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Libby Shares Her Secretes On
Decorating Trends To Look Out For In 2008
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HGTV's Libby Langdon Dishes
What's Hot for 2008 and What's out From 2007
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NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 08, 2008
/Westin Reinhart/ -- Libby Langdon, expert commentator on
HGTV's "Small Space, Big Style" tells us how to dress up our
home for the new year with some of her chic, quick and easy
decorating ideas. Libby talks about new interior design trends
as we say Goodbye 2007, and Hello to 2008!
2007 (or general) Design Trends
on their way out:
- Painting your trim (baseboard/crown molding) a color darker
than your - Crisp, clean white is back
- Formal Living rooms It's still all about the family room
and lots of existing "formal" living rooms are being converted
to game rooms, family spaces or home offices
- Big bold patterned wallpaper wallpaper is still hot, it's
just more subtle color ways that are softer and tone on tone
rather than big, bold and bright
- Aqua and chocolate brown not sure this combo will ever go
away 100% but people are looking to other color schemes to
create a fresh, new look
- Collections or Collecting (anything!) we are all wanting
to live with less so the big trend now is to UNCLUTTER!!!!
2008 New Design Trends (or current trends that will be
sticking around)
- The Eclectic Mix combining different styles/ eras/types of
furniture to create your own personal style no more of what
I call "matchy-matchy" interiors or furniture bought in
sets...it's all in how you mix it!
- Color is back! color is back in a big way and leading the
pack is bright yellow! It looks new when it's paired with a
soft gray or white or black. It can also be incorporated in
accessories for those low commitment color types!
- Multifunctional rooms whether people are downsizing or
wanting to spend more time with each other...rooms these days
are called upon to serve more than one purpose kitchen/
office, living room/office and so on...it's making people get
creative with how they layout their spaces
- Sheer textiles gone are the days where you hung a simple
polyester sheer panel on your windows, sheers now are chic and
fabulous in colors, laser cut mod patterns, or soft see
through linen...it's part of the notion to let the outdoors in
a stylish way and sheer fabrics are the best way to do it
- The "Green" movement Green as in Eco-friendly...it was the
buzzword of every business last year and the home furnishings
was no exception. People are going to be more environmentally
conscious from here on out, no if's and's or but's. This isn't
a trend it's a new lifestyle movement!
Libby Langdon
Libby Langdon is an interior designer and expert commentator
on HGTV's hit show "Small Space, Big Style." She assesses the
design tactics used in the featured home and offers insights,
techniques and tips to help viewers make the most of their own
small space. Previously, Libby hosted and was the lead
designer on the FOX makeover TV show, "Design Invasion."
Libby founded "Libby Interiors" in 2003 and has completed
numerous commercial and residential design projects all over
the country.
Libby was the interior designer for the New York City
restaurant, La Masseria, which was voted as one of the top ten
new restaurants in the United States by Esquire. She also
designed the flagship store for Italian designer Massimo
Bizzocchi in New York's Meatpacking District. "Libby created a
sleek, contemporary space that displays our clothing in the
best possible fashion," raved Massimo Bizzocchi. "Her design
of our store is streamlined and sensuous, a perfect
combination of uniqueness and style." She also designed the
Massimo Bizzocchi showroom on Fifth Ave.
Libby has designed private residences in New York's Sagaponack
and Southampton as well as apartments in New York City and the
Rhode Island oceanfront home of PGA golfer Brad Faxon. This
summer she designed a home in Austin, Texas and a loft
apartment in Providence, RI.. She is currently designing a
residence in Dallas, Texas as well as the pro shop of the
exclusive Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton, NY.
Libby's designs have been featured in numerous national
shelter magazines and 3 of her projects recently appeared on
the covers of Hamptons Cottages and Gardens and Decorating
Spaces . She is also a regular contributor and a small space
expert to Decorating with Style, Budget Decorating and several
other design magazines.
Libby is a regular contributor to the nation's top daily
papers with design, food and entertaining ideas and is writing
her first book, Libby Langdon's Small Space Solutions, to be
published by Globe Pequot Press next year.
A High Point, North Carolina native, Libby spends her time
between New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.
Source: Westin Reinhart, 2001
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006
CONTACT: Tara Silver, 202.466.1396,
tara@westinrinehart.com
Website:
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