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Sale at ABC Home

ABC Home on Broadway is my fav store for its mix & match of styles | brands and accessories. Another feature that I like is The Conran shop in the basement. This British store chain in design furniture and accessories is best for its basics and classics. The shop has been named after Sir Terence Conran, the founder of Habitat and publisher of his many food bibles and interiors books. The combination of the rather clean and crisp products of The Conran shop blends perfectly with ABC’s boho style.

ABC Rugs with Particia Urquiola table for EMU

Due to the World Soccer Cup, the first floor of ABC Home store was in African style with a Moroso display of Tord Boontjes chairs. This presentation matched really well with the Oriental | Tribal collections in fabrics, rugs, curtains etc. Hopefully you will not get tired of my love for wired furniture. Like the Emu line by Patricia Urquiola.

EMU furniture

African theme at ABC home

ABC Home

EMU tables

I like to end this report about my ABC pilgrimage with the happy ’see again’ of the rugs by Carpet Reloaded for Moroso.

Here in combination with an Egg Chair.

Carpet Reloaded

side table in mustard yellow

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The preparation part of the home staging process generates the highest fun factor of the whole project. As a home stager you have the opportunity to think about the best interiors for your client’s home in order to accelerate its sales.  This ideation is demanding; it will not stop until I’ve found the best style and identity for its home so I can create an image that is appealing to potential buyers.

The next stage after ideation is the moment when I ‘m looking for the right furniture and accessories. I’m not a fan of leasing stuff and this principle leads me to shopping, dealing and renovating pieces that I can apply for several styles. This chair, a creation by Patricia Urquiola, is to combine well with today’s design as well with antiques and old decorative objects. The Spanish designer created this elegant chair for Kartell that is available in several colours. Check here for more about Kartell.

This a visual of new Mandarin Oriental Barcelona lounge, designed by the Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. She is my favourite for the reason that her organic like and elegant designs create a personal and intimate atmosphere in rather cool architectural spaces. From the website of Mandarin Oriental I could make out that the architecture is magnificent. Please have a look for yourself.

Liberty is iconic for its floral patterns and enriched cotton fabrics. The fabrics of Liberty are of good quality and the prints never lose their style. For the decoration of interiors I do prefer a less decorative design, therefore I like to visit the shop for their scarves and interiors. As a brand Liberty is strong for its creative partnerships with other designers like Luella Bartley, Ronnie Wood or fashion houses like Givenchy, Hermes and Fendi. In the beginnings of the last century the possession of a scarf was a woman’s necessity. Nowadays the scarf is becoming a fashionable accessory for the Western and Eastern cultures. Herewith some designs by Ronnie Woods, Hermes and Liberty’s own design team.

The last but not the least reason why I like to visit Liberty’s department store is for its interior design. The team that was responsible for the decoration of the store and the cafe’s did a good job in designing a light hearted atmosphere for each location. Have a look at Liberty’s café; the chairs by Patricia Urquiola combine perfectly with the ‘French’ cafe tables and the Tom Dixon lamps. The rather impressive papered walls do match well with the tribal design of the chairs and fifties look of the lamps and tables. All together the mix of the designer’s furniture, accessories and wall papers results in an airy and fresh café interior.

Probably the best advice is to travel to London and experience the Liberty Christmas decorations at their store.

This Spanish Designer is a favorite of ours; she knows how to play with textures, forms and fabrics. A good example of her skills in the transformation of forms is Antibodi for Moroso. This label is a collection of chairs and chaises longues in different sets of colors. De silhouette is subtle and the fabric the result of a sort of origami. This season Moroso presented ‘Fergana’ during this year’s Salone di Mobile. The novelty about this new set of sofa’s is the application of embroidery with inspirations from the Middle East. When you have a practical look at chairs with origami and embroidered sofa’s, than this might not suit busy living. We like to show you this designs for the reason that we think that the work of Patricia have an influence upon industry of interior design. You can see her designs as a confirmation of the growing demand for the application of authentic crafts in interior design. We end this post with Flo, her design label for Driade. This tribal inspired collection of chairs and stools was presented in 2000. At that time is was quite unique to apply tribal crafts for a Italian design label like Driade. Now a day’s tribal is a buzz.