Welcoming Ferro Designs this Fall!

This Fall, October 11-17, the Antique & Design Center of High Point will welcome several new dealers along with all of your returning favorites. We will be highlighting them here over the coming week and we begin today with new exhibitor Ferro Designs, specializing in iron lighting and furniture crafted from antique & architectural elements.  

Ferro Designs opened in 2001, but you could say that it truly began years earlier when Mark Morrison was just a kid in Redondo Beach, California. Growing up with an artist for a mom, Mark wanted to follow in her footsteps and study art after high school.  Doubting he could support a family with an art degree, he put that dream on hold and became an engineer instead.  
 

Fast forward twenty years and Mark got to use his creative side once again when he and his wife Robbie designed a new home for their growing family. As they priced out home furnishings he began to think, “I can do that!”,  and with the artist inside him awakened, he began making things. 

Since that time, Ferro Designs has grown from a metal building beside the Morrison home, to a full shop in a 1940s-era industrial building, where robust iron lighting, furniture, and curtain rods are designed and crafted by hand, many incorporating salvaged antique architectural pieces from around the world, each with a story.    

A new process or design is always in the works, keeping Mark’s offerings fresh and appealing, a perfect addition to the Antique & Design Center of High Point! Ferro Designs is open to the trade, by appointment in Tullahoma, Tennessee, between Nashville and Chattanooga. Visit www.ferrodesigns.com for details.

You can't miss them in space G-69 of the newest section of The Antique & Design Center, right up the steps from Salon.  In the meantime be sure to follow them on instagram as they prepare for a fabulous Fall Market in High Point. instagram.com/ferro.designs 

Exhibitor Spotlight & An Invitation from Nancy Price Home

Nancy Price

 Nancy Price is inspired by the antiques, textures and history of her origins in Louisiana.  She strives for a balance between art and comfort by creating spaces that are not only beautiful, but that can also calm and soothe, while remaining true to the architecture and intent of her clients.  

We are thrilled to have her returning to the Antique & Design Center of High Point this Fall with her curated collection of art, antiques, and objects procured from around the world.  Each piece is selected by Nancy for it's inherent beauty.

Nancy Price Home at The Antique & Design Center at Market Square -Ground Level, Space 35

Are you an Antiques Lover, and Interior Designer or a Blogger?  

You are cordially invited to join Nancy at Market Square-Ground-35 at the Antique & Design Center for a very Special Event...

Saturday, October 19th, 2013 5-7pm

Collecting and Connecting over Cocktails and Crudites

Fabulous Antiques curated by Nancy Price
 Rugs designed by Dustin Van Fleet

"Interiors Southeast" Book Signing

Networking and Blogging tips by Marilyn Trainor Storey
 

and Fabulous Doorprizes by AURA Couture Jewelry, Van der Fleet Rug Collection, The  Ultimate Collections of The Scout Guide, and Copies of Interiors Southeast featuring Nancy Price.

This Very Special Event is Sponsored by
Nancy Price Home
Dustin Van Fleet
Marilyn Trainor Storey
The Scout Guide

for more info contact theroomblue@gmail.com

 She travels near and far to find the perfect elements both old and new, often working directly with artisans and craftsmen, to achieve the perfect design mix to please the eye and sooth the soul.

Check out Nancy's Blog The Room Blue

Lady Caroline

Colorful and expansive, Caroline Faison is as surprising as her lovely 

Greensboro shop.

Live and learn. If ever there was a successful woman who has taken that maxim to heart it’s Caroline Faison, who opened a small consignment shop filled with “dreadful things” in Greensboro, N.C. some 45 years ago and grew it into one of the most well-respected, and simply lovely, antiques shops in the country.

How lovely? Well, on those occasions when North Carolina is mentioned in casual conversation to those in the antiques trade, the next sentence is invariably along the lines of, “Caroline Faison has a shop there. Do you know how lucky you are?”
For those lucky enough to have discovered the treasure-filled gem, elegantly tucked into a series of cobbled-together buildings, it’s difficult to believe that Faison is entirely self-taught.


“I would love to say I have a degree from Parsons, but I’m from Charleston, W.V., and I think my parents had praying hands over a sideboard,” she says with a laugh. “The truth is that I was young and nice and people were kind to me from the outset. The people of Greensboro have been wonderful. I’m sure that in the first few years I was in business I must have been dumber than dirt. But if I told somebody something they knew wasn’t true, at least they knew I thought it was.”


