Jun 1, 2011

Interior Designer Vern Yip To Appear At Atlanta Gift Show

ATLANTA – Award-winning architectural and interior designer Vern Yip will appear at AmericasMart’s Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market on Saturday, July 16, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. to introduce Burnes Interiors, a new home decor collection from Burnes of Boston.

The event begins with a meet-and-greet – from 12 noon to 1 p.m. – hosted by Burnes of Boston and AmericasMart. Yip will make a short presentation beginning at 12:15 p.m. And, one lucky guest will win his new Burnes Interiors home decorating collection. A light luncheon will be served. (AmericasMart, Building 2, Seminar Room 930B/934.)

From 1 to 2 p.m., Yip will be in the Burnes of Boston showroom (AmericasMart, Building 2, Suite 1529) to meet with buyers and showcase his Burnes Interiors designs. The first 25 buyers will receive one of Yip’s Burnes Interiors photo frames, personally autographed.

Debut of Burnes Interiors

Burnes Interiors – which debuts at the July 2011 Atlanta Market – is an assortment of home decor products created by some of the country’s most talented and best-known interior designers: Vern Yip, Candice Olson, Paige Hemmis, Kenneth Brown, and Genevieve Gorder. The line includes photo frames, mirrors, candleholders, and other decorative accessories.

Burnes Interiors products capture each designer’s distinctive style and are packaged in collections so consumers can easily recreate interiors conceived by these professionals. Each includes directions from the designers to help consumers decorate their homes, plus suggestions for ways they can incorporate their own personal touches. Individual items, as well as the interior designers’ signature pieces – created to “anchor” a room – will also be available.

Suggested retail prices for Burnes Interiors range from $30 to $200 for the boxed collections, and from $10 to $150 for individual items. The line will be in stores Fall 2011/Spring 2012.

The complete line of Burnes Interiors will be on display during the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, July 13 to 20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Burnes of Boston showroom (AmericasMart, Building 2, Suite 1529, 230 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, 404-523-5561, www.burnesofboston.com). Based in Atlanta, Ga., Burnes of Boston(www.burnesofboston.com), is one of the largest designers and marketers of photo frames, photo albums, photo storage, and home décor products.

AmericasMart (www.americasmart.com) houses the world’s largest collection of home, gift, area rug, and apparel products and is the preferred wholesale marketplace for retailers and designers in the U.S. and more than 90 countries.

Contact:
Ellen Miller (401) 724-3773 esmiller@cox.net