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Barclay Butera Lifestyle Billboard in Atlanta for Westside Foundry

2012-03-01T09:52:00.003-08:00

Hey, Check out my new billboard in Atlanta. Hilarious!

SHOP BARCLAY BUTERA ON ONE KINGS LANE

2012-02-22T13:06:00.000-08:00

I'm having a sale over at One Kings Lane. There's only one day left so hurry on over! Click on the photos to go to the sale.

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GLITTER GUIDE INTERVIEWS BARCLAY BUTERA

2012-02-16T10:38:00.000-08:00

Please join me over at the Glitter Guide for my interview on how to add Hollywood glamour to any room.

Here's a little peak:

"Soft shades of washy gray are completely evocative of glamour and elegance. When I’m accessorizing a clean, unfettered space, I find that oversized silver and gray accouterments add just the right amount of sparkle and light. Smokey gray glass, brushed nickels, and driftwood shades..." Read more about the interview here.

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Shop Barclay's Rare Furnishings from Maison de Luxe Designer Show House

2012-01-19T09:21:00.000-08:00

In collaboration with Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine and One Kings Lane, Barclay Butera is sampling some of his furnishings from the designer show house.

Visit One Kings Lane today to get the look.

Maison de Luxe Showhouse at Greystone Mansion

2011-12-05T11:32:00.000-08:00

Please join us in the Family Room during the Maison de Luxe 2011 Show House event.

December 2 - 22

Tuesday-Sunday 10AM-3PM

A National Designer Show House at Greystone Estate:

"Experience the splendor of Greystone Estate as reimagined by over twenty of the nation's leading designers. As a National Historic Landmark, Greystone Estate is the largest, most majestic designer show house in the country. A Baronial-style residence built in 1928 for the Doheny family, the estate is over 46,000 square feet on 18.5 manicured acres... to read more please visit the official website.

Tickets are available through here.

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Barclay Butera's Newest Interiors Project - 10339 Wilshire Boulevard

2011-11-22T16:42:00.000-08:00

I recently had photographed an interior project that I did at 10339 Wilshire Boulevard.

CHECK IT OUT!

Barclay Butera Newport Beach featured in ORANGE COAST - October 2011

2011-10-09T17:12:00.000-07:00

Our Newport Beach location has been named one of the O.C.'s Hottest Shops!

"12. Butera's Newport Beach pared-down shop-studio still offers the same sophisticated stock that defines his "old-money" take on the beach lifestyle - dark woods, natural elements, island touches."

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Barclay's Oct. 6th Appearance at Urban Country featured on MODERN LUXURY DC

2011-09-29T16:15:00.000-07:00

By Lindsey Brenner

Get Your Shop On!
...The second annual Bethesda Row Boutique Week, which spans from Sept. 30-Oct. 6, will be kicking off with a plethora of highly anticipated events and sales for the urban shopaholic. This shopper's paradise will feature the exclusive D.C. premiere of the much beloved film, Dressed, and a special appearance by Barclay Butera, famed interior designer, at Urban Country later this week...

Read the full article on MODERN LUXURY DC

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Barclay's Oct. 6th Appearance at Urban Country featured on THE WASHINGTON POST LIFESTYLE Blog

2011-09-26T17:15:00.000-07:00

By Janet Bennett Kelly, Published: September 23

On Sale: Autumn offerings

Bethesda Row kicks off a week of events and sales beginning Friday. Here’s a sampling: Shoppers at Urban Country (7117 Arlington Rd., 301-654-0500,urbancountrydesigns.com) will receive 20 percent off special orders and all in-store items throughout the week; from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 6, the store celebrates its 20th anniversary with special guest interior designer Barclay Butera, who will introduce his home furnishings collection.

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SAVE THE DATE! Barclay Butera comes to Urban Country!

2011-09-22T11:56:00.000-07:00

September 2011 ~ For Immediate Release

This fall, nationally renowned interior designer Barclay Butera will be celebrating with Urban Country toasting their 20 year anniversary! The beloved and iconic DC retailer has recently revamped their space and is now showcasing Butera’s Lifestyle Collection of furnishings, sisal carpets, artwork and more. Barclay and his team of enthusiasts will be on hand for Bethesda Row Boutique Week the evening of Thursday October 6th during his personal appearance at Urban Country from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The evening will be a social affair with Barclay and principal Rachelle Roth mixing and mingling with Urban Country’s staff, clients, designers, and press.

