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Enjoy Holiday shopping on VandM.com (vintage and modern) See some of our finest on this fabulous website! Search for an incredible find for the collector on your list or start your own collection!

Ask Us!

You should ask us about the incredible new designers We've met in the past year. Give us a call...better yet, Stop by the showroom and see!

Hand blown lighting, ingenious metal works and patchwork rugs! Lucite, OOH!

Trends

The Industrial Revolution has flooded the market and we are turning away from the now Restoration Hardware look. It is likeable, however, we have always been a proponent of a mix. A wooden piece here, perhaps a metal piece there. Add some luxurious velvet, original art and an antique rug. Do not continue around the room with the same thing! Over and over....my head is spinning and my eyes hurt!

In our little part of the world where traditional northerners and southerners mix their traditional furniture with a coastal flair, transitional is good and adds a new twist for the cautious. (For those of you who still think Tommy Bahamma bedding on a Rice Planter bed is a fabulous Floridian decor, think again). However this past market, even the prior spring market, was a sad song from a broken record....beige, beige, beige....Everyone jumped on the one look that was marketed to masses.

To the creative geniuses, BRAVO! For those who recognize that genius, Hooray for us! There are so many wonderful designers and ideas, don't hand me that lame, "But I love that look." The love affair is over!

Look for beautiful cleaner lines, textures and pure luxury. The same direction we've been heading. Art is always so important. Put your own stamp on your own home. Buy original art! Put some effort into lighting, like a handblown pendant light! Rugs are another work of art. They last for decades and even longer. Why not get the good stuff? Stop being a disposable consumer and purchase what you love, something worth handing down.