As example, she relates, “When I first opened, I visited an antiques dealer in town and asked if he would give me a couple of things on consignment. He said, ‘Yes, this is a pair of Queen Anne chairs.’ So I grabbed the chairs and ran back here, polished them and looked them up. The encyclopedia said 1720-40 so that’s what I dated them. A woman walked in and said, ‘If I thought those were really Queen Anne chairs I’d buy them for my sister.’ And I said, ‘Well, they certainly are! The man that owned them is very respectable!’ ”


The woman did purchase the chairs which turned out to be circa 1920, “and has been one of my best friends in all the time since,” Faison says with a bemused shake of her head. “I have 20 stories like that from those early years, maybe 220. I was just flying by the seat of my pants.”


Plus, she acknowledges, those were different times. “There was a bank here years ago called Community, and a man who started it named Bill Black. If it weren’t for him I wouldn’t be here today. He would lend me $5000 for a weekend sale in Pinehurst, and I would keep a few loans going for trips to Europe. In the beginning, the trips were to England, before I got the nerve to go to France and Italy and the Scandinavian countries. Bear in mind, all of the trips were financed by the bank and I had to be able to pay them back. That made me very careful about what I chose to buy.


“Then, about two years after I opened, an older woman who worked with me part-time said, ‘I’ll give you $50,000 to let me work everyday.’ So we drew up the papers and I took her money to the man who owned the two buildings adjacent to mine and we shook hands on a deal to purchase them. Then I headed to England to fill up the new space.”


As she made money, the young entrepreneur was able to buy nicer things. “It was luck and timing and tenacity, coupled with a very real passion for collecting. They say I will drive to Idaho for a broken Delft bowl,” Faison says today with a self-deprecating laugh. “But it’s a wonderful thing to find something that’s old and beautiful. It fills up my soul. It thrills me. Sometimes I can’t believe that, somehow or other, it’s in the back of my car. Now, because of that feeling, there are people all over the United States that will call me and say, ‘I have a thus-and-so.’ ”


Over time, Faison developed many close friendships in the design community, and she credits the look of her shop to tips she gleaned over the years, as well as the time she would spend pouring over “beautiful rooms in magazines.” And then there was Otto Zenke, who was responsible for many elegant interiors across the Piedmont and Sandhills regions of the State, as well as the Governor’s Mansion. “He was the most fantastic designer with shops in London, Palm Beach and New York, and he lived here,” Faison says. “He is really responsible for educating people in this area about 18^th and 19^th century English furniture.”


Today, Caroline Faison Antiques is best described as high-end continental, and Faison herself enjoys a worldwide reputation as one of the most original and adventurous collectors and dealers in the business. She’ll be bringing some of her most favorite pieces to Market, such as a rare William and Mary chest, and “big, dramatic pieces, just things that I love,” she says. “I don’t really plan it all out. I just put my whole heart and soul in and do it!”

Written by Kimberley Wray
Photo by David Brown Photography

PENNOYER NEWMAN HEADING TO HIGH POINT THIS FALL

New Antique & Design Center Exhibitor Specializes in Exquisite Replicas of 20th Century Garden Pots and Ornaments.

      We’re not usually the type to name-drop, but we’ve got news that’s simply too good to keep to ourselves. If you have ever fantasized about living in one of the spectacular mansions that once dotted Long Island’s legendary Gold Coast (Great Gatsby anyone?), you will positively swoon over our newest exhibitor, coming to the Antique & Design Center this Fall.

     Cecily Pennoyer, founder of Pennoyer Newman, is no Daisy Buchanan, but her life story might bring to mind that of the great literary heroines. A studio arts major, she is the wife of JP Morgan’s grandson (yes, that JP Morgan).

     As her business partner, Virginia Newman tells the story, the sons of the Morgan family got the fortune; the daughters were expected to marry well. Cecily’s mother-in-law was one of the daughters. In other words, Cecily didn’t marry into the Morgan fortune, but there were certain Morgan family heirlooms that were passed down to the Pennoyer side of the clan. One of these was a blue-and-white ceramic pottery piece that came from Italy and at one time resided in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Known as the Morgan Dellarobbia, the piece was, as you might suspect, very meaningful to the family, because, as Newman relates, “it was, in a way, their inheritance.”

     One day Cecily’s son thought it would be great fun to shoot the lion’s nose with a BB gun and cracked the piece. And here’s where the plot turns. Cecily immediately looked for a way to repair the beloved family heirloom, and eventually decided to cast the planter and others that JP Morgan had accumulated throughout his years of collecting to give as gifts to other family members. She made the first replica and gave it to her sister who lived in Manhattan. Her sister’s friends saw it, and soon the calls started coming in. As Newman tells it, Pennoyer Casting was born…on Cecily’s squash court.