Cocktails, canapés, swingin tunes and more....hope you can join us!

URBAN COUNTRY'S 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6:00 - 8:00 PM
7117 Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.654.0500
RSVP: ucdesigns@aol.com

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SAVE THE DATE! Barclay Butera Comes to Toms-Price~September 29th!

2011-09-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

This fall, nationally renowned interior designer Barclay Butera will be making a rare Midwest appearance at uber-lux retailer Toms-Price showrooms at two fantastic locations within Chicago's North Shore and Western Suburbs! Barclay will share his design inspirations and philosophies with a brief presentation then will mix and mingle with Toms-Price staff, clients, designers, and press. Cocktails, canapes, swingin' tunes and more ~ hope you can join us!

Click on the image below to see more details on location, schedule, and RSVP dates.

For additional information on Barclay Butera and Barclay Butera Lifestyle collection please contact Christine Phillips at Christine.phillips@charter.net or 920.254.5563.

BARCLAY BUTERA ANNUAL TENT SALE

2011-08-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

BARCLAY BUTERA Newport Beach Showroom Tent Sale is featured on the front page of Greers OC today, "The annual tent sale that Barclay Butera fans wait for all year starts Thursday goes through Saturday. Everything inside the tent including classic and contemporary favorites home furnishings will be reduced 50 to 80%. Choose from Baker, Henredon, Hickory Chair, and Ralph Lauren Home."

For details click on our flyer below.

Barclay Butera Sisals Featured on DEMYSTIFYING DESIGN

2011-08-18T20:25:00.000-07:00

My Barclay Butera Sisals were featured in the online blog "DEMYSTIFYING DESIGN".

"The Merida carpet is perfection. We are smitten, over the moon, loving, and lapping it up. Chic, elegant, and low maintenance."

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Barclay Butera Featured in RIVIERA OC MAGAZINE

2011-08-18T20:21:00.000-07:00

I was just feature in RIVIERA MAGAZINE OC in an the column "Burning Question". The question asked of me was "What's the most outrageous item you've purchased for your home?" Check out the article to see what my most outrageous piece is.

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Barclay Butera "Regal Retreat" Featured in TRADITIONAL HOME - September 2011

2011-08-12T15:01:00.000-07:00

My Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts bedroom was featured in the September issue of TRADITIONAL HOME.

"Barclay Butera, a sucker for symmetry, chose pairs of Moroccan accent pieces and lighting, all boasting intricate geometric designs that he layered with traditional-lookiing upholstered pieces for an exotic blend of East to West."

CHECK OUT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE

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Barclay Butera Textiles featured in TRADITIONAL HOME - July 2011

2011-08-12T14:56:00.001-07:00

My Kingsley linen print fabric by Kravet was featured in Traditional Home, July 2011 in an article name "Dog Days". "They teach me every day to slow down, relax, and live life....They are such a source of unconditional love."

CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE

CHECK OUT MY BARCLAY BUTERA TEXTILES

YOU ARE INVITED! Barclay Butera & Worth Fall Fashion Preview Event

2011-08-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Come join us this Thursday, August 11th from 5-8 pm for Hors D’oeuvres, Cocktails, and an exciting preview of WORTH New York Fall Fashion 2011 Collection. In addition, there will be opportunity drawings with over $2,500 in prizes. The evening is presented by Colleen Kolling & Tamie Rus Agency at our Newport Beach showroom with proceeds benefiting The American Heart Association of Orange County.

Please call our Newport Beach showroom for more details P 949 650 8570.

BARCLAY BUTERA WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY

2011-08-01T12:26:00.000-07:00

In celebration of summer, we are serving Rose and Prosecco every Wednesdays. Come visit us at our showrooms and share a crisp glass of wine!

For more information please contact us.

Newport Beach Showroom: 1745 Westcliff Drive P 949 650 8570
Park City Showroom: 255-A Heber Avenue P 435 649 5540
West Hollywood Showroom: 918 North La Cienega Boulevard P 310 657 0882

Barclay Butera & One Kings Lane : Tastemaker Tag Sale Saturday, July 16

2011-07-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Barclay Butera has joined forces with One Kings Lane to throw a Tastemaker Tag Sale Event that starts Saturday, July 16 at 8AM. This 3-day event is your only chance to purchase Barclay Butera's rare vintage finds. Check here to preview the sale.

