New Sheffield Videos

(Staged Family room in CT)

Yes, we finally have it – the new Sheffield School videos for the interior design course!  I know many of you have been anticipating its release so we’re going to give you a little preview here. The videos are jam-packed with design experts and tours of exclusive furniture and accessories showrooms, antique centers, fabric and lighting stores, and so much more. 

The DVDs feature top interior designers, including Architectural Digest icon Penny Drue Baird, Connecticut designer Catherine Cleare, South African designer Irwin Weiner and British designer Nicola Chernicoff.

Judy Sheridan, author of How to Work with an Interior Designer, reveals how designers work in the real world. Susan Slotkis, author of Foundations of Interior Design, shares design tips on color, fabric, and accessories.

Throughout the videos, our hosts Jay Johnson and Nicola Chernicoff will take you behind the scenes at major design centers – such as the famous New York Decoration & Design (the D&D) Building, antique showrooms such as 1^st Dibs and Center 44, as well as the antique capital, Lambertville, NJ.  Learn staging tips from realtor Julia Brody, kitchen & bath design from kitchen consultant Dave Burcher of In-House KBH,and children's room design from interior designer Zoya Bograd.

Click above for a video peek into one of the new Sheffield interior design videos. For Sheffield students who are interested in the new videos, please contact your student advisor at the school for more information.

mood board: Old-World and New-World Glam

We all dream of the glamorous life: jetsetting to Paris, designer clothes, and throwing fabulous cocktail parties amidst a gorgeous setting.  I can't help you with the travel or the clothes, but here's how you can reproduce that glamorous room with our mood boards of the month: Old-World and New-World Glam. Lounge back, sip a cocktail and enjoy!

When you fantasize glamorous settings, you probably picture old Hollywood sets starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or the French Art Deco interiors full of Jean-Michel Frank, Lalique, and Emile-Jacque Ruhlmann furniture (okay, maybe that's just me). These furnishings and style may have come from the 1930s and 1940s but they’re still being copied to this day, showing that true glamour never goes out of style.

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