     That was 21 years ago, and today, the company known as Pennoyer Newman is the go-to supplier of high-end, resin stone replicas of original garden pots and ornaments from the grand country estates that once housed industrialists and bankers like Morgan, Clay, Frick, Guggenheim and Williams. Their exclusive client list includes Rockefellers and Churchills and royalty in China (hey, we said up front we would name-drop!), and their work has been part of the holiday celebration at the White House. (Yes, that White House) among other residences so fabulous they are given names. 

     Interior designers and landscape architects in the know will tell you Pennoyer Newman’s work is in demand for two reasons: First, Cecily was one of the first people to cast replicas of antique planters (and no one can question the authenticity of the originals). Second, unlike the lead originals which would require at least two strong people to lift a single pot, these are light-weight and weather resistant. And did we mention, affordable? For more information (for those who simply can’t wait until October), visit www.pennoyernewman.com.   

Blog Post Written by Kimberley Wray
Photos courtesy of Pennoyer Newman LLC 

 

 

 

Opening Night Gala Video

Check out our opening night gala at the Antique & Design Center at Market Square during the spring High Point Furniture Market!

Exhibitor Spotlight...Björk Antikt

BJORK ANTIKT & STUDIO carries on the tradition of a family antique business begun in Sweden over forty years ago. Long-time interior designer Amy Wikman and native Swede Tomas Wikman specialize in their mutual love of clean-lined Scandinavian Biedermeier, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Mid-Century Modern antique and vintage furniture and also carry a large selection of vintage lighting and upholstery. In fact, the demand for their vintage upholstery has led to the creation of BJORK STUDIO which produces locally bench-made custom upholstery and furniture for commercial, hospitality and residential interiors, discrete private labeling for select companies and their own capsule collection. BJORK STUDIO is committed to bringing unique design, superb hand-craftsmanship and eco-friendly green practices to their unique product line.

Björk Antikt

Antique and Design Center of High Point

Our new website is up and running!

Please check out www.hpantiqueanddesigncenter.com to see a list of dealers that will be showing with us during our grand opening at the High Point Market, October 2010.  The show will take place October 15-21st.

Karen Luisana and Jerry Stoffers of The Antique and Design Center have searched the world for a collection of antique dealers and artisans, with some of the most alluring items to be found anywhere.  This is a "must be there" event for any interior designer, home decor store owner, or lover of amazingly wonderful things!

Visit the Antique and Design Center of High Point this coming fall!

What's New

We have found some of the most wonderful antique dealers and artisans in the country, and have just spent the last week meeting with those planning to show for our Grand Opening.  We are currently meeting with more potential dealers and seeking the very best out there.  Everyone that we have spoken with is so excited about the opportunity to be involved in this new venture.

We have decided that the October 2010 Furniture Market will be the perfect time to kick off this new building with a bang!  This will give us plenty of time to spread the word that there is a new destination for designers in High Point.  We are planning to be open for a preview during the April Furniture Market, so that potential dealers can check out the building and see what we have in store for the Fall!

 Plan to come see us!

We are working on the floor plan of the building and setting up the traffic flow to maximize each dealers exposure.

 We have also started working on our marketing materials and ads to make sure that every designer that comes to High Point, NC knows that this new venue is a "MUST SEE".  The one stop that will lead them to the perfect treasures for their clients.

High Point Antique and Design Center

We are in the planning stages of opening a wonderful Antique Center in High Point, NC.  This will be unlike anything in the area.  55,000 square feet of unique, one of a kind items as well as some high-end reproductions.  The center will be in a prime location in High Point, which is easily accessible to High Point Furniture Market Attendees from around the world.

  

We will offer beautiful spaces with many types of flooring, architectural features and color options.  We will be open during the High Point Furniture Market and also have permanent spaces available for those who wish to maintain a presence throughout the year.

 More than 85,000 people visit High Point, NC twice a year for the Furniture Market.  We are planning a major marketing campaign to drive buyers to you!

We plan to offer design and set-up services, so that you can ship your inventory ahead of time and our talented interior designers can have your space set up and ready when you arrive for market.  There will be plenty of parking, easy loading and unloading and on-site shipping.

Our goal is to make this venue as dealer-friendly as possible.

We are very excited to welcome you to what we hope will become a must-visit center for interior designers, antique dealers and retail customers!

Please feel free to send us ideas, comments and suggestions and questions!

For immediate assistance please call or e-mail Karen Luisana at kluisana@bellsouth.net or 336-908-2735

Please keep checking back for up-to-minute updates and information as we finalize details!