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Annoucing Barclay Butera's Newly Expanded Showroom on La Cienega Boulevard

2011-06-28T15:36:00.000-07:00

Barclay Butera is proud to announce a second showroom located at the legendary La Cienega Design Quarter.

Come visit us! We would love to see you!

Barclay Butera on NBC

2011-05-10T14:54:00.000-07:00

Hello and happy Tuesday!

I was recently featured in NBC’s, “Inside the 2011 Pasadena House of Design” video tour. If you are in town come check out this amazing design house benefiting music education and the arts.

BARCLAY BUTERA FEATURED IN L.A. TIMES – HOME AND GARDEN

2011-04-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

Barclay Butera's "Regal Retreat" for the Pasadena Showcase House was featured in the LA Times at Home blog. Check out the article below.

This year's 47th annual Pasadena Showcase House and Garden Tour features many great rooms, but no modern Great Room, as in a sprawling space for simultaneous TV watching, cooking and entertaining.

Instead, the designers who worked on this year's property, a 1927 Paul Williams English Revival, preserved those bygone bones of relatively small bedrooms, lots of tiny nooks and a downright minuscule kitchen compared with today's food-court-sized culinary zones.

Jan Ledgard of Yorkshire Kitchens Inc. kept the kitchen's original footprint intact, hid most of the modern-day appliances behind era-appropriate facades, and even reused the original jewel-green crystal knobs.

With a total of 7,400 square feet, the home's biggest spaces include a regally proportioned dining room (done by Amy Devault) and a truly sprawling reception hall by George Massar Design. (Don't forget to check on the telephone closet off the front door, also done by Massar, who incorporated the original wall-mounted candlestick phone into the look).

Yes, there is a huge, high-ceilinged great room designed by David Dalton, with some of the ground floor's only bursts of vibrant color, but don't look for massive flat screens or easy kitchen access here. This is about a pre-digital, pre-Snackwells age of relaxation, in which the decor gets people into fireplace- and garden-viewing mode.

Upstairs, more big-name SoCal designers worked on various rooms, including Kristi Nelson of KMNelson Design, who did the lady-in-waiting bedroom and bathroom; Barclay Butera, who created an exotic looking bedroom/bathroom called the Regal Retreat; and Tamara Kaye-Honey, who imagined a retro chic rumpus room.

Unlike previous Pasadena tours, this one includes a renovated garage by Jaime Dietenhofer and Scott Siler of Garage Envy and a once dirt-floored horse stable that has been converted into the guest cottage by Joshua Cain and Jeff Godbold of Saxony Design Built.

Also new to the tour: a butterfly garden/habitat by David Snow, a pub area in the restaurant tent, and a before-and-after video that will be shown in the shuttle that ferries visitors from the Rose Bowl parking lot to the house (about a 12-minute ride, according to organizers).

From April 17-May 15; tickets $30-40. Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Closed Mondays.

--Alexandria Abramian Mott

Lower photo: The house's Regal Retreat. Credit: Barclay Butera & Mark Lohman

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Barclay Butera Bedding Collection Launch Party With Elle Decor and Eastern Accents

2011-04-16T17:54:00.001-07:00

The ELLE DECOR - BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE - EASTERN ACCENTS party at Highpoint Market Spring 2011 celebrating the launch of the Barclay Butera Bedding line, was a huge success. Check out the pics from the party!

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Barclay and the gang from Eastern Accents

Barclay with Editor in Chief of Elle Décor magazine Michael Boodro

Ray Langhammer with the lovelies from Eastern Accents

Barbara Friedmann, Karen Marx, and Michael Boodro from Elle Décor with Christine Phillips of Viola!~ and Christian Leone of Gilt

Barbara Friedmann, Jason Nixon, John Loecke, and Michael Boodro

Terri Johnson, Cass Key, and Rachelle Roth from Urban Country

Ridvan Tatargil from Eastern Accents, Sam Slater from Barclay Butera, and Steve Moniz from Zodax

