Flatwoven carpets are taking the design market by storm! Ranging from simple textures to complex designs, flatwoven styles capture the cleaner essence of today's interiors. They are fresh, are easily adapted to area rug fabrication- bound, serged, or finished with a simple or decorative binding tape and look fabulous on stairs, although not all flatwoven carpets are suitable for stair … [Read more...]
New Product – Great Performance!
An exciting new product from Bellbridge called Grasscloth has been exposed to a stern test of performance and appearance retention. The 100% wool flatwoven product photographed above has been installed in one of the most demanding areas within the Bellbridge facility in Benicia, California for the last 7 months. It was important to select a location that really tested this carpets resilience … [Read more...]
Changes in Design and Purchasing Channels
Today’s clients are different. Trends are different. Spending patterns are different. But these are expected changes in a new economic climate. Two significant changes are how design is viewed by clients and the ways in which products are purchased. Many of today’s clients view design with a longer-term vision; clean color, more familiar style, perhaps a bit more traditional or transitional … [Read more...]
The Coalescing of Design
co a lesce: to blend or come together Less than a decade ago each region of the US could be identified by its use of color, texture, pattern and design elements. With the advent of well published “celebrity” designers, specialized home design media, mega home design retailers- from low to high-end, and the growth of targeted home design publications, has design across the US become more … [Read more...]
