As any of you who are regular readers of Hadley Court know, here on the blog we believe in Gracious Living. Timeless Design. Family Traditions.
While Leslie Hendrix Wood was tasked with *StyleSpotting* the latest *trends* at High Point Market, { many of which you will find on her Fall #HPMKT 2015 Pinterest board, here }, the one timeless trend that was re-interpreted in many different ways, across many different showrooms at High Point Market was the flower, that everlasting symbol of all that is beautiful, feminine, natural and graceful - a wonderful example of which is shown above, captured in crystal, from the John Richard Collection.
Today, dear readers, we are going to take you on a virtual tour of several of the different ways the flower was interpreted by the product designers who design the collections for the showrooms at High Point Market and tomorrow, we hope you’ll come back for a review of this holiday season’s most highly sought after new book: Carolyne Roehm’s magnificent *At Home In The Garden*.
Ready? Let’s begin at Global Views, where Julia Buckingham’s new collection was a smash hit [ it’s her whimsical and colorful rug here ] and where the fresh flowers, which we watched being arranged, were outstanding.
These fresh lavender colored roses tinged with red took everyone’s collective breath away. Global Views’ attention to detail makes this #HPMKT showroom a perennial favorite amongst designers and retailers.
Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, whose *Fleur de Glee* desk for Hooker Furniture we featured here in a recent post, also used custom, inlaid mother of pearl flower shaped hardware for the fronts of drawers.
but what we liked best about the 7 drawer chest these were used on is how the inside of each drawer was labeled with the day of the week.
Cynthia’s collection was full of whimsical touches like this, which perfectly represented her brand.
And if you saw that post, {which also featured Kate Spade’s new collection } you may remember how we used color authority Amy Wax’s Color 911 app, available here, to capture the pink colors in Cynthia’s *Fleur de Glee* desk, that Leslie Hendrix Wood StyleSpotted, so we could remember them for later.
Interior designer Kara Mann, who recently styled a pop-up shop in Chicago for Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP brand and who was tapped to reinvent Baker Furniture’s Milling Road line, and did so to breathtaking effect, also used flowers as a motif on her MINIMUM night stand that Leslie Hendrix Wood Style Spotted.
A close up detail
I am including this 3rd picture from the front page of Baker’s website because it shows you the rich mix of textures that Kara is known for and that was on display in such a visually stunning manner at Baker Furniture.
Here’s how the flower motif was used on an accessory designed by Kelly Wearstler, as shown below, within her collection at the E.J. Victor showroom. 
And this idea of metal flowers was writ large on the walls of showroom, Bliss Studio. Leslie Hendrix Wood loved the huge, dramatic scale of these, and Style Spotted them.Flower motifs are always popular in linens and bedding, and the most beautiful we saw at High Point Market was this collection from Aviva Stanoff.
Notice how the background of these beautiful hand painted vases from the John Richard Collection, below, is silver versus gold. Silver {and the return to chrome: very prevalent at the Bernhardt Furniture showroom this market} is another coming trend, although gold and brass accents were still being shown everywhere.
And a favorite picture of mine of Leslie Hendrix Wood and I, in the beautiful building, - 200 Steele -that houses the John Richard Collection, was this one.
The fresh flowers here were the epitome of fall’s luscious colors.
We hope you’ve enjoyed seeing how the flower as a motif was interpreted at #HPMKT, dear readers.
And please come back tomorrow, where we will take you on a visual tour of the 59 acres of the gardens of Weatherstone, Carolyne Roehm’s country home in Connecticut, where she’s spent 30 years building her gardens- a passion and pleasure she learned from her grandmother.
We were fortunate enough to receive review copies of this just published book, and we can share: it’s a MUST for holiday gift giving. It’s so gorgeously photographed, written and bound, as a book, and Ms. Roehm was kind enough to donate an extra copy to the Bienenstock Furniture Library, too, the home of the Hadley Court Center for Design Collaboration.
Here’s a view of Ms. Roehm’s writing studio in the fall.
We can imagine writing a blog post - or a book - from this spot, can’t you, too?
And, if you’re not subscribing to Ms. Roehm’s blog yet, run don’t walk. It’s a feast for the eyes.
Click here for the link to find out what her favorite flower is and to see what she’s ordering for her garden, right now.
As always, dear readers, thank YOU for reading Hadley Court, we appreciate you.
Have a beautiful week ahead.
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for
Leslie Hendrix Wood
Leslie Hendrix Wood Interiors
Interior Designer
Midland, Texas
Founder, the Hadley Court blog
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