Barbara Barry walked us through her new collection at Baker, which was an incredible treat.Being at High Point Market this week has been a total busman's holiday — delightfully indulging in cool, new furnishings and accessories from all over the world and fantasizing about putting it all together in a new home one day. What's particularly addictive, however, is meeting the people behind the scenes and hearing the first hand stories of what is really going down in the furniture world. To kick off today, here are a few highlights with people and party shots to give you a bit of the flavor of High Point 2011.
Morning dawns last Saturday in my hotel room before setting off for the opening hour: 8am.
Awesome Johnny Cash impersonator at BoBo.
Still life with collectibles at BoBo.
Lotsa lamps at BoBo.
On tour at Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams and getting the inside story from Steve.
Look at that chair at Julian Chichester!
Christiane Lemieux of DwellStudio and Woody Williams of Precedent Furniture celebrating the debut of Dwell's new collection.
Christiane's heels, all the way from NYC.
Leigh or Leslie Keno showing off their new collector's box at Theodore Alexander.
Theodore Alexander's famous shrimp fountain.
Big party at HALO with Clockwork Orange theme on Sunday night.
A quiet moment with Jamie Drake after his trend panel on Monday morning.
Amazing kitchen and dining room at Cisco Brothers where they cook and share three meals a day.
Jeff Jones with his amazing bright cords and lamp at Verellen.
Tom Verellen in his showroom, my very last stop before heading to the airport on Tuesday.
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I'm going coocoo for Dwell Studio's new stuff. We bought everything! -Caitlin from City Life Home Furnishings, OC California.
Hearthstone Interior Design in Nashville TN. always enjoys the wonderful finds at the High Point Market.
Anytime I can get to see new stuff, I love it... also like seeing my friend Jamie.
Fabulous wrap-up! I've been covering High Point for 20+ years and you showed me things I've never seen. (How'd I miss that shrimp fountain?) You are doing an awesome job of sharing the excitment of this incredible market with the online world. Come back in the fall!
Thanks for the coverage, Maxwell! We can't wait to show at High Point again...
Never mind the furniture, where is Barbara Barry's gorgeous dress from?!!
Thanks, Maxwell!
I'm very excited about the new Dwell collection - in San Francisco it's going to be carried at Aldea Home.
Does anyone know anything about the picture on the wall behind Barbara?
Modern Guy
I just finished showing at HighPoint and have asian character prints hanging on the wall. I will be here one more day, so hit me with an email if you would like some pics of the remaining works before I leave here!
Suzi from Collier West
info (at) collierwest.com.
**check out our blog next week for details of our finds at HighPoint too! AT, sorry we missed you. We hosted a killer space in the new Antique and Design Center. White taxidermy peacocks and early american antiquities. Bill Indursky from VandM gave a great trend lecture in our space.
Kealoha - my question, too!
Glad to see AT attending HP market-many publications just do the design shows-but this is where it all actually starts-
cheers
Tom Verrelen does not seem to be happy??