Entry of the Dallas World Trade Center
It’s Market time in America, so I thought I would take this opportunity to explain exactly what Market is to people who have never been or heard of it. Market is when retailers, designers and decorators from all over converge on major cities where Market Centers are located. Here in the USA we have major markets in Dallas, Atlanta, NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas. There are smaller market centers located in other cities as well.
Markets are divided into different categories and occur at different times. For example, major Home and Gift Markets occur twice a year, usually in January or early February and again in late June and July. At the Home and Gift Markets you can see anything and everything you can possibly think of you might need to decorate your home or office as well as Holiday decor for all the major holidays. There are major clothing and accessory markets, usually occurring within a couple of weeks of the Home and Gift Markets.
When I was in retail we would attend Market in Dallas because it was close and convenient and also in Atlanta, with the thinking being that we would see some different merchandise in Atlanta than was being offered in Dallas. I’m still hoping in the near future to attend the Markets both in NYC and Las Vegas.
Now that I’m out of the retail game and focusing on design work and blogging I mainly go to Market when I’m needing certain items for a client job or for some inspiration. Of course I also go when I need to order holiday merchandise for client’s homes or offices, whether we’re sprucing up to what they already have or changing it up and doing a whole new look for their holidays.
I recently went to Dallas for a couple of days to see what was new, gather pictures to show clients and to get inspired. Here are some pictures I took of great looking merchandise in the Dallas World Trade Center. ENJOY!!!
Yes please, wrap it up and take it home from Cyan
This chandelier from Cyan gives you the look of Venetian glass for a lot less money
Love these lanterns, I think they would be great over a kitchen island
The Cyan showroom was divided up into different blocks of color
Great looking lamps and shades, there’s our blue/green combo from an earlier post
Tabulous painted pieces
Mirrored furniture is still hot, great way to get some sparkle in a room
Loving this elegant silver framed mirror for a certain client, great mix of glamorous silver on the branch look frame. (As you can see, mom went along for the fun)
Count down the days until Christmas with this great clock from Katherine’s Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Claus to brighten up any holiday display
For all you Chi Omegas and Owl lovers out there
Loved this guy from Katherine’s Collection
A sassy scarecrow from Katherine’s
A Tabulous Turkey for your table from Katherine’s Collection
K&K Interiors has awesome accessories and jewelry
Market is pretty much always looking a year ahead, so this is when they premiered all the new holiday decor for Spring 2015
From K&K Interiors you get the vintage feel of this foil wrapped bunny (sorry, no chocolate though)
It’s hard to get an idea on these guy’s true size. The bunny on the right is about 4 feet tall, awesome from K&K Interiors
Just a little over 5 months until Christmas…….I’m just sayin’
