FLASH SALE - Designer Furnishings

Through November 29th Great, never before seen prices on Designer furniture from Direct Designs Home and Sherry Scott's own Style and Form. Come by early for best selection: 2 Henry Adams, Suite 331 (3rd floor), San Francisco, CA 940103. (650) 207 6871. email: info@styleandform.com

• Sectional Sofas
• Dining Tables
• Area Rugs
• Kitchens
• Lamps
• Art - And More
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October 2010

Walking the show at the Highpoint Furniture Market, I keep noticing the neutral linens covering a lot of new upholstered furniture...a lot like the two chairs I covered in an Irish linen a month before for our store...are we now feeling a kinship to natural materials? I hope so.

At the same show I found and 'Elephant' colored leather and quickly ordered a sectional because this non-color will work with so many other colors and non-colors alike.

December 2010

Walking around the newly-opened Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, I run across All Saints, a 10,000 square foot clothing store headquartered in London (with 70 stores world-wide now). The most striking visual is all the clothes are more-or-less Elephant in color. Certainly, if one blended all the non-colored fabrics together shown there - that is exactly what you would see. There are barely any colors at all in this store which is punctuated by old machines and 100s of Singer sewing machines lining the full glass storefront windows. Kudos on the visual display from an admiring retail store operator.

January 2011

Winter Furniture Market in Las Vegas

More Elephant is on the way - to our store and for every finish in the home. Linen is being used in a very creative way - wrapped around a console table with a clear protective matte finish. Today, neutral does not have to be boring. Think texture and various finishes. Just think, if you don't have bright colors in and on your major pieces to get tired of, then furnishings are more likely to stay out of landfills. This is good news for the environment and for your wallet. Keeping something for a longer period of time allows for a slightly higher budget so perhaps you can afford what you really love when amortized over time.....just another way to think about interiors.....maybe the same way we think about a better-built and better-designed automobiles.

It is all about the Elephant.

Creative Gifts - We Help You Look Good

Are there any new ideas under the sun for gifts? Something unexpected - functional with a function or just a beautiful rendition in materials - take a look at this 12" diameter x 22" high umbrella stand. Including gift wrap and shipping, $237.000 - 'More to come.

Is Price Really A No-Brainer?

Do most people stop to think about the life cycle of their furniture? The price card trumps longevity in many cases - but do the math - if a sofa that is made properly and aesthetically designed to outlast fads were to last three times as long as one purchased only for it's low price, then not only is the landfill spared of excess waste, but the higher-priced sofa then becomes the lower-priced one over time. One might also conclude the better sofa will be enjoyed more and be comfortable for longer. This determination can be applied to almost all consumables. Maybe it even becomes a no-brainer.

EcoSmart Fire - Instant Real Fireplace + Tax Credit

Check http://www.ecosmartfire.com/en/home for indoor or outdoor flue-less fireplaces that burn on non-polluting de-natured alcohol, efficiently heat a room, qualify for an energy-saving tax credit of up to $1,500.00, are U.L. approved, come in a many designs and can be used on no-burn days.

Besides being portable (although some models can be built-in so they look and operate just like a traditional fireplace), another benefit with this fireplace is safety over gas fireplace. The risk of a gas leak is eliminated!

Cost savings is another plus. In new construction there is no need to construct a flue or run a gas line.

There are both complete fireplaces already designed and 'Burner Kits' for use in custom-designed fireplaces - many dramatic designs are possible. There are also 'Grate Ranges' for inserting into an existing fireplace.

Energy Star Cash For Appliances - California State Rebate

Earth Day, 2010 - California will implement a mail-in rebate program to help residents replace older, inefficient appliances with new ENERGY STAR® qualified and ultra-efficient appliances.
Starting today, until the funds of $35,267,000.00 run out, consumers who purchase elible refrigerators can get a $200.00 rebate. The purhase of a qualifying clothes washer offer is $100.00 and a qualifying window or room air conditioner is $50.00.

Consumers must provide proof of recycling to receive rebates, and must purchase the appliances from a California retailer

Valcucine's gReenaissance Roma - video report

Officine Farneto, two days of meetings dedicated to the professionals and the general public to present and make tangible the excellence in the contemporary kitchen world, with exclusive partners: Alessi, Pilkington, Ottagono, LivingRoome.