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5 Design Trends at Fall's High Point Furniture Market 2019
Bold colors and prints, light wood finishes and cozy textiles made a splash at the North Carolina furniture trade show
High Point Market in North Carolina is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, and it happens twice a year. This past week, tens of thousands of retail furniture buyers, interior designers and architects walked through 12 million square feet of showroom space to check out the latest furniture, rugs, lighting, mirrors, artwork and everything else that makes a house a home.
At the fall High Point furniture market 2019 (Oct. 19-23), colors from bold brights to nature-inspired hues were everywhere, and an explosion of prints from flora to fauna, traditional to tribal, enlivened showrooms and booths. See if any of these five standout trends inspire decorating projects for your home.
At the fall High Point furniture market 2019 (Oct. 19-23), colors from bold brights to nature-inspired hues were everywhere, and an explosion of prints from flora to fauna, traditional to tribal, enlivened showrooms and booths. See if any of these five standout trends inspire decorating projects for your home.
2. Bold Botanicals
It wasn’t just abstract art prints that went bold. Brightly colored large-scale botanical artwork made a big impact at the High Point furniture market. The Modern Paradise collection from Natural Curiosities in Los Angeles embodies this trend, showing large flowers and foliage with pops of bright color, as seen here.
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It wasn’t just abstract art prints that went bold. Brightly colored large-scale botanical artwork made a big impact at the High Point furniture market. The Modern Paradise collection from Natural Curiosities in Los Angeles embodies this trend, showing large flowers and foliage with pops of bright color, as seen here.
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Woodbridge Furniture used bold botanical fabric on its dining chairs.
3. Dark and Moody Walls
The way showrooms styled and presented room vignettes also revealed trends. “I saw dark blues, blacks and grays on walls everywhere I went,” interior designer Connie Taylor says. Dark and moody hues provided strong backdrops to the bold prints and sculptural furniture pieces seen all around the market. At Century Furniture, seen here, a black wall was an excellent backdrop for the bold cream-and-black patterned upholstery on Windsor Smith’s Opal sofa.
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The way showrooms styled and presented room vignettes also revealed trends. “I saw dark blues, blacks and grays on walls everywhere I went,” interior designer Connie Taylor says. Dark and moody hues provided strong backdrops to the bold prints and sculptural furniture pieces seen all around the market. At Century Furniture, seen here, a black wall was an excellent backdrop for the bold cream-and-black patterned upholstery on Windsor Smith’s Opal sofa.
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Dark and moody made an appearance in the form of wall murals as well. At Luc, large-scale bears created a dramatic backdrop for a bedroom.
4. Light Wood and Metal Accents
Light wood finishes were seen all around High Point furniture market 2019, on everything from small side tables to large casework. Cerused oak and washed walnut (the latter is seen here on Noir’s Quinn Hutch) showed off the wood-grain patterns. And matte finishes gave these pieces a calm, organic feel.
Many wood furniture pieces also had metallic accents, from iron inlays to aged brass bases and pulls. The result of combining light matte finishes and metal accents was a polished industrial look that was more sophisticated than the rugged and rusty industrial looks of the past.
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Light wood finishes were seen all around High Point furniture market 2019, on everything from small side tables to large casework. Cerused oak and washed walnut (the latter is seen here on Noir’s Quinn Hutch) showed off the wood-grain patterns. And matte finishes gave these pieces a calm, organic feel.
Many wood furniture pieces also had metallic accents, from iron inlays to aged brass bases and pulls. The result of combining light matte finishes and metal accents was a polished industrial look that was more sophisticated than the rugged and rusty industrial looks of the past.
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The cerused finish on this table from furniture maker Caracole of Greensboro, North Carolina, shows off the wood grain beautifully.
Another cozy boucle upholstery fabric showed up on a swivel chair from Highland House of Hickory, North Carolina. Swivel chairs also were predominant throughout High Point furniture market — after all, there’s no better way to quickly pivot from conversation to conversation at a party, or from the view of the TV to the view out the window.
Interior designer Shannon Ggem recently used boucle in this warm contemporary dining space.
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Abstract art continued to inspire textiles used in bedding and upholstery. Seen here are pieces by Laura Park Designs of Charlotte, North Carolina. Artist and designer Laura Park paints her original artwork on canvases, then has them transferred to pillows, duvet covers, wallpaper and more.
On Trend: Fabrics Inspired by Abstract Art