Friends and partners from Bradburn with Ridvan from Eastern Accents

Karen Marx from Elle Décor and Christine Phillips with Viola!~ entertain Richard Forsyth from Wendover Art Group

{MUST-SEE} Barclay Butera-Featured Designer at the Pasadena Showcase House & Garden Tour

2011-04-15T12:37:00.000-07:00

Hello,

This year for the annual Pasadena Showcase House and Garden Tour, my team and I transformed one of the 25 spaces into a modern-day Morrocan inspired oasis. Sunday marks the first day of the tour so get your tickets here and get ready to be amazed at all the historical architechture, interior design and 8 gardens (oh yes, I said 8 gardens).

Who: Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

What: Tour highlights architech, Paul R. William's designs that boast Old World charm and masterful detail. The estate features a 7,200SF + home, 1,800SF guest house, 8 gardens, tennis court, oversized swimming pool and accompanying pool house on 4.5 acres.

Where: La Canada Flintridge, California

When: April 17-May 15, 2011

Photographer: Mark Lohman

Gilt City Los Angeles Jumps on Board with Barclay Butera's Mad Men Book Signing Event

2011-04-14T07:38:00.000-07:00

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

We are proud to be involved with Gilt City Los Angeles for our MAD MEN BOOK SIGNING WITH COSTUME DESIGNER JANIE BRYANT. Here's your chance to get a copy of Janie Bryant's new book The Fashion File. For more details click on the image below and reserve your copy now. Offer end's soon so hurry and get over to Gilt City Los Angeles.

Barclay Butera's L'auberge Del Mar Project featured on "FIRESTONE SISTERS" Blog

2011-04-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

L’Auberge Del Mar– our absolute favorite new escape from Los Angeles

We pride ourselves on being the Queens of Weekend Getaways– especially from Los Angeles where we have both lived for several years– so we are hard pressed to hear of somewhere fantastic we haven’t already been. Until last week. Scrambling to find a luxe yet fun and somewhat affordable hotel in a beach town south of LA for a mini-celebration for one of our friends who is a bride to be, we stumbled upon L’Auberge Del Mar. It looked beautiful, chic and vibrant but we didn’t know much about Del Mar, aside from the fact that a race track is located there — which at the time was not a major selling point…

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Mad Men Book Signing w/ Costume Designer Janie Bryant

2011-04-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

Hey there,

I cannot believe it is already April. What an incredibly busy couple of weeks with High Point, the release of my Bedding and Candle Collection and all of the industry parties!

To top the cake, I am excited to announce a book signing event with Janie Bryant and her new book; The Fashion File: Advice, Tips and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men at our West Hollywood Showroom on Thursday, April 21st 6-9p.m.

R.S.V.P. with Leo at leo@barclaybutera.com

Barclay Butera Featured on "HABITUALLY CHIC" Blog for Highpoint 2011

2011-04-06T16:59:00.001-07:00

Check out the article on Highpoint Highlights featured today on "HABITUALLY CHIC".

CHECK OUT THE HIGHPOINT HIGHLIGHTS

CHECK OUT BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE BEDDING

Barclay Butera Home ~ Textile Collection Now Online

2011-04-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

Well hello,

After many requests, we finally uploaded all (over 300 textiles) from our Home Textile Collection on to our website at http://www.barclaybuterahome.com/. Feel free to roam around the site as we have plenty of new products that will keep you excited for days!

High Point ELLE DECOR Party

2011-03-31T08:50:00.001-07:00

How exciting! I'm having a cocktail reception to celebrate the launch of my new Lifestyle Bedding collection at Eastern Accents showroom. Stop by when your at High Point. I would love to see everybody!

Press Release: Introducing Barclay Butera's Lifestyle Collection at High Point

2011-03-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

Barclay Butera Lifestyle Lighting Collection by Bradburn - Ad for HOME ACCENTS TODAY!

