Jun 8, 2011

AmericasMart July Market Features HOME Furnishings And AccessoriesBy Press ReleasesPress Release

ATLANTA —Design-driven home furnishings and accessories, fine linens, spectacular one-of-a-kind area rugs and the largest collection of holiday, floral and home décor product will help make AmericasMart Atlanta the global capital of wholesale buying and selling during the incomparable Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishing Market July 13 – July 20 (Temporaries: July 15-19) and The International Area Rug Market July 14 –17.

This July, Building 1 continues to be the prime destination for retailers and interior designers as well as hospitality and hotel designers needing the latest product ranging from the traditional to the innovative and price points ranging from medium to high-end. Americas Mart Building 1 will showcase lifestyle presentations that tell a “whole home” story to retailers inspired by unmatched product resources, display ideas and innovations.

Back in its starring role in July, following a triumphant January 2011 debut, is HD HOME (High Design Home), which builds on the success of the established HIGH DESIGN category in the Market Temporaries with an exclusive juried lifestyle collection of the nation’s most inspired home furnishings and home décor manufacturers.

Located in the center of floor one in Building One, HD HOME has its own unique imprint on AmericasMart home furnishings product mix, with its select exhibitors sharing the same enthusiasm for innovation and collaboration.

The evolution of the Home product center, supported by HD HOME and other growing Temporary home collections, ensures that retailers will discover fresh and innovative products that will enhance their merchandise mix and help capture new customers and sales.

In July, new product will abound in new and newly expanded HOME showrooms, including:

Design Legacy By Kelly O’Neal is a new 1,805-square foot showroom featuring line of home furnishings, upholstery, soft goods and home accessory products, which is located on floor 9 of Building 1, C-12, 14. Vagabond Vintage Furnishing increased its product mix to include furnishings and accessory mix as well as their square footage, and now occupies 2,960 square feet on floor 9 of Building 1 in showrooms C-13, and 15.

V. Rugs & Home, located on floor 9 C-19, D 1, 3 on Building 1 with 1,063 square feet of space, offers a variety of modern and eclectic offering of pillows.

Lo Forti Fine Prints also joins the July market for the first time with 1,201 square feet of space on floor 9, 9-D-4, E-6 in Building 1. The family-owned company offers more than 3,500 reproduction antique tradition art designs.

TWS Italian Paintings joins the Home Accents & Fine Linens Center on floor 9, 9-C-19, D-1, 3 in Building 1, with 1,201 square feet of space. TWS is the sole distribution of Italian artist Vitorio Splendore, which includes a library of more than 400 designs.

R. Pulvermacher Designs, Inc., which has been creating decorative accessories for the home since 1979, opens a permanent showroom on floor 9, 9-E-15 with 842 square feet.

Kiss That Frog Inc., a French-themed based importer of ceramics, glassware, home décor and other accessories, will open its first Atlanta Mart showroom, on floor 10, 10-C-9, D-1,3 with 1,099 square feet of showroom space.

Be Home Décor, Inc., a home décor firm specializing in Asian artisan handicrafts, is a wholesaler new to the Mart with 1,099 square feet of space located at 10-C-9, D-1,3

Hampton Row brings its collection of vintage and original lighting, garden stools, and accessories to its first permanent space at the Mart with a 686-square foot space on floor 10, 10-D-6, E-14 on Building 1.

Silkroute International, an importer of antiques, hand women rugs, furniture and accessories from the Middle East, Africa and India, doubled its space to 5,401 square feet on floor 11, 11-E-11, 13, G-8, 10.

Busbin, custom home furnishings offering made-to-order pieces specializing in custom sizes and finishes, expanded its space to 1,056 square feet at 11-E-4.

Riado, Inc, a wholesale retailer specializing in accent furniture, home décor, lighting, lanterns and luminaries, expanded and relocated its showroom space to 1,656 on floor 12, 12-B-6.

Classic Home, which offers a variety of home furnishing, has expanded and now has more than 7,809 square feet of showroom space on floor 12, 12-D,2, 4, 6; F-2,4,6.

Creative Creations USA Inc., whose lines include chandeliers, lamps, wall scones, iron trees and candles, expanded its space to 2,388 square feet on floor 12, 12-E-14, 16, 18.

Wild Olive Company, which offers hand-prepared Italian ceramics for home and garden, will open a new permanent showroom on 12-E-8 to showcase its extensive offerings of Italian ceramics.

Pebblehill Designs & Manufacturing, which offers sophisticated custom upholstered furniture, expanded its showroom to 1,637 square feet of space and is located in 13-E-4A, B.

Prestige Art/Art Trends, which offers wall art, oils and giclées, e.xpanded its showroom space to 1,381 square feet and relocated to 14-A-9. Michael Boyd & Associates, which specializes in fashionable home furnishings, relocated to 14-A-11 with 3,059 square feet of space.

AmericasMart, which is celebrating its 50th year anniversary, brings the face of the future to today’s homes, offices and hotels, once again re-enforcing its position as The World’s Global Market. Because it’s all by design!