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    Silver Oak Winery and Vineyards Preserves the Earth and the Arts

    by Karen LeBlanc July 8, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc July 8, 2019

    Silver Oak Winemaking Begins by Handcrafting the Barrel Several years ago, I was introduced to Silver Oak Cabernet as the guest of a friend at a wine tasting dinner. I…

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    Jordan Vineyard and Winery Expresses Terroir Beyond The Wine Glass

    by Karen LeBlanc July 3, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc July 3, 2019

    This Sonoma County culinary-focused winery cultivates estate-grown produce, herbs and olive oil to complement world-class wines.  On a recent media trip to Sonoma County, California, I visited Jordan Vineyard &…

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    Quivira Vineyard and Winery

    by Karen LeBlanc July 2, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc July 2, 2019

    Sonoma County County is an Epicurean Eden populated with Organic Vineyards producing world-class wines. Quivira’s vineyards, farms and organic gardens beckon foodie and wine tourists. On a recent press tour…

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    The American Writers Museum: Chicago’s Literary Treasure

    by Karen LeBlanc May 29, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc May 29, 2019

    A Must See Museum for the Literary Tourist While staying in Chicago on a two-day business trip, I had one free morning to sightsee. With so much to see and…

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    Lake Nona’s Neo Urban Lifestyle Redefines Orlando

    by Karen LeBlanc May 16, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc May 16, 2019

     A Wellness “City Within a City” In this Neo Urban Community, Keeping Up with the Joneses Means Staying Fit, Healthy & Happy Once upon a time, housing developments in Orlando…

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    Home Healthy Home: Why Wellness is a Way of Life in Lake Nona

    by Karen LeBlanc May 7, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc May 7, 2019

    The WHIT House in Lake Nona Welcomes The Future of Wellness How this “city within a city” focuses on ROW (Return on Wellness) rather than ROI In our current cultural…

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    2019 Tile Trends for Home Interiors

    by Karen LeBlanc May 2, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc May 2, 2019

    Tile is the StoryTeller in Home Decor for 2019 The 2019 Coverings Show held in Orlando brings together ceramic and porcelain tile manufacturers from around the globe debuting the latest…

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    100 Years of Bauhaus Endures in Florida Modernism

    by Karen LeBlanc April 19, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc April 19, 2019

    2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus movement that became a way of life and thinking still resonating today.  Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus school in Germany in 1919…

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    Kitchen Remodeling Mistakes You Need to Avoid

    by ContributedPost April 19, 2019
    by ContributedPost April 19, 2019

    There’s perhaps no other room in a house that looks better after it gets remodeled than a kitchen. For starters, it’s a place where you spend a lot of your…

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    David Bowie’s Collection of Memphis Group Art

    by Karen LeBlanc March 4, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc March 4, 2019

    A rare look at pop icon David Bowie’s private collection of art and furniture by The Memphis Group on view at the Modernism Museum. Bowie was an avid collector of…

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    Adirondack Folk School

    by Karen LeBlanc February 21, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc February 21, 2019

    As a Design Tourist, I actively seek out attractions and destinations that preserve and promote the craft and heritage of artisans around the world. While flying out of the Albany International Airport, I discovered…

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    Memphis Group Design Objects: Must-See Museum Exhibit

    by Karen LeBlanc February 12, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc February 12, 2019

    Space Oddities: Bowie-Sottsass-Memphis at Modernism Museum Must-See Museum Show: The largest exhibition of Memphis objects ever presented in an American museum In the 1980s, a decade defined by big hair,…

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    The Future of Fashion is Wellness

    by Karen LeBlanc February 7, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc February 7, 2019

    Fashion’s Future Transcends Trends and “Fast Fashion”  Why Sustainable, Ethical Fashion Will be the New Normal February brings Fashion Week to New York City and the buzz is all about…

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    Wellness is the Next Frontier in Residential Real Estate

    by Karen LeBlanc January 30, 2019
    by Karen LeBlanc January 30, 2019

    The Global Wellness Institute  (GWI) in its report “Build Well To Live Well” found that real estate and communities that intentionally put people’s health at the center of design, creation,…

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    Ski in Style with Glamping in the Italian Alps

    by Karen LeBlanc December 12, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc December 12, 2018

    Nestled in the Palu Alps in Italy lies a ski resort that invites guests to go glamping among the snow-covered mountains. The Valmalenco Ski Resort caught my attention for its guest suites perched on top…

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    Pantone Color of the Year 2019 Calls for Coral

    by Karen LeBlanc December 8, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc December 8, 2018

    Pantone Announces the Color of the Year 2019: PANTONE® 16-1546 Living Coral The Color of Home Interiors Energizes and Enlivens with Coral Shades Pantone, the global color authority, believes our…

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    Winter Wonderland in Orlando

    by Karen LeBlanc December 2, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc December 2, 2018

