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I fall to Pieces by amanda burdge

Four weeks ago with a handful of mad skills, sharp faculties and a bag full of tricks ( or smashed oreos and dorito's with all the excitement I clearly cannot remember) I convinced the remarkable and amazing designer, Dayka Robinson to show me Atlanta, the insiders edition. Our first order of business was on Thursday night at an invitation only event to Pieces in Atlanta.

Dayka and I Thursday night

The event featured Jonathan Adler, a designer dedicated to bringing style, craft, joy, and a general feeling of grooviness to your home.

The event was jammed packed. Everyone maneuvered around precariously clinging to the cool iced drinks offered from the bar as if it were a mirage in the desert. Thank goodness for the invention of ice cubes, and liquor.

And on a HOT Atlanta night, we could have used a little more air conditioning! But thanks to the swift moving bartenders they quickly shelled out cool refreshments to help bring the temperature down and make us feel a little less like the packed sardines we were.

Dayka, who has been telling me about this awesome blog, Decor Demon, here having a conversation with none other than the author himself, Brian Flynn Patrick. His blog is fun, witty, and informative! I too had the pleasure of meeting him and cannot say enough about how gracious, and nice Mr. Brian is.

Dayka and Brian Flynn Patrick of Decor Demon

I also had the opportunity to meet blogger Niki McNeil of Single bubble pop. Her blog is fun, stimulating and focuses on finding inspiration from multiple disciplines, including design and art.

After perusing throughout the store, and meeting some wonderful people and bloggers, myself, Niki and Dayka decided to head over to flip burger boutique, for a FANTABULOUS burger. If you haven't been there, you MUST go!

This burger boutique has all organic meat, and the BEST fries, onion rings and dirty vodka martini I have EVER had. If you like vodka, as you all know this is my weakness, it is worth a cross country trek, or a three hour drive from Nashville, for a delightful sip of pure heaven!

I have many, many, more adventures to discuss, so stay tuned for more stupendous and exciting escapades of me and Dayka in Atlanta!

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Atlanta Market 2010, by Amanda Burdge

Well it is that time of year. I am headed to Atlanta for the Home and gift Market, and I am so excited to meet Dayka Robinson of Meditations of life and style. If you remember, I posted my elation in this post about how excited I am to hang out with this talented, fabulous gal.

I am even more excited about hanging out with her as she chauffeur's me around Atlanta like the Big D of a designer I am! By the way- She's taking me to a V.I.P event Thursday night who happens to have as their guest, none other than Jonathan Adler himself!

Jonathan Adler

I have a laundry list of things to do, and see but I will take photos along the way to keep you posted. I will report back all of the upcoming trends, and color movements. I will also be happy to show you this years animal fashions that will be seen everywhere. We've seen owls, horses, fish, ducks, penguins, birds, antlers, just to name a few. Market is also a great way to view market trends in spending. If Market is strong, then buying power is up, and this is good for business' all around.

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Designer Bootcamp by Amanda Burdge, professional interior designer

Along with our new workshops, Design Strategies 101, AB HOME offers Designer Boot camp!

If you are a recent graduate of design school looking for "real world" experience,

in a nurturing environment,

then

is for you!

Our mission with this workshop is to provide new design professionals a hands on approach to working in the field of design.

1) How to work with clients

2) Professional presentations

3) Vendor/designer relationships

4) Customer Service

5) Time management

6) Value building

7) Budgeting

AND MUCH MORE!!!!

We are thrilled to be launching this exciting new program.

If you would like more information,

or would like to sign-up for our classes

please contact us @

info@abhomeinteriors.com

You can also contact us @

615-750-2763

or contact

Christian @

Christian@abhomeinteriors.com

For up to the minute information,

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I would also like to thank a reflection of tuesdai for doing a wonderful interview on AB HOME Interiors! Click here to read it!