2011-03-20T12:54:00.000-07:00

Love this! This ad for my Barclay Butera Lifestyle Lighting Collection by Bradburn will run in Home Accents Today - I am proud of this beautiful collection - the lamps accent perfectly my Lifestyle Furniture Collection by HFI -
Check out my collection at High Point Market - April 2-7, 2011 - Showroom: G-270, Green Wing, IHFC

CLICK TO SEE THE BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE LIGHTING COLLECTION

CLICK TO SEE THE BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE FURNITURE COLLECTION

Barclay Butera Lifestyle Bedding Collection by Eastern Accents Launching at Highpoint - Spring 2011

2011-03-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

March 2011~ For Immediate Release

Nationally renowned interior design icon Barclay Butera is set to debut his 8th licensed collection at this spring High Point Market as he introduces a comprehensive line of bedding with industry icon Eastern Accents! On the lightening fast heels of his recent fabric, furniture, lighting, art, sisal rug, and home fragrance debuts, Butera and Eastern Accents continue to break new ground by rounding out his Lifestyle collections with this stunning new offering for the home. Butera’s goal of offering spectacular designs in each and every category of home furnishings and décor is fast coming to fruition, and bedding is a huge category that Barclay is delighted to bring to his legion of loyal fans and customers....

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http://barclaybutera.com/BBeasternaccentspressrelease.html

CHECK OUT PICS OF BBL EASTERN ACCENTS BEDDING
http://barclaybuteralifestyle.com/bedding.html

LUNCH AT DAWNRIDGE

2011-03-10T16:58:00.001-08:00

Barclay Butera is featured in an article about the recent lunch at Dawnridge, the estate of famous designer Tony Duquette.

"Ronda started her blog four years ago and in the time since she’s crossed the Atlantic more than 40 times on her quests. Last week she was in Los Angeles for the Oscars and Hutton Wilkinson, designer and curator/director of the Tony Duquette Collection gave her a little luncheon at Dawnridge, Duquette’s unique and fantastic property up in the hills of Beverly. Ronda was traveling also as a marketing representative of Sferra, the Italian high end linens purveyor."

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Barclay Butera Lifestyle featured in "HOUSE BEAUTIFUL"

2011-03-03T09:41:00.000-08:00

The Madison Banquet from my Barclay Butera Lifestyle Town Collection was featured in House Beautiful.

CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE

BARCLAY BUTERA FEATURED IN UTAH STYLE - February 2011

2011-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:00

Barclay Butera Lifestyle was featured in February 2011's issue of UTAH STYLE.

HOW TO GET THE LOOK

"Choose simply style chests and consoles in warm wood finishes. Bel Air Twelve Drawer Chest, $5,960, from Barclay Butera, Park City"

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BARCLAY BUTERA ART by Wendover now available on BBINC

2011-02-18T09:08:00.000-08:00

Barclay Butera and Wendover Art Group have collaborated to create the BARCLAY BUTERA ART COLLECTION. This artwork, in a wide array of styles, helps you to create the perfect ambience in your home, helping you to create your own unique setting.

Categories include:

Check out the BARCLAY BUTERA ART COLLECTION

BARCLAY BUTERA FEATURED IN HOUSE BEAUTIFUL - February 2011

2011-02-17T19:03:00.001-08:00

Barclay Butera Lifestyle was recently featured twice in the February 2011 issue of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL - both for his Sisal Carpets by Merida and for his Madison Banquet by HFI.

To check out both lines, go to BARCLAYBUTERALIFESTYLE.COM

To read the articles go to BARCLAY BUTERA PRESS

Barclay Butera Sisal Carpets by Merida

2011-02-17T08:00:00.000-08:00

I am so pleased to announce that my new Barclay Butera Sisal Carpets by Merida are now available online at BarclayButeraLifestyle.com.

This fabulous new addition to my Lifestyle Brand was featured in ELLE DECOR - February 2011 - "Of sustainably farmed sisal from Brazil, Barclay Butera's striped rugs look great a do good. In 12 styles, $44 per square foot. MERIDA: barclaybuteralifestyle.com".

CHECK OUT BARCLAY BUTERA'S SISAL CARPETS

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Barclay Butera featured in February's ELLE DECOR!

2011-02-14T17:56:00.000-08:00

Check out the most current issue of ELLE DECOR and you will find Barclay Butera featured along with Sara Bengur.

"The West Coast designer crafts interiors and furniture collections, including a line inspired by Hearst Castle. New outdoor fabrics by Kravet are due this spring."

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

JOIN US FOR CHAMPAGNE AND SHOPPING - Thursday, February 10th

2011-02-02T17:04:00.001-08:00

JOIN US FOR CHAMPAGNE AND SHOPPING!

