Dream Rooms 2008: Trends, Details & Ideas

We went to the kickoff party for the Dream Rooms at Merchandise Mart - it was a packed house, full of cocktail-sipping interiors fans checking out the rooms done up by the designers. We managed to snap a few photos of details from the rooms that we thought were especially interesting...possible future trends and offbeat ideas:

Decorative Nailhead Patterns on Upholstered Pieces

Huge Maps as Wall Covering

Icy Colors and Clear Accessories

Strong and Varied Textures on Walls and Upholstery

"Digitized" Floral Wallpaper (this was gorgeous in person!)

Tufting

Very Large Scale Patterns for Upholstery

The Dream Rooms are open at the Merchandise Mart through July 12. Monday - Friday, 10am to 5pm and Saturdays 10am to 3pm. Admission is complimentary.

Comments (15)

I have always wanted a big, poofy, round ottoman. Love the color of this one too. :)

posted by AimeeRoo on May 21st 2008 at 3:38pm
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That's a very interesting collection of things... by themselves they are fantastic and walk this rebel line of design guru who knows how to pick furniture with great lines.
But borders on being heavy if falling into the wrong hands!

posted by sarahrae on May 21st 2008 at 4:02pm
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ugly.. as most trends can go in a bad decade or yealy movement..but as sarahrae nicely put it the right person can make it happen, maybe.

posted by LoriSF on May 21st 2008 at 7:20pm
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oooh. I love tufted these days. I think it's classic. The map wallpaper doesn't do it for me, but I love the oil painting portrait. I own one; the subject is moi (almost 20 years ago now) and I've been wondering if I dare hang it. It's a nice painting, but it's ME and I just don't quite dare to hang it yet.

posted by swanroad on May 21st 2008 at 8:22pm
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love that yellow plaid chair in the background!

posted by closertotheocean on May 22nd 2008 at 4:21am
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i want to know more about the 'digitized' floral wall treatment.

posted by buzzybee on May 22nd 2008 at 4:22am
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Love those rooms.

posted by bloobrey on May 22nd 2008 at 4:42am
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I would LOVE to have an ottoman like that! (although maybe not hot pink for me...)

I love the feel of these rooms too--it's a great collection of lovely pieces and gets far away from the perfectly matched rooms that have just never seemed entirely livable to me.

posted by Seshat on May 22nd 2008 at 5:38am
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I have always wanted that ottoman, large enough for a cocktail tray and a few friends to perch whislt mingling.

I would also take it in a smaller version for my completely imaginary dressing room.

posted by DahliaCactus on May 22nd 2008 at 5:40am
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Does anyone know from where we can buy the ottoman?

posted by figs on May 22nd 2008 at 8:26am
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must.have.pink.ottoman

posted by animalhouze on May 22nd 2008 at 8:58am
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That pink ottoman is so cute. I want to hug it.

posted by Nikita on May 22nd 2008 at 9:08am
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Where has that pink ottoman been all my life? I need it right now!

posted by Foxylou2 on May 22nd 2008 at 9:38am
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Agree! The ottoman is yummy!

posted by jooly on May 22nd 2008 at 10:32am
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Here's a link to the designer of the super lovely ottoman.

http://merchandisemartdesigncenter.com/dreamrooms/rooms/georgesmith.html

I'm loving the map stuff too but maybe as a large art piece rather than wallpaper?

posted by omamia on May 23rd 2008 at 6:19am
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