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Check out NYC&G's Vignette presented by Baker at the 2017 Bailey House Gala & Auction!
When:Thursday, March 9 at 6 p.m.
Where: Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, NYC
For more information, click here.
Gala Dinner Tickets are not currently available online.
Please call Paul Reitz at Projects Plus, Inc at (212) 997-0100 for reservations.
Auction tickets available here.
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Behind Her Brand
By Ruthie Staalsen, DecRenew Interiors
"Behind Her Brand" takes you on journeys of real life lessons, obstacles, think tank processes, disappointments and the victories of 12 successful female entrepreneurs who turned their brands into catalysts for their business successes. You will learn power moves on how to take your brand from zero to hero. Be prepared to be swept off your feet with their stories. Ruthie Staalsen shares her story about her childhood experiences overseas and how that molded and shaped her for her successful interior design business.
Trade Affiliations and Why They Matter
By Julie Schuster, President — Interior Design Society, New York City chapter
What do you do when the going gets tough? Where do you find strength, creativity and stamina when you feel like you’re running on empty? As an interior designer working in New York City, I’ve been thinking a lot about my answers to these questions of late, and I keep coming back to the groups I belong to – the colleagues and friends that have emerged from them, and the amazing work I see from the companies I do business with. No one gets involved in creative endeavors like interior design because it’s the “easiest path to make a living.” We do it out of love. Out of passion. Because we want to share our gifts by creating beauty in our living spaces and enriching the lives of our clients.
Business by Accident or by Design?
Some designers love goal setting and thrive on reaching lofty standards. They bask in the glow of their creative and financial accomplishments.
While other designers have great difficulty and hold many fears around making a commitment to their business and personal success.
They want to make an impact, they want to share their creativity with the world, but they struggle with the fear of failure.
Click here to read more!
We are pleased to announce a member of IDS Long Island Chapter, Wendy Interiors has been named one of the 20 Best Interior Designers in NYC.
Vanity Tops
Designer and New York Chapter President, Julie Schuster, keeps active in the design community. One of her functions is serving as Brand Ambassador for Robern Bath Cabinets and Vanities. Her recent contributions were featured in the company's new "Vanity Tops" brochure, released for KBIS 2017 in Orlando, Florida.
Olamar Interiors is the grand-prize winner from the Sustainable Furnishings Interiors Design Contest
On Oct. 21, SFC celebrated 10 years of serving the furnishings community.
The organization's second decade started in the same space where it all began in the fall of 2006. The celebratory review, MC'ed by Libby Langdon, included exciting announcements, stirring speeches, and a great party on the top floor of the Union Square Building.
Sean Sullivan of Hearst Design Group announced the winners of #GetYourGreenOn Design Competition:
- Paola McDonald, Olamar Interiors — 2016 Grand Prize Winner
- Dann Foley, Dann, Inc. — 2016 Category Winner: Outdoor Spaces, $30,001 & above
- Robin Wilson, Robin Wilson Home — 2016 Category Winner, Shared Spaces, $30,000 & below; Rachel Winokur, Rachel Winokur Interiors - 2016 category finalist
- Sheree Vincent, Fusion Designed — 2016 Category Winner, Shared Spaces, $30,001 & above; Dann Foley, Dann, Inc.-2016 category finalist
Nicole Arnold Interiors Honored by American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Texas at Annual 2016 Legacy of Design Awards
Nicole Arnold Interiors garnered two awards in the residential category: Bathroom (under $30,000), 2nd Place, and Bathroom ($30,000-$50,000), 2nd Place.
This has been a stellar year to-date for Nicole Arnold Interiors. In addition to the ASID Texas Legacy awards, the firm received the 2016 ASID, Dallas Design Community’s “Design Ovation” project award. Arnold also garnered leadership and project awards from The Interior Design Society (IDS) and was selected as one of the top 20 best interior designers by Freshome, a noted online magazine that focuses on interior design and architecture. Most recently, the firm placed 2nd in the 2016 Addison Reader’s Choice Awards for Best Interior Designer.
For more information, click here.
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Country Floors Announces 2nd Annual Tile Design Challenge!
