
Wood blinds are interior decorators’ favorites to enrich any room with a horizontal blind. “Our 2010 wood blind assortment offers solutions for virtually any room,” says Select Blinds Founder and CMO, Rick Steele. “Our merchandising team has really hit a home run with our Designer Basswood Blinds,” continued Mr. Steele. “The fact that there are 3 slat sizes available in matching stains and colors for full room or...

SMT Residential Design welcomes the year 2010, another whole year to look up to in the real estate industry. We hope that the economic uncertainty of the year 2009 will be a thing of the past. There are indications that we are on the road to recovery as stock markets all over the world have incurred robust rebounds. It is but appropriate for us not to increase our prices for our old and new customers, this is how we have weathered the crisis and will...

WALLTAT entered the wall decals market just 2 years ago and quickly got the attention of design professionals with its fresh designs and ability to customize sizes and colors. “WALLTAT is truly a made to order company and I love that because it tells me that everything we make will be used.” Jordan’s passion for sustainable design and low waste has shaped an efficient production process allowing for wall decals to be customized in...

Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company, and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue, as the color of the year for 2010. Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world,...

The color experts at BEHR Paints® introduce a dynamic guide to 2010 Design and Color Trends. In the trend brochure, classic elements are fused with contemporary flair to emphasize comfort, ease and functionality. Color personalities are limitless, running the gamut from bright to intriguing, cool to neutral, or subtle to complex. This season’s designs and color meet in a dynamic union of contrasts. Whether light or dark, clean or muted, traditional...

Pantone, an X-Rite company, and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced PANTONE®VIEW home + interiors 2010, the eight most directional color palettes, plus an additional palette of tinged neutrals, for 2010 home furnishings and interior design. “Color trends are not conjured up using a crystal ball. They are the result of much observation of our surrounding natural world as...