High Point Highlights...

Chandelier by CYAN Design

Going to High Point is always so great. It remains the center of the furniture universe in this country. I always love seeing all the creativity, the passion, the visions, and all the serious hard work that comes together here to be revealed to the world.

There's always so much to see, and so much ground to cover.

It's impossible to photograph it all, but I did my best, and here's some highlights...

The Global Views showroom was amazing! These peeps are on top of what's hot!

The colors were amazing, and so right on!

Here's some new Candice Olson pieces at Norwalk Furniture

HB2's Dixon Bartlett, design collaborator with Candice Olson for Norwalk,

sitting on Candice's new sofa and 90 degree wrap around ottoman.

A visit to the Phillips Collection showroom is always a must! Take a look at these treasures...

Gorgeous! These are available in HUGE size too.

So beautiful!

Or ice with beverages ;-)

Phillips Collection always has some really fun pieces. Love it!

These micro patchwork leather chairs...Wow!

Everywhere at Phillips, there is fine art that doubles as furniture.

Flipping now to Ultra Mod...

Imagine chilling and watching a movie on this

Gruppo Tomasella piece, and then imagine the house around it!

The food was always a wonderful end to each long day! This raspberry chocolate mouse cake was the hands down winner!

Stay tuned for more from High Point coming soon!

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High Point Highlights...

Inspiration everywhere!

My good friend Angelo Surmelis talking with Jason Phillips from the Phillips Collection.

The High Point Furniture Market was filled with so much wonderful inspiration! I took some good photos, and I will post them all as soon as I get a little more time. I'm leaving High Point today, and I still have a lot to do. I'll be back to blogging very soon!

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Inspiration everywhere!

High Point...it's furniture time!

Hey friends! I finally fired the blog back up, and just in time for the Furniture Market in High Point! I've got boots on the ground, and camera in hand :-)

As soon as I can, I'll be posting all the hot pieces I can find...

- robert

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High Point...it's furniture time!

Yo peeps!

Hey! My Dad is working on something real cool for you!

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He said that he's sorry he hasn't been posting so much lately. But, I know it's because he's been pretty busy.

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Don't worry about anything, he'll be back with some cool news!

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Ciao for now :-)

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Yo peeps!

Purple Rain, or Red, or Blue, or Green...

I stumbled across this while surfing the web the other day. How cool! It's called the Magic Shower Head. Talk about a mood adjustment!

Their website offers fixed and handheld versions in many colors. And, they have other versions that adjust the color according to the temperature. A great safety advantage for the kids...

Imagine turning off the lights in the bathroom, and bathing the room and yourself in color! I want one!!!

Click on the above photo to visit their website.

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Purple Rain, or Red, or Blue, or Green...

have a seat...

Available at Sofa Mart

Designed by Robert Petril for Simon Li Furniture.

Available at Raymour & Flanigan

Designed by Robert Petril for Simon Li Furniture.

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have a seat...

Last day of MAGIC

Well, as they say...all good things must come to an end. Today was the last day of the show, and what an amazing couple of days it was. I loved every second of it, and I can't wait till the next show.

One of the things I learned was that two days is not enough. Next time I will come for the full three days. This show is so huge!!! I could spend a whole day just in the footwear hall alone. Oh, and I have to ham it up a bit, and show you the shoes I bought. Some of the vendors will sell their samples at the end of the show. Check out this pair of purple awesomeness...

During the span of the last two days, I met with over 200 companies, and most of them said they had a really great show. After attending the furniture show two weeks ago, and this fashion show this week, I can't help but get the sense that business conditions are slowly but steadily improving. There were a lot of smiling company owners at both shows. Things are look'n up!

Unfortunately, covering so much ground, and talking with so many companies, my camera didn't come out of my pocket nearly enough. However, this next photo just had to be taken...

Yup! A vending machine with ballet flats! What a brilliant idea!

Seriously, how cool is this???

Well, it's now 3:00AM, and I have a delicious baked apple pie to finish here. After that, do I go to bed? Or do I go back out? Hmmmm...decisions...decisions...

I hope you have a great day full of smiles :-) And, as always, thank you so much for reading!

All my best wishes,

Robert

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Last day of MAGIC

MAGIC & PROJECT Day 1

It was a beautiful sunset landing in Las Vegas last night, and today was a crazy good first day at the show! The fashion peeps are some of the coolest on the planet. Boundless creativity and vision. I was loving every minute of it...despite my sore feet! I would love to know how many miles I walked. It was a whole lot, but worth every step!

Out of respect for the designers, I didn't take any close ups of the new products, but I did manage to snap a few shots to give you a little of the atmosphere.

G STAR RAW shoes. No way to resist visiting this booth!

ROCKSTAR SUSHI, a way cool edgy brand from California...Loved it!

CONDOM Socks. This company makes their socks with bamboo...yes you read that right...bamboo! And, you would not believe how soft and wonderful they are! So cool...so GREEN...so awesome!

There was SO MUCH more, but I was so focused on the next rad piece around each corner, I just couldn't stop to take more photos. But, I will leave you with a very cool video I took at the end of the day in STREET

Have a great day eveyone! I'm off to start day 2! :-)

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MAGIC & PROJECT Day 1

MAGIC Marketplace

On my way back to Las Vegas to check out the MAGIC show. It's a huge apparel show with literally thousands of brands. I'm especially looking forward to seeing PROJECT! I'm such a freak for new fashion...can't wait!

I got my cam, and I'll be beaming back photos...

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MAGIC Marketplace

we are the world...

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we are the world...

新年快樂! Happy Year of the Tiger!

Xin nian kuai le!

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Wishing all my friends in China, and all over Asia a very Happy New Year! I hope your Year of the Tiger is a very happy, healthy, and prosperous one! I will miss being there with you this year. Especially all the fireworks!

Remembering last year...



新年快樂!

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新年快樂! Happy Year of the Tiger!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you lots of hug'n and squeez'n on Valentine's Day!

- robert

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Happy Valentine's Day!