New York Chapter President, Julie Schuster, will be a part of this year's adjudication panel for the Country Floors Kitchen & Bath Tile Design Challenge, to be held on April 27, 2017 in New York. Country Floors will be making a donation to Housing Works NYC on behalf of the Challenge at the awards ceremony. Enter today!
Learn how you can make an IMPACT in your community through our new charitable design initiative #idsIMPACT. We are pleased to have Make-A-Wish and Dwell with Dignity as collaborating organizations of this program. Click here to see IDS members who are already making an IMPACT!
Front: Marie Byrne; 1st Row: Nicole Garofalo, Michell Synnott, Irina Nikolaenko, Pat Barry, Mary Weidenhoft, Donna Stalworth, Ellen Miller, and Kristen DePiero; 2nd Row: Lorretta Zontini, and Jill Edwards
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Molloy student wins 'Swatched 2016'
Ten students from the IDS Molloy Student Chapter were involved in a design completion/game along with interior design professionals in an event hosted by IDS Long Island on Oct. 6 called "Swatched 2016." This wonderful event featured celebrity judges, a fundraiser for charities and was covered by the media.
Participants were given four materials and were asked to put together a design board in one hour. Students from the Student Chapter prepared for the contest by getting together on their own during the summer to hold practices. After the practice sessions, pictures of the boards were sent to Marie Byrne, Chapter Faculty Advisor, for an anonymous critique. They were very enthusiastic throughout the entire experience. As it turned out, one of students from the IDS Molloy Student Chapter, Jill Edwards was the winner in the student category.
All IDS members receive a complementary subscription to Window Fashion Vision. Click here to subscribe.
Congratulations to Paola McDonald!
SFC's #GetYourGreenOn Interior Design Competition
Building C, Surya Seminar Room C174
Hosted by Sustainable Furnishings Council and IMC
SFC's #GetYourGreenOn interior design competition got off to a grand start in 2016 as the organization celebrated its TENth Anniversary. Winners Robin Wilson, Dann Foley, Paola McDonald, Sheree Vincent and Rachel Winokur join SFC DESIGNINGreen Leader Angelo Surmelis for a discussion of the choices they made in executing their winning designs. The panel discussion will also serve as the launch of the 2017 competition — come for the 2016 winners' inspiration and to be early getting involved in the 2017 competition!
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Product Innovation Challenge from the Plumbing Place
In celebration of our 30th anniversary, The Plumbing Place, Sarasota's finest decorative plumbing and hardware showroom is hosting the 2016 Product Innovation Challenge. The Plumbing Place is well known for featuring the most cutting-edge kitchen and bath products available. It is in this spirit of innovation that applicants are invited to submit entries in any one of five categories. Cash prizes will be awarded in each category. An additional grand prize will be awarded to the overall winner whose submission will also be considered for development by one of our select manufacturers.
Conceptual Products will be judged for innovation, creativity, aesthetic appeal, functionality, practical usefulness and uniqueness. Have you ever said to yourself — "Wow, wouldn't it be great if a faucet did this, or looked like this?" Or how about a piece of furniture that had a feature that nobody has thought of? Now is your chance to share your invention for little effort and no cost. It's like "Shark Tank" meets HGTV.
Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman
Lexington Home Brands
Lumens Light + Living
The Shade Store
Fandeck
Cosentino North America
Hunter Douglas
Sherwin-Williams
Benjamin Moore
Design Campus
Dream Draper
Ethan Allen
EZ Wand
Ferguson Enterprises
Hansgrohe
Karndean Designflooring
Naula
Objects Art and More
PPG Industries
Rowley Company
Stemper & Associates
The Kaleidoscope Partnership
transFORM
United Supply Company
Rugs that Fit
Cabinet Tronix
ELK Group International
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| New Industry Partners
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| Joybird Furniture — Platinum — Commerce |
| Miller Paint Company — Titanium — Portland |
| M / R Design Lab — Sterling — Las Vegas |
| John Neitzel Photography — Sterling — NYC |
| Designers Wholesale Workroom, Inc. — Sterling — Naples |
| Andrew Roby General Contractor — Sterling — Charlotte |
| Kuzu Rug — Sterling — Palm Desert |
| Style Design Showroom — Sterling — Palm Desert |
| Tree & Floral Design Inc. — Sterling — Portland |
| Finic — Sterling — Portland |
| Audio Den — Sterling — Lake Grove |
| Beyond Windows — Sterling — East Northport |
| Design Services Sarasota — Sterling — Sarasota |
| Ridgefield Supply Company — Sterling — Ridgefield |
| Cambria — Sterling — Bethpage |
| The Purple Door — Sterling — Tega |
| Fiber- Seal Desert Inland Empire — Sterling — Palm Springs |
| Cella Design — Sterling — Knoxville |
| International Carpet Showcase — Sterling — Jericho |
| Authur Barry Designs — Sterling — Portland |
| Creative Portraits by Sharon — Sterling — Sarasota |
| Sorelle Gallery Fine Art — Sterling — New Canaan |
| Tile America — Sterling — New Haven |
The Interior Design Society has joined The Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC), effective Jan. 1. Click here to learn more.
Information on CEU change for IDS Associate members
As of January 1, 2017, IDS Associate members must earn a minimum of 0.4 (4 hours) approved continuing education units (CEU) each year. Please make note of the following helpful information regarding CEUs and CEU filing to maintain your Associatel level membership in IDS.
IDS bylaws and policies require Professional and Associate members to meet the continuing education requirement. The IDS continuing education requirement is separate from any mandated continuing education requirement in your local jurisdiction. Check with your state regulatory board for requirements.
Filing CEUs
IDS members must utilize the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) registry to file CEUs. Each IDS member must create a free account through IDCEC. Once you have created your IDCEC account, you will receive a unique IDCEC number to login into the IDCEC website (your IDCEC number is different than your IDS member number). The IDCEC user registry allows you to upload and track your continuing education activity as well as store a record for you under your account. Check your IDCEC account regularly to ensure your records are up-to-date. At the end of each CEU cycle, you will be required to submit your IDCEC report to the IDS National office to verify that you have fulfilled your CEU requirement.
Special Circumstances
IDS may grant an adjustment to the requirement for individuals experiencing poor health, certified by a physician; a specific physical or mental disability, certified by an appropriate health care professional; extended duty with the armed forces; or for extreme hardship, which, in the board’s judgment, makes it impossible for the member to comply. Requests for an adjustment to the continuing education requirement must be made at least two months (by October 30) prior to the end of the current reporting period.
Noncompliance
At the end of a reporting period, members who have failed to meet the CEU requirements will be subject to a non-compliance fee ($10 per CEU). Any member who fails to comply with the continuing education requirement, including payment of the noncompliance fee, may be subject to devaluation of Professional membership.
Tobi U offers Tobi Fairley’s signature foundational courses on the business of design in an online format! They include the best of Tobi’s tools and techniques that have transformed design businesses across the country and you can now earn up to 0.8 CEUs.
Tobi U courses are set up in 2 bundles:
- Semester One – The Essentials
Created for designers at any experience level, these 8 modules focus on the essentials for your business, including branding, niche strategy, financials, time management, selling your services, and marketing.
- Semester Two – The Solutions
Building on Semester 1's courses, the 8 modules in this semester offer next-step solutions for finding your ideal client, charging what you’re worth, building processes and systems, perfecting presentations, and getting published.
The content for each module includes videos, webinars, podcasts, and downloadable PDFs. Click here to get started today!
Visit the IDS website to view the IDS Buyers' Guide! To find preferred IDS vendors, look for the IDS logo in their listing. If you are interested in obtaining a new listing or updating an existing listing, please contact Dan Sylvester at 212-920-3918. Click here to view the IDS Buyers' Guide.
If you have not yet paid your 2016 membership dues, you will no longer be able to login to pay them online. Please call IDS Membership Manager, Della Swider at 336-884-4437 ext. 223 to reinstate your membership for 2016.
If you are an active member of IDS National, join our closed Facebook group to connect with members across the country! Click here to join the group.
