Our Home Show Expo 2009 Winner

Denton Homes Construction asked by Design to partner with them in their beautiful home constructed for the Des Moines Home Show Expo 2009.  And we’re thrilled that the home almost swept the awards!  Check out how Victoria used every element of room design — sofas, sectionals, chairs, rugs, tables, accessories and mirrors — to create an incredible space in this incredible home.

Here are some images from this beautiful home:

What’s hot for Fall?

Fall ‘09 Design Trends
At by Design we’re fascinated and excited by the color and design trends that are constantly reshaping our designs and homes.  We hunt for news that we think is relevant to our customers in Des Moines and Central Iowa.  We would like to occasionally provide you with outside points of view about [...]

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Joe Ruggiero inspired by a musical theme for his new fabrics

In an article posted at Casual Living “Joe Ruggiero makes music with Sunbrella fabrics”, Joe discusses how he was inspired by a musical theme for his fabrics debuting in High Point. The four new fabric groups are Modern Jazz, Italian Classics, Western Opus and Decor Crescendo.  Joe has been a great friend of by Design [...]

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Joe Ruggiero Introduces New Furniture and Fabric designs

Joe Ruggiero introduced new collections of upholstery frames and fabrics with classic origins and a more contemporary edge at the April High Point furniture market.  by Design is the exclusive retailer of Joe’s furniture collection in Central Iowa.  His sofas, sectionals, chairs and unique wood furniture designs are incredible.  Plus, his Sunbrella fabric collection has [...]

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New from Spring Market at High Point

In the home furnishings and interior design world the High Point, North Carolina market is widely acknowledged to be the largest, most important event of the year. And it happens twice a year!
Each April and October…

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Ikat Designs

Specialty fabrics often add the flair or punch to a fabulous room design.  At the recent fall High Point market those specialty fabrics frequently came from ikats and susanis.
The word “ikat” means “to bind.”  It is a very ancient way of creating designs in fabric by resist-dyeing (a bit like tie-dying) the threads before the [...]

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Susani Textiles

Susani (sometimes spelled “suzani”) is the word for “needle” in Farsi, and the large embroidered dowry textiles of Turkic groups are so named because of the many hundreds of hours of needlwork required to produce them. Susani textiles originate in Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and other countries where Uzbeks and Tadzhiks share similar textile [...]

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