New Work!

Has this week been as hectic for you as it has for me? Now granted going to bed too late and still choosing to stay up and squeeze in just one (three) chapter (chapters) of Mindy Kaling’s book probably wasn’t the best decision to make three nights in a row. But it’s times like this when I remember being in my childhood room reading the Boxcar Children with a flashlight until the wee hours, and I think, I’m a grown-up!

Being a grown-up is pretty awesome.

You know what else is awesome? Videos about interior design filled with my funky doodles! Ok, so that was a weird transition, but we’re just going to go with it because I updated my portfolio this weekend!

New Work! Hannah B. Design via Hannah and Husband

You can now see peeks at 3 hand drawn videos I did for HGTV in collaboration with Scripps Productions on my site… alongside a lot of my other work. But the concepts for these videos were so cool that I just had to share them here too.

The first will teach you how to hang your own gallery wall! And, fyi, there is an adorable unicorn trophy involved.

Always be a unicorn.

Click here to watch the video on HGTV.com

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The next video introduces you to five patterns from around the world that you see everywhere but may not know much about. My favorite part of illustrating this one was painting that NYC coffee cup; it’s the little things.

Click here to watch the video on HGTV.com

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Are you thinking about buying a new rug? “How to Choose the Right Rug” is such a great primer! Whether you’re worried about the material or the size/shape, this one leads you through the choosing process with cut paper and hip furnishings.

Click here to watch the video on HGTV.com

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If you’re interested, you can see more of my work on my professional site: hannahbdesign.com 

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High Point Market 2015

Hannah B. at High Point Market in the Mr. Brown showroom | Hannah & Husband

This amazing mirror was in the Mr. Brown showroom.

This week, I was lucky enough to go over to North Carolina for a couple days of High Point Market 2015. Each Fall and Spring, the market takes over the town of High Point, North Carolina nearly doubling the population and setting up 11.5 million sq ft of showspace–they literally take over the town. How crazy is that?

North Carolina has long been known for it’s furniture manufacturing so it’s only appropriate that the biggest furniture show would take place there. Much like “Mrket” in NYC, High Point Market is where furniture buyers and interior designers gather to view the collections for the next season.

It was a frenzy of inspiration that will be showing up in posts and future projects, but today I thought I would bring you the highlights. These are some of the trends I think may inspire you as much as they did me.

Whimsical Statement Pieces

When I was in college, it became a running joke that the word “whimsical” always popped up when people were talking about my work. So you can imagine how happy I was to see how playful so many of the pieces were. You can, of course, add as many or as few of these touches as you’d like because often one piece makes a huge impact.

Animal Farm as Comedy

On that same whimsical note, I am pleased to report that designers are finding ways to incorporate animals into designs without real-life taxidermy. Of course, real taxidermy was there because this place had everything. 2 notes from my notebook worth sharing:

1. When given the option to walk past a taxidermy giraffe to use the restroom and just holding it, I will always just hold it. (Husband may find this noteworthy for future road trips.)

2. On booth that shall remain nameless:  If Gaston lived in a Toby Keith song, it would look like this showroom.

But, with a couple of real-life exceptions, play animals were used as fanciful accessories that came in every sort of style, shape, and size. A few of my fav examples…

Animals at High Point Market, Spring 2015 | Hannah & Husband

Top Left Clockwise: POLaRT / Sunpan / BOBO / Jaipur / Sunpan

I, of course, also adored the hive pattern that kept showing up. I chose to include the picture below because I heart the bees too!

Furniture can make you feel feelings.

One thing I really love about interior design is it’s ability to make you feel a certain way without you really thinking about it. For instance, I’m pretty sure the Palm Springs-inspired collection by Celerie Kemble on a patio would make me feel like Myrna Loy. Likewise, the soft, touchy-feely items like ticking fabric and rag rugs reminded me of the home I grew up in.

Home-y Items at High Point Market, Spring 2015 | Hannah & Husband

Top Right Clockwise: Celerie Kemble for Lane Venture / Loloi / Chandra / Loloi / Bunakara

Wood + Concrete

Aside from the natural wood like is shown above, there were so many ways that I saw wood and concrete used to make very modern pieces.

Concrete + Wood at High Point Market, Spring 2015 | Hannah & Husband

Top Left Clockwise: Seasonal Living / Sunpan / Mr. Brown

Let there be lights!

At the end of my first night I went to an event at Visual Comfort and discovered that Heaven, for me, is probably some version of a lighting gallery. Some of my lighting picks are below, and we’ll be talking to some of these makers in the coming weeks!

Another trend often showed with lights inside were old-school, grandma-style cloches.

Lesson Learned: Anything under glass looks way more expensive and important.

Cloches at High Point Market, Spring 2015 | Hannah & Husband

Top Clockwise: Mercana / Chandra / Schwung / BOBO

Mid-Century Modern

Mid-century modern is a trend that is not going away. We all secretly want to live a Mad Men bar-in-the-office lifestyle and be Charles & Ray Eames. What’s wrong with that? Not a thing. The organic lines (check out the pattern on the front of that Dwell Studio sideboard) and the natural woods are beautiful and, in my opinion, can stick around for as long as they like.

Mid-Century Modern at High Point Market, Spring 2015 | Hannah & Husband

Top Left Clockwise: Chandra / Dwell Studio / Nuevo / Joyride

We’ll talk more about some of these makers and how to incorporate these trends into your own home in the coming weeks. For now, I’m off to enjoy the weekend!

Happy Saturday!

Wine and Beer Glasses with HGTV

Wine & Beer Videos for HGTV | Hannah B. Design

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working with HGTV to make a series of illustrated videos that teach basic concepts like what wine glass to use and how to pick the perfect rug. I’ve posted some behind-the-scenes pics on Instagram but today I can post the first two videos!


Fabulous voice-overs by Deanne Revel.

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