Concrete Decor magazine, the concrete industry's premier magazine for all things decorative concrete is offering IDS members the chance to subscribe free to their magazine. Click here to read their current issue that features an article about how decorative concrete is carving its way into the design community.
If you are interested in obtaining a membership certificate or replacement membership card, please email idsbenefits@interiordesignsociety.org or call 336-884-4437 ext. 223 (please note for all replacement membership cards, there will be a $10 fee payable in advance for each replacement card ordered).
To view benefits exclusively available to IDS members, visit the Member Benefits page on the IDS National website. Members must log in on the IDS website in order to take advantage of available discounts.
By Michael J. Berens
 Tabletop cooking, backsplash display panels and a garage for your appliances are just a few of the advances in kitchen design looming on the horizon. In comparison, that Jetsons kitchen you've been waiting for may seem more like one for the Flintstones. Not only will food preparation be quicker and easier, but also nearly every aspect of the kitchen will be responsive to your every command. Who needs Rosie the Robot when you've got a room full of obedient appliances waiting to serve you?
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Architectural Digest
A kitchen island is the MVP of the home. From cooking prep to casual dining to storage, these workhorses do it all. So it’s no wonder that more and more renovations include the addition of a kitchen island. We’ve gathered stylish spaces from the AD archives that are full of kitchen island ideas for any style. Find inspiration for your next remodeling project in these kitchens by top architects and designers. Whether you want to create a spot for nightly homework, gourmet meals, or morning coffee, a practical and beautiful island is sure to become the most-used area in the house.
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Pamplin Media Group
Have you always wanted a wood floor look in your home, but found the price of traditional hardwood to be just a little too expensive? For a while, vinyl and wood-look tile have been the big things in hardwood alternatives.
But now, thanks to tremendous advancements in flooring technology, laminate flooring has become a staple when it comes to wood flooring alternatives.
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POPSUGAR
Nothing completes a room quite like an area rug does. This imperative piece of home decoration not only adds coziness, warmth, and comfort to any room in your abode, but it is also the perfect way to incorporate texture, color, and depth to your aesthetic. But, as the design buffs out there know, this staple piece can often cost a pretty penny, so selecting the perfect rug that you will love for years to come is always of the utmost importance. To avoid any future buyer's remorse, we reached out to Kara Cox from Kara Cox Interiors to get the insider scoop on making this major purchase.
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PEOPLE.com
It’s already been established that Lauren Conrad has a flawless home. But the lifestyle queen didn’t do it alone.
Interior design expert Katherine Carter lent Conrad a hand with decorating her former California pad she shared with husband William Tell, and the world has her to thank for helping to create the perfectly styled space.
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Are you ready to make a commitment to your professionalism?
The CQRID Exam is the only accredited exam offered exclusively for Residential Interior Designers.
For more information visit www.cqrid.org.
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Metro.us
Spring is around the corner, meaning it’s time to shed the heavy curtains, woolly throws and plush pillows that are currently cozying up your homes, and lighten things up.
Chasing Paper is here to help. The removable-wallpaper brand partnered with dreamy-textile designer Rebecca Atwood, for a limited-edition spring line that has us swooning.
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Elle Decor
White paint can make or break a room. Here, Elle Decor provides what you need to know about the best shades.
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Houzz
Go in a design direction that will give your space a natural energy and elegance with furnishings and accents in shades of forest green. A rich hue with upscale appeal, forest green is a versatile tone that can be used in both traditional and contemporary spaces. New to this hue? Shop this helpful collection for color combinations that complement it beautifully.
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Forbes
Interior design is all about balancing splurges and savings. “Splurge” statement pieces elevate the look, while “save” pieces fill out your design and rescue the budget. To help you know how to best spend your design dollar, here are five ways to splurge and five ways to save your way to a beautiful home.
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Architectural Digest
Design, as a practice, is both left and right brain. On the one hand, you have the practical aspects: spatial reasoning, functionality, and the need to maximize the potential square footage of every room. On the other, there’s creation, the ability to make something out of nothing in unexpectedly poetic ways. But there’s no doubt that bringing a space to life takes an equal mix of both — an exercise in discipline and imagination that many decorators practice in their daily lives.
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