Long a Florida favorite style, coastal has been redefined by manufacturers such as Universal with nary a seagull in sight.
They’ve responded with stylish pieces, such as Universal’s Lancaster desk in split rattan with basket drawers and glass top, and Regina Andrew’s gourd-shaped Dover Table Lamp with grounding earth tones and natural texture, both perfectly suited for a Coastal look. Manufacturers are enjoying a huge increase in demand for home office furniture. Given that home offices are here to stay, it is not surprising that much emphasis was placed on home office furnishings at High Point this last time around. It takes artisans three days to create this large-scale rattan masterpiece of exaggerated basket weave. “They are designed to give a sense of place, no matter your geographic location.”Īmong the highlights of the collection is the Elliot Key Woven Bed. “We’ve developed designs that aren’t exclusively for a beach house,” said Neil MacKenzie, director of marketing at Universal. Performance fabrics are de rigueur in upholstered items, and often combine with rattan frames. White, black and blue paint finishes mingle with whitewash and the native colors of cane and rattan. While wood and metal play a role, Getaway incorporates rattan canes framing chairs and beds, in door inserts, accent tables and bar stools.
The idea is that Coastal isn’t about proximity to water so much as being about a state of mind, whether your thoughts head to the shores of Lake Michigan, the cool, clear waters of Cape Cod, the Pacific Ocean’s pounding surf or the warm waters that define the Gulf of Mexico. In developing the collection, the Universal and Coastal Living teams were guided as much by a feeling as a particular look. “We knew by the success of Escape (introduced in 2018) there was a continued demand for designs with a coastal feel, and although no one could have predicted this, our current global situation only reinforces that,” said Jeff Scheffer, president and CEO. This is the second collection from the Universal/Coastal Living magazine collaboration. Literally defined as “a place suitable for a vacation,” Getaway, lives up to the description with furnishings that elicit the feeling of being on island time. “Modern farmhouse and coastal looks are both popular styles in today’s living spaces,” said Janine Wagers, creative director for Universal Furniture, which last year launched the Getaway Coastal Living Home Collection at High Point, as well as a new Modern Farmhouse Collection. Coastal and modern farmhouse, major styles showcased at High Point in the past few years, emerged stronger than ever at Market this year.
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“Consumers are looking for ways to creatively update their homes and make the most of a space where they’ve been spending an extraordinary amount of time,” said Carla Regina, co-founder of lighting company Regina Andrew Detroit, one of the manufacturers that braved the pandemic for the sake of good design.įrom lighting to rugs, we crave for spaces that envelop us in cozy yet classy comfort. The consensus among attendees at this massive North Carolina homage to design was that people are ready for a redo at home. High Point Market, the nation’s arbiter for interior design trends, was among the handful of super-conventions that managed to convene last fall. View Gallery: PHOTOS: Home furnishing trends from the High Point MarketĪs tired as we are of staying home, at least some among us have wisely used the protracted time in our nests to finetune living arrangements.
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