EASTON, Md. — Decorating Den Interiors, North America’s only full-service interior design and home furnishings franchise company, is bringing design professionals from 25 states to October’s High Point Home Furnishings Market.
Five of the company’s designers will serve on special panel discussions. Barbara Elliott and her sister Jennifer Ward-Woods, of Stone Mountain, Ga., along with Lynne Lawson and Laura Outland, of Columbia, Md., will be discussing “Designing for Different Generations” at Universal Furniture’s Learning Center. The company’s Designer of the Year, Krista Shugars, will be on a panel addressing “Luxury is an Attitude: Building Insane Revenue with Everyday Clients” in the Gabby Showroom.
“We have been bringing our design professionals to High Point showrooms and factory tours for more than 20 years,” said David Haseley, sr. vice president of merchandising and marketing. “In the last 12 years, we have brought nearly 100 each year.”
We will be visiting 21 showrooms of suppliers that participate in our LIVV Home Collection,” Haseley added. “We organize into several groups with each having its own schedule. In addition to seeing new products, our market days also build wonderful camaraderie, which is a major part of our brand.”
The states represented by DDI designers are Arizona, Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.