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Yankee Class
ELLE Decor
For most city dwellers, having a weekend house traditionally meant getting away from it all — perhaps to a place near the water, or somewhere nestled in the piney woods. But then came the overdevelopment of many formerly bucolic enclaves, and its ugly twin: the unbearable drudgery of weekend traffic. For one New York-based couple, the three-hour haul from their townhouse on the Upper East Side to the Hamptons each Friday evening became too stressful. So they went where few weekenders had gone before: to Greenwich, Connecticut, the ultimate suburb for city commuters.
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What's Hot In Home Decoration and Interiors for 2013
Greener Ideal
This is an article looking at some of the newest design trends currently emerging in home decoration and interior design. It considers the influence stripes, textures and green living are having on interior design, as well as changes in lifestyle.
2 Sentences That Engage Customers
Inc.
You're excited about your company, right? You're proud of your products, right? Therefore, your best strategy, when talking to a customer, is to tell the story of your company and its products with excitement and enthusiasm, right? Wrong. … What customers care about is — themselves.
Kids Rooms That Are NOT Pink or Blue!
Inside Avenue
Little girls are often dressed in pink &hellip or have a pink room. And it's almost guaranteed that a boy's room will be decorated in blue. This article looks at colors and designs outside the norm.
IDS News Spotlight:The Interior Design Society's 2013 Membership Drive has officially started and will run through Aug. 9 !
Win free admission to the 2014 IDS National Conference in Las Vegas! All you need to do is recruit 3 NEW members to be eligible to win. Additionally, new members joining between June 3 – Aug. 9 will be entered to win one of two prizes:
- A FREE year of dues in 2014
- Half-priced dues in 2014
Start recruiting new members today to earn your free trip to the 2014 IDS National Conference in Las Vegas.
Click here for guidelines and more information on the 2013 Membership Drive.
There is NEW, reduced pricing available for the Educational Tour to Chicago. Visit the IDS website to learn more!
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SHOP IDS PARTNERS IN DESIGN
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| New Partners & Affiliate Partners |
| Tropica Designs, LLC - PID Sterling - Acres, Fla. |
| American Grill & Hearth - AP - Sarasota, Fla. |
| Trapani Art & Frame - AP - Manhasset, N.Y. |
| Ventus Design - AP - Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Concept Floors / Kitchen / Bath Design Center - AP - Van Nuys, Calif. |
| Exact Tiling, Inc. - AP - Knoxville, Tenn. |
| Island Handyman LLC - AP - East Meadow, N.Y. |
| Sardis Interiors, Inc. - AP - Charlotte, N.C. |
| Impact Organizing LLC - AP - Sarasota, Fla. |
| Designer Marble & Granite, Inc. - AP - Sarasota, Fla. |
| Bassett Home Furnishings - AP - Farmingdale, N.Y. |
| Shady Lady Window Treatments - AP - Naples, Fla. |
Mark your calendar for the next National Conference, January 2014 - Las Vegas here we come! More information will be posted as plans are finalized. Click here to view our conference page on the IDS website.
High Point Market will take place Oct. 19 – 24. IDS will host seminars in High Point, N.C., in conjunction with October 2013 Furniture Market. Speakers will be announced as soon as we have confirmation.
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6 Unique Ways to Be Successful and Happy
Inc.
Here's the thing. Never before have there been so many people spending so much time searching for the secrets to a successful career and a happy life. Which is really a shame because they're not going to find either, at least not that way. There are lots of reasons why that is, but the most glaringly obvious one is that nobody ever got anywhere by doing what everyone else is doing.
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HeyWire Debuts Landline Texting For Businesses
Mashable
What if there was a way to send and receive text messages via your business landline? Would you use it? A Cambridge, Mass. company is betting you and millions of others will. The service is called HeyWire, a four year old free texting app already boasting 3 million monthly users and one billion page views.
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Color Trends 2013: Seeing Red
Living Impressive
Energy, passion, growth and fertility, no other color evokes so many emotions as RED. Many people avoid red altogether when it comes to home décor; however red is represented culturally as a color of happiness and good luck. There are many shades of red from faded rose to deep burgundy, combining it other colors such as blues and greens will neutralize and add a sense of warmth to the room.
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Congratulations to the 2012 Chapter Award Winners!
Outstanding Membership and Growth – Long Island Chapter
Outstanding Use of Social Media – Long Island Chapter
Outstanding Website – Las Vegas Chapter
Excellent Networking – Palm Springs Chapter
Outstanding Charity Event – Tie Between Wine Country Chapter and Long Island Chapter
Outstanding Public Relations – Las Vegas Chapter
Best Idea – Palm Spring Chapter
Chapter of the Year – Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter
Have you checked out the new Chapter Resources page on the IDS website? You can find all of the Chapter Documents and Quarterly forms here!
Free CEU Webinar for IDS Members: Thursday, June 6
(3 p.m. PDT, 4 p.m. MST, 5 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. EDT)
"How To Price Yourself, Profit From Interior Design Jobs and Get Paid What You are Worth in Today's Market" live with Terri Taylor, IDS, ASID, President & Creative Director of Design Biz Blueprint
.1 CEU for IDS Members
Click here for more information
Click here to sign up to participate in this webinar
We have recently recorded three new webinars that are available on the IDS website!
- FREE webinar provided by Amy Johson titled "New Design Elements in Soft Window Fashions". Learn how to use decorative medallions in custom treatments.
