Inspire Me!: VANCOLLIER HOT IN 2013

Saturday, January 19, 2013

VANCOLLIER HOT IN 2013

It was quite some time ago that we first introduced vanCollier on this blog. From that time, the husband/wife design duo have made great strides toward international success. While maintaining their interior design business, the two launched their own furniture line featuring unique pieces that beautifully walk the line between classic form and current vision. Drawing from North Carolina's natural and cultural history, we find everything from tobacco drying sticks to ginkgo leaves as inspiration for their forward-thinking pieces.

While I have always been a fan of their work (and the designers themselves), it gives me a warm feeling all over to think that the world is taking notice too. See below praise for their designs in both Garden&Gun and British Home and Garden.

Please come to the showroom to view these gems in person. Eatman's is the only vanCollier retailer in the state. Lucky me!

Etta Headboard featured in the February/March issue of Garden&Gun.

Steel Pagoda lantern featured in British Home and Garden.

About vanCollier

Established in 1995, vanCollier began as an antique and interior design firm. With backgrounds in art history, fine arts and decorative arts, vanCollier marries old world elegance with contemporary design. The married couple behind this firm-on-the-rise is Beth and Chris Collier, who work together on their wide range of projects domestically and abroad. Their philosophy: Use traditional influences to create sophisticated and approachable environments. Says Beth, "Rooms should be masculine and feminine while conveying both traditional and eccentric details."

To contact Beth, email her at vancollier@suddenlink.net

About Eatman's Carpets and Interiors

Eatman's Carpets and Interiors is my family's business. My grandfather, Bill Eatman, opened its doors in 1957 in Downtown Raleigh as a design studio/upholstery workroom selling high end fabrics, wool carpeting, and wallpaper. My father, Woody Eatman, the current president, followed in his father's footsteps joining the family business after school. Years later, with her Design degree in hand, my mother was hired as a designer by Eatman's. My Dad and my Mom fell in love and married. Over time, Eatman's became a innovator in the world of flooring creating computer systems specifically for the industry as well as adding to the business a supply and installation divisions. Fast-forwarding through my arrival and my sister's, the business is now a hybrid of the past and the present. We continue to be a leading supplier of carpets residentially and commercially, and we continue to expand into the world of interior design with new fabric, furniture and lighting lines. But more than all that, it is where our family hangs its hat. It is, in every sense of the word, a labor of great love.