Sitting Pretty

Looking to redesign a room in your home? Precedent can help you create the look you are searching for! Pick your favorite look and follow these easy tips and you'll be on your way to creating a space perfect for you. 

Modern Elegance: 

To achieve this look, contrast dark fabrics with light walls. This gives depth to the room and allows your furniture to really pop! Use a clean line sofa, like our 3128-S1, and pair with accent chairs that have simple curves to break up the space. Using a bench ottoman rather than a cocktail table can add that extra twist of modernism.

Accent with metallic by adding in accessories like a starburst mirror and platinum nailhead trim. Try geometric print fabrics to add structure and masculinity. Always remember to play with textures. Here we've used leather on our L3119-C3 swivel chair, mohair on our 3134-O1 ottoman, and a shag rug to add just the right amount of visual contrast.

A Day in the Life: Part 1

For furniture manufacturers, High Point Furniture Market is one of the most important times of the year. Our whole year revolves around getting ready for market. It's an endless cycle that happens twice a year, but we love it! We are taking you on this journey with us as we prepare for market in October. Follow our, "A Day in the Life," series to see just what goes into making a market showroom!

Our market preparations start with Showtime, the fabric market where we view thousands of fabrics to consider for our line. Showtime takes place right in High Point, which is very convenient for us since we are only about an hour away.

We schedule as many appointments in as we can during our three day stay at Showtime. Most of our showings are thirty minutes, and we can have as many as 25 showings in one day. We see mills like Valdese Weavers, Robert Allen, Keystone Weaving, Dicey, and Sunbury. We see everything from new patterns, color ways, and color trends for each season. Here's a look at some of what we saw at the beginning of the month at Showtime...

Color Trends:

Fresh Greens

Image courtesy of American Silk Mills, June 2012

DwellStudio Flagship Store

Tuesday night, DwellStudio hosted a Grand Opening Party at their new flagship store in Soho. Some of us were able to attend, and we were so impressed with the space. Here are some pictures of the store and the event.

The Chester Sofa, Turner Chair, Milo Cocktail Table, Gate Armoire, and new Sabine Ottoman

Mad for Mad Men

With the popularity of AMC's Mad Men, mid-century modern style is showing up everywhere. From the runway to the home, designers are finding inspiration form the set of the show. The sixties are back, but with a modern twist.

Image via Mad Men Facebook Page.

Build It and They Will Come

Today we are taking a look at two of our most popular series, the 2145 and the 2665.

These sectional have great functionality, with multiple design options. The possibility for creating a one of a kind piece is endless. Not only can you choose your own configuration, you can chose the leg finish, and from over 500 Precedent fabrics. You even have the option of sending in your own fabric.

Color Forecasting

Summer is right around the corner! Are you as excited as we are? Time to soak up the sun, stick your feet in the sand, and sip on a cold umbrella drink! Well, while you do that, we'll keep making furniture and updating you on the latest home fashion trends.

The summer is all about color! Don't be afraid of it, embrace it.

1. Green Kitchen 2. DwellStudio Pillows 3. Bowls 4. Glass Jars 5. Precedent Fabric, Slubby Pear
6. Benjamin Moore Green Thumb 7. Benjamin Moore Limeade 

Green isn't just everywhere you look outside this season, but inside as well. Green is taking over, especially kelly green and yellow green. These colors make a room feel light, fresh, and open. Contrast with black or white for a blog look. This color is great to accessorize with and can be paired with other trending colors to create many different looks.

Now Trending

High Point Furniture Market was just a few weeks ago. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it and stop by our showroom. We hope you loved it as much as we did. We'd like to share some trends that we spotted around market, enjoy!

Tufting


Tufting is showing up on classic and contemporary pieces. From sofas to chairs to beds, we have many styles to fix your tufting craze. We even have different styles of tufting including button tufting and large or small scale tufting on our Nocturne Bed Series. Here are some of our displays from markets showing off our tufted pieces. 

The Chester Sofa from our DwellStudio collection has deep tufting
and was recently featured in an Apartment Therapy Blog.