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Would you or your chapter like to be featured on Hot Topics? Email Maddie Landers at mlanders@interiordesignsociety.org for more information.
It’s not too late to sign up for the Maison Objet Paris trip with IDS! Click here for more information.
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At The Tub Studio, we try to think outside the box when it comes to the presentation of our high quality, thick acrylic transitional and vintage bathtubs. We only offer tub packages that are stimulating, innovative and beautiful. From gilding to specialized finishing, we think we have what you need.
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Our August Member Spotlight is Sally L. Williams, from Raleigh, NC! Read more about her design journey here.
“In 1995 I decided to leave a career in Corporate Accounting Management and opened a Gallery, to follow my life-long passion for Fine Art and Craft. During the seven years of Gallery ownership my eyes were opened to the world of Interior Design. In 2002, I closed the Gallery and Colorful Concepts was born.”
The Interior Design Society has announced that the exclusive IDS Buyers’ Guide
— the premier resource of relevant products and services for interior design professionals — is now
available at the IDS website at http://www.interiordesignersbuyersguide.com/.
If your company or business has not yet taken advantage of this exceptional opportunity to highlight
your products and services in the Guide, it is not too late! To learn more about advertising your products
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Lacrosse Hardwood Flooring has earned a reputation as an ethical company known for delivering high quality unique flooring products. Our best ideas come from listening to our staff and partnering with our customers to solve problems that create beautiful flooring solutions.
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Last month we held our first ever Student Design Challenge during Dallas Market! Eight student designers were challenged with designing a 12x12 vignette. Check out the above photos to see the winning space. We loved getting to be a part of the design journey for these emerging designers. Thanks to Dallas Market Center and Varaluz for sponsoring this event!
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It's summer -- the time is perfect to buy a new ceiling fan so homes can be comfortable.
Just in time for the season, we've rounded up this year's top three ceiling fan styles, along with one major insider tip on how to pick the right fan for your outdoor space (because, spoiler alert: outdoor ceiling fans are trending!).
Forbes
There are so many things we connote with eclectic decorating. People tend to use the term when they have no other words to describe their taste. For example, that very special person who just loves to combine glass bricks, French antiques and cat figurines. But, it’s actually something else entirely. Eclectic isn't a term to label the mismatched. True eclectic decor actually has cohesiveness.
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Real Simple
The results are in: Behr just revealed the most popular interior paint colors, based on the most purchased paints at The Home Depot. And to no surprise, they're all stunning.
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Romper
Next Day Blinds, a window treatment supplier, recently pulled together data on each state's most popular home decor. They started by looking at the most commonly purchased home items based off of popular home decor store websites like Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, West Elm, and Target. From there, they tracked Google shopping data, and found some really surprising results.
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Clever
"I'm a sucker for rugs, art, and unique accessories," interior designer Cortney Bishop tells us. Not that she has to — one look at her Charleston home makes this love for statement pieces very clear. This eclectic living room makes the case for breaking all the rules.
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Interiors + Sources
It’s easy as interior designers and architects to push the importance of original design from the mind, particularly when working with a tight budget. This “the client is always right” mentality can seep into the design process, putting emphasis more on giving end users exactly what they want at the price they want it—or at least a solution that looks like the piece they want if it’s cost-prohibitive to go for the real deal.
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The Globe and Mail
As the CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada, Jason Rowe could conceivably have anything he or his wife Krista want on their bedroom walls. But currently, as they redecorate their home in Toronto’s tony Forest Hill neighbourhood, they have chosen to cover the surface behind their bed with a wallpaper called Ombre Basket Weave. Designed by the Toronto studio Moss & Lam as part of its new Canvas collection, it has a crosshatch texture and fades from dark to light up the wall.
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InteriorDesign.net
There’s something to be said for having a place for everything and everything being in its place. But adding shelving to a living space is both a functional and a design choice. More than just a place to house books and collectibles, the right shelving maximizes the use of space while adding a dramatic design element. Here are a few ways shelving can make the most of your client’s home spaces.
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Senior Housing News
Over the past decade, designing for the senior living industry has changed a great deal. Much of the senior living industry has moved away from institutional features, and instead embraced upscale concepts such as destination fast casual eateries or larger living units. That evolution in design and services has forced many interior designers to start thinking outside of the box more often, according to Dean Maddalena, president of studioSIX5, and LuAnn Holec, principal of Thoma-Holec Desig
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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.
Please call IDS Membership Manager, Della Swider at 336-884-4437 ext. 223 for information. 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.
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