We at AntiqueKitchen.com just returned from the World Market Center where we previewed the new home décor lines at the Las Vegas Market.  One of the strong design themes was the use of black and white, lots of painted black furniture, along with the traditional wood finishes and a fair amount of rattans and modern wickers and wire forms. There were lots of streamlined sofas and upholstered furnishings, as well as tables and chairs reminiscent of the modern design of the 1950’s.  Along with those basics were the colorful accents of yellow, green and reds.   There were a few vendors offering extremely ornate furnishings with crystal chandeliers and elaborate gold detailing.

At the World Market Center, there are three buildings. Building A has 10 floors with 1.3 million square feet, building B has 16 floors with 1.6 million sq ft and building C has 16 floors with 2.1 million sq ft.  It is a real project to see everything, but we didn’t miss one floor.

One of the things we especially look forward to at Market is visiting the “temporaries” and the “international pavilion” which are often new products which do not yet have a foothold in the industry.  We saw some fine products from Mexico, Brazil, Viet Nam, China and India.

One of the most interesting to us was that we had to go all the way to Las Vegas to find a company from our home state of Indiana, only one hour from home.  In the future you will be seeing fine woolen blankets made by Pendleton for Old Hickory Furniture Co. on our website.  These have a western lodge influence and are the highest quality to go along side our existing woolens by Pacific Blanket.