No matter the focus of your art, I think it is safe to say we all get a little bit excited when Pantone announces their color of the year. The last few years have been a little underwhelming (at least for me) – but not this year! We have been seeing rich blues and greens in your designs for a while now, and it’s great that Pantone is celebrating our love of rich, bold color with this year’s pick: Classic Blue.
“Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.”
— The Pantone website
Want to incorporate Classic Blue into your decor? Here are a few way you can get this bold color infused into your home, showroom or next design project…
Royal Blue Mirrors
If you aren’t familiar with The Howard Elliott Custom Color Program, this is a great way to add a pop of color to your walls when you don’t want to paint or cover them in wall covering. The process is simple, select a frame from our Custom Color Collection and choose to color it in one of 14 bold, glossy hues, including Royal Blue!
Mirror from our Custom Color Program in Royal Blue.
Blue Glass is a great way to add a subtle pop of color to your decor. Not only do you get a color for your table or shelves, but as the light passes through, you get a great play of color on whatever the light touches when it passes through the glass.
Blue & Green Hand Blown Glass Vases
Honeycomb Hand Blown Glass Vases
Blue Mirrored Cube
For something a bit more modern, the Howard Elliott Blue Mirrored Cube. This is a great piece to use as a side table, grouped together as a coffee table or any other unique use. With it you get the most out of form and function. PLUS that great pop of blue!
Art is a great way to add not only color, but personality to a room. We have some great pieces where the subject is depicted in, you guessed it, Blue!
Castaway Hand Painted Original Art- View Online > Inspiration can come from anywhere. In the case of our Castaway Hand Painted Canvas Wall Art an old piece of weathered wood found washed up on a beach becomes a study of dimensional texture and color.Caribbean Sea #2 Hand Painted Original Art – View Online > Our Caribbean Sea Hand Painted Canvas Wall Art draws on the color & life found in the sea as inspiration. Caribbean Sea #2 artistically captures day to day life of the exotic fish of the sea.
So tell us, do you have a case of the blues now? That is a good thing! Blue is a great color to use in your interior setting. Check out all of our shades of blue decor by clicking the link below.
The holidays bring about a time to reminisce about all that has happened throughout the year. It brings about that warm and fuzzy feeling of being thankful for everything that has happened. One major thing that we are incredibly grateful for is being nominated as a finalist for the third time for the 30th ARTS Award! It is truly an honor that our peers chose us as a company that stands out to them in the industry.
Home Accents Today interviewed Brian, our President, about being nominated for a third time:
By continuing to stretch the imagination of what can be produced in the wall décor category, Howard Elliott Co. once again returns to the ARTS arena with its third consecutive nomination. “Howard Elliott pushes the design envelope by utilizing a combination of materials, substrates and unique finishes,” says President Brian Berk. Here, he provides the details of another successful year.
With regard to your category, what was your formula for success this year?
We’ve been able to increase our reach with the introduction of our Hand Painted Canvas Wall Art collection. This has afforded us the ability to not only soften the look of our showroom by balancing the reflectivity of the mirrors, but it provides our customer base with original subject matter framed at the perceived value Howard Elliott is known for.
What were the standout pieces that earned you this recognition?
We feel that we are recognized for creating pieces that incorporate great finishes with geometric shapes, represented in our Felicity and Raven Mirrors. The geometric characteristics afford versatility in their use. In contrast, we introduced softer finishes with our Grayson Mirror Collection that blends Coastal and Cottage trends with reclaimed wood frames finished in a blue-gray wash. Finally, we are always recognized for our oversized mirrors like our Countess Mirrors in both black and white lacquers, inspired by Italian wood molding.
Lyndon Mirror
Raven Mirror
Countess MIrrors
In what ways have you elevated your presence in the market this year?
We made a concerted effort to learn how to communicate with the interior design community – we have truly learned to read, write and speak all over again to properly position ourselves with this emerging channel of distribution. We have elevated our base of high design clients with our ability to create custom mirrors for their unique commissions. Additionally, we have worked diligently to enrich our committed partnerships with our retail customers to further understand and alleviate their pressures.
What was your company’s greatest challenge in 2018 and how have you tackled it?
Without a doubt, it’s been the newly imposed tariffs. In fact, we participated with other ART members prior to the High Point market to discuss the challenge and potential solutions. While I cannot say that we have solved a challenge which comes with a great deal of uncertainty, I think that we have communicated our plans with many of our current and new customers. I feel that we have a good working understanding with our peers and customer base regardless of the result.
On the other hand, our ability to continuously adapt to the changes in the industry and provide custom product and programs has certainly contributed to our growth in 2018, and we hope to build upon this success into 2019.
As an industry, what did we learn from 2018?
I think that many of our competitors learned that we can use organizations like ART to not only network, but to use as a forum to collaborate to find solutions on sensitive subject matter without divulging proprietary or sensitive information. I think that we are currently finding that together, we might all be able to weather the storms that we might have found insurmountable alone. I think that ART affords a community atmosphere to provide a little sunshine on an otherwise cloudy day.
This year’s awards celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ARTS program. Please reflect on the influence it has had on both the industry and your company.
ARTS is a special organization and its reach continues to expand. An influx of many influential designers and retailers are now given a forum to voice their opinions and network with their suppliers and the press. Howard Elliott has been afforded the opportunity to be an integral part of ARTS and it certainly has given us additional credibility.