    ICE! at Gaylord Palms is a Must-See Holiday Experience  During the holiday season, Orlando offers a different kind of Winter Wonderland that transports visitors to a frozen world cocooned inside…

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    Historic Home Holiday Tour Inspires Festive Decor Ideas

    by Karen LeBlanc November 20, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc November 20, 2018

    The Historic Stetson Mansion Opens Its Doors Showcasing Fresh Ideas for Holiday Decor As a member of the press, I recently attended a private guided tour of the Stetson hat maker’s opulent 1886…

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    Cool Christmas Tree Ideas and Gingerbread House Designs

    by Karen LeBlanc November 11, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc November 11, 2018

    The annual Festival of Trees at the Orlando Museum of Art is now open for a week-long showcase of designer Christmas trees and gingerbread houses just in time to inspire your…

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    Design Solutions for Single Use Plastics

    by Karen LeBlanc November 8, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc November 8, 2018

    My guilty conscious over single-use plastics started with the cases of bottled water, I used to stock in my household. After seeing horrific images of “plastic debris islands” floating in…

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    The 11th Annual Holiday House NYC Stretches the Imagination of Living Space

    by Karen LeBlanc November 1, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc November 1, 2018

    The 11th edition of  Holiday House NYC  featured the work of twenty individuals/firms tapped to transform the eight-bedroom, 13,000-square-foot townhouse on the Upper East Side at 118 East 76th Street, New York,…

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    Must-See Christmas Markets for Design Tourists

    by Karen LeBlanc October 26, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc October 26, 2018

    Starting the last week of November, European city centers come alive with Christmas Markets, an old tradition that turns the town square into a festive gathering of local artists, crafts…

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    The Dali Museum, An Architecture & Art Tourism Must-See

    by Karen LeBlanc October 15, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc October 15, 2018

    In downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, lies a futuristic glass and concrete structure that looms large over the waterfront dotted with docked sailboats. This architectural oddity is an attraction inspired by…

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    Florida Southern College’s Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture

    by Karen LeBlanc October 9, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc October 9, 2018

    An Architecture Tourism Must-See Site On land that was once an orange grove in Central Florida, sits the world’s largest single-site collection of structures designed by famed modernist architect Frank Lloyd…

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    Biomimicry Design: What Can We Learn from Nature

    by Karen LeBlanc August 31, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc August 31, 2018

    There is a lot of buzz about Biomimicry design, this idea that Mother Nature is the ultimate engineer and her handiwork teaches us much about enduring, functional, efficient design.  Biomimicry…

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    Japonism’s Influence in Fashion & Art

    by Karen LeBlanc August 20, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc August 20, 2018

    The American tour Kimono Refashioned: 1870s-Now! opens October 13, 2018 at the Newark Art Museum showcasing the impact of Japanese garments, textiles, design and aesthetics on global fashions created by…

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    Generation X, the Underrated Trendsetter in Design

    by Karen LeBlanc August 15, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc August 15, 2018

    Gen X “Consciously Cool” Style Trends As a woman of a certain age, I’m part of Generation X, those between ages 35 and 50 years old, who are approaching the…

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    My Favorite Parisian Quirks & Charms

    by Karen LeBlanc August 8, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc August 8, 2018

    This summer, I visited Paris, not as a Design Tourist, but as a parent to show my children the city’s must-see landmarks, monuments, and museums.  Beyond the City of Lights’…

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    New Emojis for 2018 Have Designs on Conversations and Commerce

    by Karen LeBlanc August 1, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc August 1, 2018

    On July 17, the world celebrated National Emoji Day, yes. It’s a thing now. Emojis are morphing into a universal language of sorts and soon, 157 new emojis will join…

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    Holiday Decorating Trends for 2019

    by Karen LeBlanc July 20, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc July 20, 2018

    Mother Nature Meets Santa Claus in Holiday Looks For 2019 It’s July, the pivotal month where Christmas is on the brain with countless “Christmas in July” sales, specials and events…

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    The New Face of the Workplace

    by Karen LeBlanc July 9, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc July 9, 2018

    The Latest Design Trends from NeoCon 2018 Create a Home Away from Home As the office looks and feels more like home, architects and designers are ramping up the wellness…

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    Inside the Design Mind of Alan Pepin

    by Karen LeBlanc July 6, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc July 6, 2018

    Editor’s Note: I met Alan Pepin, a freelance product designer, at a recent trend talk I gave at LightStyle of Orlando. Pepin has his own design studio, Red Dog Run…

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    Inside The Design Mind of Kate Clarke, Inventor of The 2 Way Chaise

    by Karen LeBlanc June 28, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 28, 2018

    

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    My Design Chat Takeaways on the Podcast Wives Winedown Wednesday

    by Karen LeBlanc June 22, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 22, 2018

