, George Cameron Nash loved to go exploring on his bicycle. It was the early ‘60s and architects were busy experimenting ... Read more.

Showroom Top Picks :
Thomas Lavin's Luster

Thomas Lavin is one of the youngest entrepreneurs ever to create a highly successful high-end showroom in the Los Angeles area. His foray into the design ... Read more.

Meet the Makers :
A Knight to Remember

   Allan Knight and Associates is owned and operated by partners Allan Knight and Ben Goldfarb. The Dallas-based multiline showroom features high-end ... Read more.

Inside Stories :
A Room with a View

The San Francisco Decorator Showcase celebrated its 30th anniversary in grand style by remaking a four-story mansion on top of Pacific Heights. The proceeds from ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Getting Paid Fairly

By Sara Gallop, Special to DTM
   In your seminars, you often address the idea of pricing. What is it that interior designers need to know and why does ... Read more.

Inside Business :
ASID on Licensing

  Explain what regulating the interior design profession means to those in the business and the public?
    Every decision an interior designer makes ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Carleton Varney's Business Acumen

By Anne McCarthy Strauss, DTM Correspondent
    Carleton Varney, one of the world’s most highly regarded designers, is also a teacher, benefactor, ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Top Designers Talk Business

By Anne McCarthy Strauss, DTM Correspondent
    At a recent design forum held at the D&D Building in New York City, a panel of elite designers offered ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Hail to the Chief

   In 1920, Architectural Digest was founded as an annual Southern California publication. Powerhouse Paige Rense was hired 50 years later and was quickly ... Read more.

Book Reviews :
State-of-the-Art Bar & Restaurant Designs
from Around the World

"Bar Design" by Daab Books is a compilation of 48 internationally known bars and restaurants and features more than 390 pages of color photos highlighting ... Read more.

Inside Business :
Designing Freedom

  Why regulate interior design?
   The primary purpose stated in virtually all proposed interior design legislation is to protect ... Read more.

Inside Business :
IIDA: International Interior Design Association

  The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) realizes that interior designers are highly specialized professionals with specific wants and ... Read more.

Inside Business :
ASID: American Society of Interior Designers

The interior design profession is a dynamic one that reaches across environments, industries and people. Our specialties are as vast as we are diverse. ... Read more.

Book Reviews :
The Past 100 Years of Pattern Design

Lesley Jackson’s "Twentieth-Century Pattern Design" is an international survey of patterns that have emerged in the past century. Jackson describes textile ... Read more.