Mon 30 Nov 2009
Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Los Angeles Designer James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma today.
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This week on the DesignCoach: Keeping Your Holidays Real
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Sun 29 Nov 2009
Design Find is your global guide to upcoming home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)
Wed 25 Nov 2009
DesignFind Featured Event:
DesignQuotient looks for events to feature from our DeisgnFind Global Design Event Calendar. Sometimes they are close to home. If you live near Austin Texas and are ready for a Texas-sized garage sale this is your weekend.
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City Wide Garage Sale
2009 Thanksgiving Weekend – Nov 28-29
Palmer Event Center, Austin Texas
The biggest show of the year!
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Wed 25 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: French Periods, Number Five
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Tue 24 Nov 2009
DesignFind Featured Event:
DesignQuotient looks for events to feature from our DeisgnFind Global Design Event Calendar. Sometimes they are close to home. If you live in Florida (or are heading that way) and are dazzled by the shine of a new car, plane or yacht, you may want to check out Ocean Reef Club and The Vintage Weekend
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Each year on the first weekend in December, Ocean Reef Club hosts Vintage Weekend, a four-day celebration of antique and classic planes, automobiles and yachts. It’s a time of camaraderie, live music, great food, a road rally and entertainment. The honored guests are fellow enthusiasts who own, restore, maintain and love their conveyances, and make it possible for all of us to enjoy them.
Thursday, December 3 – Sunday, December 6, 2009
Call 305-367-5874 or email vintageweekend@oceanreef.com for reservations
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Tue 24 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: French Periods, Number Four
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Mon 23 Nov 2009
DesignFind Featured Event:
DesignQuotient looks for events to feature from our DeisgnFind Global Events Calendar. Sometimes they are close to home. As we kick off the holiday season here are a few of our favorite Historic Homes (Passadena, Delaware, Ashville) that are now doubly worth visiting. Support Design Near You
The Gamble House, Pasadena California
The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, is an outstanding example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Procter and Gamble Company. The house, a National Historic Landmark, is owned by the City of Pasadena and operated by the University of Southern California and is open for public tours.
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Yuletide at Winterthur November 21, 2009—January 3, 2010
Yuletide at Winterthur showcases Henry Francis du Pont’s ancestral home in seasonal splendor. This year’s Yuletide tour features rooms decorated to reflect various seasonal vignettes, including the perennial favorite, Winterthur’s magnificent dried flower tree.
Tours will display the elegance and opulence of du Pont family celebrations, while a full series of special events, performances, and workshops will help to make your season bright! Visit the special seasonal exhibition Good Tidings to You: Victorian Christmas Ephemera from The John & Carolyn Grossman Collection, a charming look at vintage paper materials produced to celebrate the Christmas holidays.
Discover the Wonders
of Biltmore
Plan your getaway to America’s Largest Home, Biltmore House, surrounded by inspiring gardens, America’s most-visited winery, and the interpretive River Bend Farm.
Play in our 8,000-acre backyard with an array of outdoor activities, indulge in one-of-a-kind shopping, and savor our restaurants’ exceptional fare. Visit Biltmore in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC and let our gracious hospitality inspire you.
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Mon 23 Nov 2009
Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Los Angeles Designer James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma today.
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This week on the DesignCoach: Thanksgiving
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Fri 20 Nov 2009
DesignFind Feature:
DesignQuotient looks for events to feature in our DeisgnFind Global Events Calendar. Sometimes they are close to home. This one is in Virginia. Support Design Near You
28th Annual Holiday Antiques Show
November 28-30
Beautiful Quilts from Marie Miller
WILLIAMSBURG
KINGSMILL
MARRIOTT
50 KINGSMILL ROAD
WILLIAMSBURG,VA
The day after Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas season and you are invited to join in the holiday festivities. While visiting you may want to tour Colonial Williamsburg, visit the Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and shop in the boutique shops along the Duke of Gloucester Street.
Thirty-five dealers who represent thirteen states and the United Kingdom will show period and country furniture and accessories, excellent old lighting, prints and paintings, fine ceramics, high quality glass, estate jewelry and antique silver.
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Fri 20 Nov 2009
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Thu 19 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: French Periods, Number Three
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Wed 18 Nov 2009
It’s happening this week and its close to home if you live in South Texas!
The 57th Annual Theta Charity Antiques Show
November 19-22, 2009
George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall D.
Houston, Texas
The Theta Antiques Show is considered one of the top three antiques show in the country. Since its inception in 1952, the Theta Charity Antiques Show has donated over $5.5 million dollars to medical research, cultural arts and educational endeavors in the Houston area. This year’s show is proud to present over 50 premier antiques dealers from around the globe. Exhibitors will be selling the finest in antiques from the 17th to through the 20th centuries.
Call 713 622 3560 for information
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Wed 18 Nov 2009
The Antiques Show at York brings together over 50 dealers offering room settings showcasing late 18th, 19th and early 20th century furniture, primitives, textiles, clocks, jewelry, decorative arts and collectibles.
Running concurrently with
The York Folk Art & Craft Show.
Two great shows for the price of one!
November 20, 21, 22, 2009
Friday: 5pm – 9pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 4pm
Memorial Hall West
York Expo Center
York, Pennsylvania
ADMISSION:
$8.00 per person
Admission is valid for all show days. Children under 12 are free. Free Parking
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Tue 17 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: French Periods, Number Two
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Tue 17 Nov 2009
Design Find is your global guide to upcoming home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)
Tue 17 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
We’re always looking for Smart-Design-Daily
Today on the DesignCoach: French Periods, Number One
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Mon 16 Nov 2009
Mark your calendars and book your flights. The Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia runs this week (16 through 22) in London. It doesn’t get much better than this fully vetted show.
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Sun 15 Nov 2009
Here’s a shout out to Robert in Boston who learned about the Boston International Fine Art Show from our Global Design Event Calendar found each Friday here at DesignQuotient. He sent us a few pictures of the show and a comment about a John Singer Sargent portriat he saw offered by The J.M. Stringer Gallery of Bernardsville, New Jersey. My guess is that Robert headed to the Museum of Fine Art after the Art Show to check out more of Sargents work.
A rainy day in Boston
Inside the Cyclorama
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Sun 15 Nov 2009
Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Los Angeles Designer James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma today.
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This week on the DesignCoach: Before The Fat Lady Sings
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Fri 13 Nov 2009
Design Find is your global guide to upcoming home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)
Thu 12 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: Viva la France Part Eight
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Wed 11 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: Viva la France Part Seven
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Tue 10 Nov 2009
Daily, on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Designer James Swan expands your knowledge about the worlds of decorating and design.
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Today on the DesignCoach: Viva la France Part Six
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Mon 9 Nov 2009
Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Los Angeles Designer James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma today.
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This week on the DesignCoach: Finding the Balance
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Fri 6 Nov 2009
Design Find is your global guide to upcoming home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)
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