    I recently appeared as a guest on the podcast Wives Winedown Wednesday to share the latest home interior trends and decorating tips and tricks. To listen to the full podcast,…

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    Foodie Destinations Top Millennial Travelers’ Vacation Choices

    by Karen LeBlanc June 19, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 19, 2018

    Top Foodie Destinations Tempting the Tastebuds of Travelers Hotels.com in its Tasty Travels research picked several cities as “Top of the Chops” for foodie travelers. Paris, Tokyo and Rome are the top…

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    HomLuv: A Digital Disruptor in the New Home Market

    by Karen LeBlanc June 19, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 19, 2018

    Pinterest Meets Houzz in Shopping Platform for New Homes.   Editor’s note: I get hundreds of press releases weekly and the ones that cut through the noise— the ones that…

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    Innovative Design Find: The Two Way Chaise Lounge

    by Karen LeBlanc June 11, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 11, 2018

    I’m always on the lookout for innovative design finds and my latest discovery is the Two Way Chaise Lounge because it offers a better way to sunbathe. Invented by interior…

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    Modern-ish, The Latest Iteration of Contemporary Style

    by Karen LeBlanc June 5, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 5, 2018

    Most of you know that I express my passion for design as both as Design Journalist and a Decorator. I’m always on the hunt for the latest looks and trends…

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    The Glass House: 2018 Metro Designer Showhouse 

    by Karen LeBlanc June 2, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc June 2, 2018

    The Glass House: 2018 Metro Designer Showhouse opens its doors through June 30. The showhouse pairs leading designers with distinguished national and global home furnishings brands including Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams,…

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    Design Hotel Debuts in Fort Lauderdale Capturing the Culture & Style of Boating Life

    by Karen LeBlanc May 30, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 30, 2018

    Tryp Maritime hotel in Fort Lauderdale Offers Authentic Accommodations for Design Tourists When a hotel captures the essence of the local culture and community through fixtures, furnishings, materials, art, amenities,…

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    How to Measure Design’s Handprint on the Environment

    by Karen LeBlanc May 25, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 25, 2018

    It’s not just your footprint that counts with environmentally sustainable design. Today’s definition of good global stewardship also examines your handprint. “Handprint” measures a company’s commitment to social responsibility— what it…

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    Brooklyn’s Contemporary Design Scene

    by Karen LeBlanc May 22, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 22, 2018

    Brooklyn has a thriving and prolific community of artists, artisans, craftspeople, and designers that puts it on par with other hubs of craftsmanship around the world. Products bearing the Brooklyn-Made…

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    Trendspotting at The 2018 New American Home:

    by Karen LeBlanc May 16, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 16, 2018

    I recently toured The 2018 New American Home, the official show home of the NAHB International Builders’ Show known as IBS held in Orlando, Florida. I was joined by interior…

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    The Design King of Knurling, Massimo Buster Minale Inspires This Year’s Biggest Trend

    by Karen LeBlanc May 14, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 14, 2018

    Buster + Punch’s Trifecta of Muses: Motorcycles, Metalwork & Music Architect and industrial designer Massimo Buster Minale calls himself the Black Sheep of the Design World creating products from lighting…

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    EnLightening Trends For Hip Home Style

    by Karen LeBlanc May 12, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 12, 2018

    Expert Insight on The Latest Lighting Trends from Jeff Dross, Kichler Lighting For the latest looks in lighting, I recently spoke with Lighting Trends Expert, Jeffrey R Dross, Kichler Corporate…

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    3 Design Trends You Need to Know

    by Karen LeBlanc May 6, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 6, 2018

    Hygge: The most talked about lifestyle trend of 2017, Hygge is a way of being and decorating comes from the Danes and is firmly anchored in their culture. Hygge (…

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    Four Spaces Driving Design

    by Karen LeBlanc May 2, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc May 2, 2018

    Space-Shifting for the Future  A recent statistic by Heimtextil, the global textile trade fair, estimates that by 2030, the world will have 41 megacities with over 40 million inhabitants. This…

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    Wallpaper Goes Big For Wow Walls

    by Karen LeBlanc April 27, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc April 27, 2018

    Wallpaper Goes Big with Maxi Motifs & Large Scale Patterns for Trending Home Style William Morris made wallpaper fashionable in the 19th century with his nature motifs taken from British wildlife.…

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    Atlanta: Destination Design

    by Karen LeBlanc March 1, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc March 1, 2018

      In the chaos of a big city with its sensory overload and bustling daily life, I often find myself looking without really seeing what’s right in front of me.…

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    2018 Kitchen & Bath Design Finds & Trends

    by Karen LeBlanc January 11, 2018
    by Karen LeBlanc January 11, 2018

    Trendspotting at KBIS 2018 The 2018 NKBA Kitchen and Bath Industry Show offers a first look at the latest design trends and product innovations for the home. App-driven appliances and smart…

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