Colorpodz-Interior lighting crash course with Amanda Burdge

A few weeks ago I had a wonderful conversation with Kelly Berg of Arte Styling, and Lori Sawaya of Colorpodz. Lori, a color expert, and the mastermind behind Colorpodz, and Kelly, a fabulous color aficionado, steered me through their professional world of podcasting, on a subject that I am truly passionate about-

L-I-G-H-T-I-N-G!

Colorpodz

Arte Styling

Lighting effects everything in our home, including COLOR! As we transition into the next decade we are going to see a huge push in energy conservation, and recycling of materials. But what does that mean for our homes, interiors, and COLORS? Well with new research and development in LED lighting, we will no longer have to sacrifice quality of light to appease sustainability demands.

The lighting we have in our homes effects everything from mood, color and atmosphere. And when you are selecting a wall color, you are not just picking paint. Selecting the right color is a science, and a skillful art. Many factors come into play when selecting the right one. If you get all the components right, you have what I call, Magic by Design. But mess it up, just one thing, and you have design chaos.

So without further ado, here is the page to our wonderful podcast

Interior Lighting Crash Course (this includes lighting info)
Podcast (click on green box, click to play in new window)

Be sure to read Lori's post, she has given excellent graphics on the vernacular used during our conversation, and given examples of the new technologies.

Thanks again ladies for letting me hang out with you, and blab away about LIGHTING!!

For more info on this group of fabulous gals, and their fabulous companies, click here to see my post on who they are, and what they can do for you!

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Get help with Design Strategies 101 by Amanda Burdge

Do you need decorating assistance? Here at AB HOME we have been working on developing various workshops for over a year, that benefit graduating students coming out of design school, homeowners who would like simple design solutions at an affordable price, and workshop's that help the D.I.Y's jump start their home project's. After the success of our designer bootcamp and months of preparation and consideration's, we are very excited to introduce AB HOME Interior's:

1. Collaborative Design Workshops

AB HOME Interiors

Offering you the opportunity to achieve quality home design by teaming up with one of

AB HOME Interior's bootcamp designer's, at a fraction of the cost; all while under the guidance and supervision of an experienced design professional.

Our mission with this design opportunity is to provide new design professionals with "real world" experience in a nurturing environment, and you the homeowner with a room that
truly reflects "who you are" at an unbelievable price.
Design fee is $45 an hr. All bootcamp designers will have interior design degrees, and will have graduated from AB HOME Interior's Design Bootcamp.
Design options available are:

Overall design concept's, Color consultations, Space planning, Accessories, Window Treatments, Lighting and furniture selection. Collaborative Design solutions offered will be limited to space available, and class graduates of designer bootcamp. Appointments will be limited to Friday's only.

2. D.I.Y. Decorating workshops

Like doing your own home projects, but don't know where to start? Let us teach you

AB HOME Interior's award winning design strategies, to help you achieve design success.

AB HOME Interior's introduces Design Strategies 101 for the do-it-yourselfer.

Our mission is to provide the homeowner the necessary tools and expertise needed to complete the job on their own, all with our proven interior design techniques.
Classes available:
1) Where to start and finding inspiration
2) Developing a strategy, budget and floor plan
3) Smart shopping and how to accessorize
4) Color theory

Available DIY classes can be purchased a la carte or as a package. Individual classes are $179 ea.
Class package is $499. All materials will be included in course work.
Classes will be held Wednesday's from 9 am-12pm

We are thrilled to offer these exciting programs.

If you would like more information,

or would like to sign-up for our classes

please contact us @

info@abhomeinteriors.com

You can also contact us @

615-750-2763

If you are a Design graduate or Design Senior in our area,

and would like to sign up for our Bootcamp workshops

for the opportunity to work in the Collaborative Design Workshops,

please email Christian @

Christian@abhomeinteriors.com

For up to the minute information,

Don't forget to follow us on twitter!

And become a FAN on our

AB HOME facebook fanpage!