Decorating Trends for 2013

Here at Woodchucks Fine Furniture of Jacksonville we are preparing to go to the High Point Furniture Market in Atlanta, GA. The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 85,000 people to High Point every six months. Serious retail home furnishings buyers can be found in High Point twice a year because if you can’t find it in High Point…it probably doesn’t exist. Here we will be looking for new items to showcase in our store this up coming year! What do you think of these up coming trends? Is there any you would like to see at Woodchucks Furniture this year?

Antique Furniture "I hope people start looking at period furniture again — beautiful old pieces to mix with modern ones. Why pay $12,000 for a new chest of drawers when you can buy a gorgeous handmade faded mahogany thing at auction for $1,200?" — Bunny Williams

Bright Paint Colors "Photoshop, HDTV, and hi-res computer screens have dialed up our sense of vision. Our rooms will be full of brighter, more saturated hues. I just used Life Savers candy colors on a project and plan on using them more." — Stephen Shubel

Computer-Generated Fabrics "On runways, fashion designers have been showing computer-generated photorealist fabrics. Believe me, we'll soon be seeing those kinds of fabrics in living rooms." — Tom Scheerer

Homey Kitchens "We're moving toward a more organic modernism with warm, modern materials that look vintage: slate, irregular floors, weathered concrete, natural crackle-glazed tiles that look handmade. Less slick kitchens!" — Peter Dunham

Elegant, Graceful Design "Enough with the plain. I think people want pretty, and I predict a surge in demand for classic fabrics like Colefax and Fowler's Bowood." — Leta Austin Foster

Brass "I'm crushing on brass! I love how it revs up any space. It's timeless and affordable. What's not to like?" — Melissa Rufty