- Webinar by Tobi Fairley, "Developing Your 'Whole' Portfolio". This session will expand an attendee's definition of what should be included in a portfolio of professional work. (0.1 CEU)
- Brand new webinar by Tobi Fairley just recorded last week, "Having the Confidence to Charge What You’re Worth". This training module offers concrete steps for designers to take toward charging what they are worth and doing so with confidence and with the result of a more elevated brand and design outcome. (0.1 CEU)
Visit the IDS website to learn more!
Educational tours in interior design and architecture are critical as experiencing a space within its walls and seeing a structure firsthand are learning experiences that cannot be replicated. Join us as we embark on a unique and exciting learning excursion and earn valuable CEUs along the way!
2013 Educational Tour
Be sure to visit the IDS website to see the new, reduced tour pricing.
The room block has been restructured and space is now even more limited. Reserve your spot on the tour today!
Tour Highlights:
City of Chicago Guided Tour
Architecture River Cruise
The Art Institute of Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Tour
Macy's State Street
Oak Park
Dinner Cruise
For a day-to-day itinerary of Chicago and a list of sites we will visit please click on the link below.
Detailed Itinerary
Tour Pricing
Pricing for the Educational Tour has been reduced!
For more information on tour pricing, please visit the Pricing and Registration page.
Click here to download a brochure and registration form.
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2012 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
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Congratulations to the 2012 Designer of the Year Award Winners!
Be sure to take a look at the IDS National blog for before and after photos of our Designer of the Year Award winners in each category! Click here to view photos on the IDS National Blog.
ELLE Decor's 2013 A-LIST
ELLE Decor
ELLE Decor's A-List is our fourth annual salute to the country's top talents-designers who continue to excite, inspire, and intrigue us. Plus, we're pleased to feature 10 new members whose work we have been following with pleasure. Plus, see who made our A-List in 2010 (plus five up-and-coming designers), in 2011 (as well as five more promising young decorators), in 2012, and our list of Grand Masters.
Textiles, Reborn: Green Trend
3rings
The use of recycled and recyclable textiles in the design industry is a trend that’s great for the environment, but the increasing availability of these materials is also providing designers a way to experiment with new textures and tactile qualities. In rugs, upholstery, and even lighting, green fabrics are inspiring new collections that are both sustainable and stylish.
Boost Your Email Open Rate With Strong Subject Line
Intuit Small Business Blog
If you rely on email to market your business (and, honestly, who doesn’t these days?), here's what you're up against: The average email user receives more than 70 messages per day, according to technology market research firm Radicati Group. In other words, people's in-boxes are overflowing with messages, and it's all too easy for them to hit Delete to clear the clutter.
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Lamps in Kitchens
Things That Inspire
Lamps make a kitchen look and feel so much more like a decorated room. I'm not sure if the deep window space was part of the original house, or if architect Stan Dixon created it during the renovation, but it is certainly the perfect place for a pair of lamps.
5 Reasons Professionals Are Switching From SEO to Content Marketing
Under30CEO
When you're looking to acquire search engine traffic and get valuable links back to your site, responding by beefing up SEO might feel like the right first step. But marketing professionals might disagree. A yearly survey of marketing professionals by CopyPress showed that 34 percent of marketers who focused on SEO in 2012 were changing their focus to content marketing in 2013.
A Glamorous and Historic New Orleans Cottage
Architectural Digest
When Peter Rogers was born in Hattiesburg, Miss., family lore has it that he did not burst forth with the wail of an ordinary infant. Instead, he opened his mouth and screamed, "New York!" In his mid-20s he finally made it there, eventually landing a job at Trahey/Caldwell, an influential Manhattan advertising agency that helped define the Mad Men era — and where, after taking over the firm and renaming it Peter Rogers Associates, he devised some of the most memorable slogans of the 20th century, among them Vidal Sassoon's "If you don't look good, we don’t look good".
Noguchi Lamp Designs Inspired by Japanese Paper Lanterns Still Light Up Modern Home Decor
The Associated Press via The Washington Post
A familiar item in contemporary interior design — the round, white, paper light shades often sold at Ikea for $5. These affordable lanterns are knockoffs of light sculptures created by the renowned artist Isamu Noguchi in the early 1950s. The Noguchi lamps — called akari, the Japanese word for light — were inspired by traditional Japanese lanterns used in ancestor worship. Over the decades, the akari became classics of mid-20th century modern home decor.
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Building a Better Pinterest Through Data
Mashable
"Big Data" is as much a terrifying term as it is a ubiquitous part of daily life. It wasn't always so, however. Until we developed and learned how to use technology that could process and finesse massive amounts of data, we lived in the dark. And once we could gather that data, we needed more and more people to interpret it.
In the Air | Delft Touch
T Magazine
While a new generation of artists and designers are coming up with modern ways to reinterpret the classic combination of blue and white at the same time, its antique porcelain predecessor is hitting record highs at auction. Whether it is Valentino's oversize florals, influenced by Delftware, on strict puritan-collared dresses, or Rem Koolhaas's Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal, with abutting panels of traditional azulejos, the trend is unmistakable. The cobalt compound that gives blue-and-white porcelain its color was brought to China from Iran by Mongolian invaders in the 13th century.
Find Decor Inspiration In Your Closet
CNN
With warm weather under way, there's no better time to update your living quarters. But how do you turn your home into a space that reflects your personality? Interior design expert Erin Gates, founder and editor of popular lifestyle blog "Elements of Style," recommends looking in your wardrobe closet for inspiration. Whether she's decorating a sailboat in San Francisco or a studio apartment in Boston, Gates looks for parallels between fashion and popular interiors. "The trends translate between the two seamlessly," Gates says.
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