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Submit your projects by March 3 to save 20%
From now until March 3, you can save 20% on each entry into the Designer of the Year Awards. This year we have over 30 categories in residential interior design. For more information, click the link below.
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Member benefit: Marketing Mondays
Beginning Feb. 1, 2021, join the Interior Design Society for our Marketing Monday series! Presented by Home Designer Marketing, this series of webinars will focus on branding, systems, websites and social media for your interior design business. Be sure to register below. You must be a current IDS member to attend. For more information on IDS membership, click here.
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Now live: The IDS List!
Included with every IDS membership, our newest initiative connects IDS designer members with potential clients. Designed for the consumer eye, this interactive platform features the work of our members nationwide, and educates visitors on why and how to hire an interior designer. Most importantly, it hosts a searchable directory to help pair people searching for design services with IDS designer. Be sure to submit your profile today to be featured!
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January Member Spotlight: Julianna Mathers
When did you realize that you wanted to become an interior designer?
My mother is a fine artist, seamstress and designer, and I grew up in aesthetic environments, fabric stores, and amidst renovations. My love for beautiful interiors was established at a young age. As a young woman, I worked in the corporate marketing world but loved decorating my tiny apartments and devouring shelter magazines, reading them cover to cover. As a young mom, I began working for an ASID architect and designer, and that's when I realized I wanted to combine my personal passion for interiors with my business experience and turn it into a vocation. My work started organically with friends asking for help with renovations and decorating. It grew from there.
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BIPOC coffee table books
There is something so revealing about the coffee table books you choose to house in your home. Offering a window into your soul, your passions, inspirations and more. For some, this may not be the case and coffee table books are chosen based on their color schemes and how they perfectly accent your space when displayed.
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Morocco and Bali influences custom Charlotte home
Designed for a young family with ties to New York, this whole home design is just what the clients had in mind — modern but warm and functional for their daily life with two young children. This space won First Runner Up in the 2020 Designer of the Year Awards, Whole Home 3,000 sqft & Above category.
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How to design a soul-nourishing workspace at home
With so many of us working from home, practicing isolation and social-distancing, which is critical to stemming the spread of COVID-19, our need for soul-nourishing at-home workspaces has never been greater. Our physical environments have a huge subconscious impact on how efficiently, and happily, we work — which, in turn, can dramatically affect the quality of our output.
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Increase your client communication confidence
Furniture, Lighting & Decor
Nancy Ganzekaufer writes: Good communication skills are essential for achieving business success. Luckily, there are simple strategies you can use to increase your communication confidence! Throughout my career, I've encountered more sticky situations than I can count, and I've been grateful for the effective communication skills I have in my toolbox each time. Here are answers to a few questions I hear regularly from my clients.
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Black makers reflect on the cultural roots of their crafts
Interior Design
In honor of Black History Month, Interior Design spoke with six Black creatives about how their work reflects their personal experiences, cultural narratives and hopes for the future of design. From minimalist furnishings to handwoven textiles, sculptural forms and bold wallcoverings, each piece invites further exploration. Here are their stories.
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The top home decor trends from the 1970s
Elle
The age of boho hippie vibes and disco glam has simply never gone out of style. Whether it's the conversation pits that caught your eye, or the linoleum flooring, the 1970s is the decade of furniture fantasy. If you're looking for inspiration, here are the best 1970s home decor trends that are still giving us all the feels.
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Checkered objects are the latest quirky home decor trend
Who What Wear
Indya Brown writes: I may love fashion, but few things thrill me more than home decor. In some ways I view it as an extension of fashion — they're both intrinsically linked to the spirit of design and trends, so it's no surprise when a few of the runway's biggest themes infiltrate the interior design realm. One of the biggest we've noticed this season is the checkered trend.
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These 7 kitchen trends are here to stay
Architectural Digest
Comfort and connection in the kitchen have never been more essential. Four design firms weigh in on the future of all things luxury in the next wave of kitchen features. What's to come? Seven key trends that designers would do well to buy into today.
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Everything to know about Japandi — and how to infuse it into your home
CNN
Move over, modern farmhouse decor; there's a new design aesthetic in town. Blending Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian hygge, Japandi is the latest trend gaining traction in the interior design world, bringing with it a cozy but simplistic look that's popping up in homes all over the world ... and piquing the interest of design lovers like us. Case in point: searches for Japandi on Pinterest are up 100% since last year alone.
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How to create a chic and functional home office, according to design experts
Glamour
In the span of one week, the home office went from an underused (or nonexistent) space to the most coveted room for anyone working from home. Those lucky enough to have an office finally completed that long-overdue makeover, and those without one turned to makeshift solutions like drop-down desks, laptop trays and "cloffices" (as in, a closet-slash-office).
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5 home design vignettes by Nashville interior designers
StyleBlueprint
Creating the perfect design vignette can be an art form. Assembling just the right composition of objects to adorn a coffee table or shelf is a style statement all its own. From family heirlooms to collected books, the small, thoughtfully arranged grouping known as a "vignette" not only adds warmth and depth to your space, but can also be a window to your life story.
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