Bisazza Debuts Showroom at Design Miami 2009

Bisazza debuted it’s fourth U.S. flagship store in the Miami Design District on Tuesday night amidst the excitement and enchantment of Design Miami 2009.  The elegant and glamorous Miami flagship store was designed by Italian architect and director of the Bisazza Design Studio, Carlo Dal Bianco. Rosella Bisazza tells me that Carlo, in addition to conceiving the showroom design, was also the visionary designer behind the Canova inspired mosaic panels, “Bonaparte” and “Paride” (both shown below).

The Bisazza showroom is a visual treat and a design inspiration. The showroom will be open to the public beginning December 2nd, 2009.

We have so much more to share with you. Lots of inspirational and beautiful images from Bisazza and more reports from the Bisazza press preview event held December 1, 2009. Please subscribe to our RSS services (feed or email) , follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook to be notified when the Bisazza / Design Miami 2009 articles publish.

Bisazza mosaic “Bonaparte” and “Paride” panel design by Carlo Dal Bianco inspired by 19th century Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. 

Bisazza silver ware limited edition collection by Studio Job (above). Mosaic details of the Studio Job candlestick holder below:

Sampling of Bisazza tiles below – we’ll have all the gorgeous photos we took of the showroom up soon.

Myles of Style Premiere

Myles of Style will premiere with a special preview episode this Sunday, March 16th at 10pm on HGTV. The series will continue airing on Thursdays at 8:30pm starting on March 20th. The show is hosted by Design Star 2 winner, Kim Myles, everyone’s favorite hair-dresser-turned-interior-designer. Kim will tackle troubled rooms with her knack for designing for small spaces and for those on a tight budget. In each half hour episode, she’ll use her creativity and talent for design to help homeowners transform ordinary spaces into luxurious rooms.

Check out a preview of the show on YouTube. For more information, take a look at the HGTV official website.

Decorating Cents on the Chopping Block

One of our very favorite decorating on a budget television shows may be getting the ax. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune the Home and Garden Television company has placed “Decorating Cents” on hiatus for now.

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Editor Note: Re-posted (originally posted on Jan 18, 2007) due to popular demand. We’ve received over 150 emails regarding Decorating Cents being canceled – and the overwhelming sentiment is “Don’t Cancel”. Decorating Cent’s fans have asked us to bump this post so that others are made aware of this issue.

RELATED ARTICLE: Matt and Shari.com (Original HGTV Stars Launch Decorating Website)
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“Decorating Cents” has been one of HGTV’s best design shows over that last few years however the show’s ratings have been down recently compared to other years so that may be the reason that it may be headed to the cancellation bin. Which would be an absolute shame because the show’s host Joan Steffend does provide viewers with great ideas for decorating on a tight budget and best of all are her end of show segments which illustrate the magic of using your imagination to transform trash to treasure.

The Star Tribune does report that enough new “Decorating Cents” shows have been filmed to run through the first quarter of 2008 – hopefully HGTV will still air them for fans of the show. The Star Tribune also reports that the possible cancellation of “Decorating Cents” doesn’t include losing Joan Steffend – she will continue to host HGTV specials including the popular Home and Garden Television Dream Home Give-away.

I hope that HGTV doesn’t cancel “Decorating Cents” it will be sorely missed unlike some other decorating shows that currently air on the Home & Garden network. Some of these new shows are absolutely dreadful and should be canceled; that includes never, ever bringing them back even in the form of re-runs.

Editor Note: Re-posted (originally posted on Jan 18, 2007) due to popular demand. We’ve received over 150 emails regarding Decorating Cents being canceled – and the overwhelming sentiment is “Don’t Cancel”. Decorating Cent’s fans have asked us to bump this post so that others are made aware of this issue.

RELATED ARTICLE: Matt and Shari.com (Original HGTV Stars Launch Decorating Website)

HGTV “Bought & Sold” May 20th Episode

The May 20th “Bought & Sold” episode will feature “home staging” expert Linda Russell who also happens to be a realtor and a member of the “Bought & Sold” cast. I think it would be worth watching for those of you who have homes on the market.

Here’s more info- “Bought & Sold” May 20th show

HGTV’s Bought & Sold

Recently I was contacted by a public relations representative for Home and Garden Television to let me know about their new television show “Bought and Sold”. The ‘Bought and Sold” show for those of you who may be unfamiliar with it is a show which follows the trials and tribulations of realtors. Of course the show isn’t a completely new concept as other “home” networks have created similar type shows with some slight twist but the show’s promos seemed interesting enough so I told the representative that I would record the show since I was going to be out of town and watch it when I returned.

When I returned from my trip I watched the first episode of “Bought and Sold” and found that aside from the brilliant use of creative visual merchandising and marketing by the multi-million dollar listing agent Sam Joseph who had worked as Creative Vice President at Macy’s, the rest of the show was dull, predicatable and dated – showing a market that appears to be pre-housing bubble bust. I had no intention of watching a second episode because the first episode had failed to impress. However, here comes the “big but” I decided to hang in there and watch the second episode in the series – again based on the interesting promo teaser and my husband telling me that I should at least give it a second chance .

I watched the second episode this last weekend and was engaged from the beginning of the show until the very end. I really enjoyed the segments with Joanna and Jodi and their interactions with the soon to be divorced couple that had decided to sell their family home. The show showed it’s heart and I think that if it can continue with another episode consistent with the second one then the show will develop a wonderful following.

“Bought and Sold” can be an entertaing reality realty show (yeah – I know based on one pretty good show and hoping the rest are as interesting…) that helps outsiders get an insiders view of the real estate market, the agents and their interactions with each other as well as their clients. As previously noted, the show is entertaining for a reality show BUT don’t expect to learn many great “Design to Sell” tidbits or home staging tips – I’d stick with The Decorating Diva favorite “Design to Sell” (with the superb Lisa Laporta) or if you’re into house flipping then any of the “Flip this House” shows. I also like “Buy Me” which is the buyers version of “Bought and Sold”.

I will watch upcoming episodes and update my opinion of the show as it progresses.

Quick Side Note: I mentioned earlier that “Bought and Sold” appeared to be dated prior to the housing bust but to be honest almost (probably all realty shows) are now dated. My husband and I joke that once the “house flipping” shows make there way to television then it’s time to sell your flip property fast cause the markets going down. Just an observation

Fun with Color – HGTV Style

HGTV.com definately has captured my attention with their page on decorating with color. They have highlighted information derived from Mark McCauley’s book Color Therapy at Home. It is presented in a fun fashion and best of all the visuals are outstanding.
The color wheel is easy to understand and quickly illustrates the four major compositions in color schemes:
analogous colors, complemenary colors, triadic and monochromatic.

I absolutely love it and I bet you will too. Have Fun!