This spring Century explores the ideas of confidence, continuity, and collected wisdom. From an urban bohemian lifestyle infused with earthy and saturated colors to a story of the modern curated home, the presentations depict less of the “what we put in our homes” and more of the “how we live and put it together.” The rooms feel effortless but are layered with subtle nuance and details and showcase the strength of Century’s finish and fabric offering. Mixing Thomas O’Brien pieces with new Bob Timber-lake pieces and other new items from the Maison ‘47 Collection, Century artfully shows us how to create collected rooms that feel lived in rather than decorated.
The Curated Home is all about this concept of home as a gallery, an ever changing space where furniture moves around as needed instead of being set in one place to live in perpetuity. Rooms should evolve as we collect and curate our lives through time. The colors here are inspired by mineral hues. A punch of citrine awakens the grays and spa blues in one room, while in another gallery Rose Quartz acts as the neutral mixing with taupe and beige. #CenturyCurated #Citrine #Rosequartz #Madebyhand
Organic modern is the juxtaposition of rus-tic more casual settings with modern things. A contemporary sofa against a planked wall. We were inspired by William Wurster, an early American architect, and his work. Ivory, taupes and powdery and slatey blues mix on modern upholstery. #CenturyOrganicModern #artofmixing #rootedinhistory #Madebyhand
Not meant to conjure a physical place, Century’s Resort Lifestyle is more about a state of mind. Nostalgic prints made youthful and modern with coloration and scale mix with a range of furniture styles showcased in Century’s white lacquer and a new finish, Eden, to create playful rooms. This lifestyle is all about not taking things too seriously, kicking up your feet and living the good life, wher-ever that might be. #CenturyResort #Eden #RobertAllen #MadcapCottage #Madebyhand
Exciting things are happening at the WDC this week. Design Days lead off on Tuesday September 29th at 11:00 with Lewis & Woods’ Stephen Wood showing unique wide width wallpapers.
Wednesday 30th all day stop in Kravet to celebrate Curated.com 2-4 for wine & cheese; Quadrille launches the Fall collection at 11 with lunch; 12-4 J Lambeth does Show & Tell for exciting new fall textile & shade collections; at 1:30 visit Stark for an eye opening look at the ‘New Design Economy’ with Chad Stark & Steve Nobel; and end your day at Holly Hunt showing new introductions from David Iatesta Studio.
October 1st features 2 presentations of authors with their new books @ 11 Kathryn Greely ‘The Collected Table Top’ at Kravet with lunch and 1:30 Leta Austin Foster ‘Traditional Interiors’ at J Lambeth; in between visit Century at 12:30 for a preview of the new Thomas O’Brien collection launching this fall; and 12-4 J Lambeth again does Show & Tell for new fall collections.
Charlotte Moss joined Century Furniture to present 25 years of creating a garden and influences along the way. Charlotte shared key lessons culled from her time spent exploring gardens around the world, reading about them and simply enjoying her own. in her words, "Gardens have a way of getting under your skin." Century Furniture hosted a book signing and luncheon following the presentation to help celebrate the Washington Design Center grand opening.
#WDCGrandOpening
Here are a few photos from the event:
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Presentation on "Designing for the Future"
Thursday, October 9th at 11:00 AM
In the Century Furniture Showroom, Suite 250
Sally Steponkus, local Washington DC interior designer, interiors were recently featured on the cover of Luxe Magazine Summer 2014. Below is the cover of the Luxe issue as well as magazine interior photos showing an unstained oak center hall table from Century Furniture located in the Washington Design Center. You can follow Sally Steponkus on facebook and pinterest. #WDC #InteriorDesign