Welcome to our new home away from home.

That’s what we got to say as we greeted retailers and designers during the recently completed Spring High Point Market.

After over 30 years in the same furniture market showroom in the International Home Furnishings Center, Hooker Furniture moved to a high traffic location on the same floor to unite with our subsidiaries Sam Moore and Bradington-Young in a completely redesigned and renovated 80,000 square foot showroom.

The lobby of our new showroom

If there is one word we would chose to describe our new showroom, it would be “welcoming.” Everything about the design and layout has a common theme of hospitality. That’s one reason the lobby, shown above, and all public areas of the showroom have a soft neutral color scheme and seating arrangements to invite conversation and relaxation.

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When I hear ‘Spring Cleaning’ here is what comes to mind: washing windows, organizing closets, and clearing out the garage. No fun, and definitely not exciting. But maybe, just maybe, there’s a better way. Maybe this year ‘Spring Cleaning’ should mean cleaning up our decorating act. And for this, I am excited.

It’s easy to get a little complacent with home decor. We get busy with life’s demands and suddenly watching HGTV is as close to actual home improvement as we get. Just as the areas of our homes that need cleaning are the ones that have been neglected—the spaces most in need of decorating help are the ones that have been ignored.

The Classique Scroll Chest from Melange

So let’s toss out the idea that you have to redo an entire room to be happy. Over the years [...]

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You wouldn’t expect the words “casual” and “opulent” to hang out together.

After all, casual means “easy style” and “suited for everyday use,” while opulent is anything but ordinary. Opulent means luxurious, effusive, extravagant, gilded and glittery.

But, as the saying goes, “Opposites attract.”  And in fact, when “casual” and “opulent” get together in the design world, they make beautiful home décor together.

Want a poignant, compelling room that invites you in? Mix rustic and weathered pine with a crystal chandelier and airy white bedding.

A scraped pine headboard with crystal chandelier, white bedding

Are you looking for design beauty that is original, fresh, and unexpected? Mix a natural fabric like cotton, burlap or linen with a mirrored metallic border as on this tufted queen bed in Hooker Furniture’s Sanctuary Collection.

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The flattering colors of flowers and cosmetics may be the historical favorites for romantic home furniture and décor. But today’s love affair with the color white is inspiring other romantic possibilities!

Perhaps it’s no surprise. White was, after all, the color of French lace, tea roses, canopy beds and wedding dresses long before it was the color of iPods. And white does have special powers! More than symbolizing purity, honesty and spirituality (…and enhancing natural daylight), white is chameleon… it can look new or old, cool or warm.

Here are a few tips for using this versatile, unique color to create a romantic lifestyle and ambiance at home…

Thinks ‘whites’ rather than ‘white’! The most interesting white rooms feel slightly complex; the results of mixing a subtle range of white and off-white hues.

Don’t think of white only in its purest forms. Today’s enormous range [...]

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We have always loved romance in our homes. It is a style that puts a value on the personal and the intimate. Today is no different in the basic impulses–welcoming homes that are filled with comfort and good cheer. But romance has taken a more refined turn: it has streamlined from past decades, just as our lives have.

Here are some of the latest trends and examples of designers who are setting the new direction in romantic design. We might say that we are trending more like the 18th century than the 19th in our romantic tastes. Simplicity blends perfectly with the desire to be surrounded by the things you love in good measure–like the prose in a Jane Austen novel.

Harbour Pointe Coveside table with Bungalow finished chairs

Subtle Colors Spell Peace: Stark whites or bold brights are giving way to hues that [...]

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I once learned that the word “home” evokes more emotion than any other word in the English language other than the word “love.”

This is definitely the case in my own life, and I believe in the lives of many. The deep meaning of home was articulated beautifully recently by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, founder and CEO of Apartment Therapy Media, a network of blogs devoted to helping people make their homes beautiful, organized and healthy. Maxwell’s storytelling talent sparkled as he shared his compelling personal story, his design philosophy and the humble beginnings of Apartment Therapy at the Withit educational breakfast during the fall High Point Market.

Two home champions: Maxwell & me

“Your home is the only place that is all yours,” he said. “It is the only place you can be totally yourself. We are all looking for a place we can feel [...]

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