Day 3 of Blogtour London with Modenus

Day 3 of Blogtour London sponsored by Modenus started with a visit to the Poggenpohl Waterloo showroom. If you aren't familiar with Poggenpohl, this German company has been crafting luxury kitchens for 120 years.  The showroom displayed several beautifully designed state of the art kitchens which incorporated different finishes and options offered.  

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Day 2 Blogtour London with Modenus

Day 2 of Blogtour London began at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  We viewed the current exhibits including The Wind Portal, by Lebanese designer Najla El Zein which consists of 5,000 paper windmills, an exhibit on pearls and fashion, but the highlight was a glass installation by Omar Arbel which was made of Bocci glass.  The installation was hung in the Grand entrance at the highest cupola in the ceiling.  I can't wait to share more about all these exhibits.  We have the big New Modenus Launch Party tonight, so I must get ready for that.  Here are some other fun pics of our second day.  Enjoy!

Fashion Exhibit in V & A

Installation by Omar Arbel

The Wind Portal

Beautiful tile on the floors in the V & A

 The stunning Dale Chihuly glass chandelier is beautiful in the dome of the main

 entrance is breath taking.  

After the museum we walked to our next destination so I snapped photos of 

some lovely doors which I will share at a later date.  I may have to do a "door" tour through Europe. I thought this door was particularly interesting.  

Next we ventured to Andrew Martin's showroom which was one of the most interesting places I have ever been.  Andrew Martin has amazing things.  There is everything from Superman hanging from the ceiling to beautiful fabrics and wallpaper.  Andrew Martin designed the bedroom that James Bond and Grace Jones slept in "A View to Kill", in 1985 and from that point came to be recognized a one of Britain's leading showrooms.  The showroom continues to supply items to movie sets such as Harry Potter and many others. 

Lee, the designer at Andrew Martin had on these killer Vivian Westwood shoes!

Aren't they fab?

Next we visited Bernie De Le Cuona's fabric showroom.  We saw beautiful

velvets, linens and sack cloth in the lines new colors for fall.  

We arrived at 100% design in the afternoon.  

Cool Hardware...

We saw lots of intriguing new products!  Here are some snap shots of

the crew....

Holly Phillips 

 Lisa Kahn-Allen

Courtney Lake

Richard Rabel

Cory Klaussen

Ann Porter

Final Destination for the evening was dinner at Casa Brindisa sponsored by Du Verre Hardware!  We were so lucky to have Gina Lubin come dine with us.  Thank you Gina and Du Verre Hardware for a lovely dinner!

 Our gracious dinner hostess Gina Lubin of Du Verre Hardware with Veronika Miller of Modenus at Casa Brindisa

 Holly, Flo, Veronika, Leanne and Jessica

 As you can see, we had a fabulous day!  I've got to hurry and get dressed for the "New" Modenus party!  Make sure to follow us on twitter, instagram and Facebook to get insider info to feel part of the party!  It's going to be huge!!!

Thank you to the wonderful sponsors of Blogtour London!

Blanco

Poggenpohl

Mr Steam

Laufen Bathroons

LampsPlus

Duverre Hardware

Gessi

Hot Trends at High Point Market April 2013

Last Night I participated in my first ever twitter chat.  Have you done one? 

Let me tell you it moves really fast when there are lots of people in the room.  My head was 

still spinning this morning just thinking about it!  It was tons of excitement though!  The chat 

was lead by the fab Lisa Ferguson of Decor Mentor and five of her designer mentors, Lisa  

Kahn-Allen, Elaine Williamson, Jennifer Brouwer, Kati Greene Curtis and Beth Dotoloof 

Pulp Design Studios  curated their favorite new High Point Market introductions from over 

299 entries of pictures that were sent to them by Cheminne Taylor-Smith, Vice President of 

Marketing for the High Point Market.  What are the trends I spotted? Honeycomb patterns, 

emerald green is obviously the color of the year and we saw brass!!!

What to see some of the items picked for the chat?

The first item introduced in the chat was this honeycomb bookcase by Henredon.  

It drew gasps even on twitter! 

Henredon Furniture - The Revenel Bookcase designed by Celerie Kemble

Henredon

The Beautiful Micah Chair by CR Laine

Micah Chair by CR Laine

 Everyone loved the Conrad  

 table in green  by Worlds Away

Worlds Away


Harper by Madegoods

Harper Pendant by Madegoods


The Micah Chair by CR Laine

Lisa Kahn-Allen's Bubble Lamp for Chelsea House

Lisa Kahn-Allen





Madcap Cottage's Pillows which will be shown in the CR Laine Show Room

I predict the following items will be big hits as well!  These are pretty fabulous too.  If you are going to High Point Market, make sure you check them out! 

Piper Collection will be in the Salon

Honeycomb rug by Surya

If you would like to see all the items from the twitter chat with High Point Market Click Here to be taken to the High Point Market Pinterest Twitter Chat page



I'm off to Greensboro today to meet our painter for the Show House, Brian Sine!
Follow me on instragram(icon on side bar) if you want a sneak peek of the color Traci and I chose for our trim paint!  I might even snap a few photos around the house if I get time!  

Toodles!  Have a great Thursday!!!!