Thursday, February 10th 10am - 6pm

BARCLAY BUTERA INTERIORS

1745 Westcliff Drive

Newport Beach 92660

949.650.8570

FEATURING: kendallconraddesign.com and lfrankjewelry.com

10% of all proceeds go to The John Wayne Cancer Foundation

Meghan Fox and I spotted at LBH

2011-02-02T17:02:00.003-08:00

BARCLAY BUTERA FEATURED ON "GLAMOROUS GREEN"

2011-02-01T20:27:00.000-08:00

"Last week Barclay Butera joined design’s uber-elite when he opened his new showroom in the La Cienega Design Quarter- the Champs Elysees of Los Angeles Design. There were swinging tunes, cocktails and canapés as Butera played host to a bevy of A-listers who turned out to view and celebrate the grand opening of his second Los Angeles location. "

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BARCLAY BUTERA'S PARK AVENUE COLLECTION FEATURED IN "HOUSE & HOME" - February 2011

2011-02-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

"With plenty of seating room and a tufted back, this oversized soaf in on-trend inky blue is practical and stylish. The single seat cushion is a modern touch."

SEE THE ARTICLE

BARCLAY BUTERA FEATURED IN "TRADITIONAL HOME" - February 2011

2011-02-01T20:05:00.000-08:00

Barclay Butera's Sisal Carpets featured by Merida featured in this month's Traditional Home.

CLICK HERE TO SEE ARTICLE

BARCLAY BUTERA IN MONTECITO JOURNAL

2011-02-01T19:58:00.000-08:00

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New Barclay Butera Candles launch at New York Gift Show!

2011-01-28T21:06:00.000-08:00

Look for my new candle collection at the New York Gift Show in booth 2354. The candles are amazing and are made by Zodax.

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

JOIN US FOR CHAMPAGNE AND SHOPPING - Thursday, February 10th

2011-01-26T21:57:00.000-08:00

JOIN US FOR CHAMPAGNE AND SHOPPING!

Thursday, February 10th 10am - 6pm

BARCLAY BUTERA INTERIORS

1745 Westcliff Drive

Newport Beach 92660

949.650.8570

FEATURING: kendallconraddesign.com and lfrankjewelry.com

10% of all proceeds go to The John Wayne Cancer Foundation

2011-01-22T12:59:00.000-08:00

I was so honored to have emmy winning costume designer for MAD MEN Janie Bryant at our Jan 12th opening party .
Janie has also published a super chic book "The Fashion File" is janies foray into style advice and tips .....

Barclay Butera Q & A on Interior Design Hound!

2011-01-20T22:12:00.000-08:00

"Here’s a few details you may not have know about Barclay Butera, the first designer in Interior Design Hound’s series: Top Dogs of Interior Design.

Barclay Butera’s first job:

Working in the library/resource room of his mother’s Interior Design business.

His first pet:

A Miniature dachshund.

Trait Barclay Butera thinks all Interior Designers should have:

Imagination......."

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE!

BARCLAY BUTERA RULES - a new article featuring Barclay Butera on Interior Design Hound!

2011-01-20T22:02:00.000-08:00

"Barclay Butera claims he doesn’t believe in “design rules,” but I disagree. Comfort always rules supreme in Butera’s designs, whether commercial or residential...."

"Barclay has that rare combo needed for success:

Extraordinary Talent + Business Acumen."

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Carson, Ashton and Barclay Butera featured on INTERIORDESIGNHOUND.COM

2011-01-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

My dachshunds Carson & Ashton & I are featured on Interior

Design Hound. The article also features Barclay Butera Lifestyle, my fabrics for Kravet, and my collection of art by Wendover Art. So many design possibilities!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE!

Barclay Butera featured on INTERIORDESIGNHOUND.COM

2011-01-20T21:35:00.000-08:00

"Butera, who shares his busy life with two Dachshunds, has built a multi-million dollar Lifestyle Brand and shows no signs of stopping to rest on his well-designed laurels.

A master of merchandising and brand integrity, Barclay has created fabrics, furnishings, accessories, rugs, carpets, lighting, artworks and has many exciting projects on the drawing board. (I can’t wait for the bedding line from Eastern Accents.)

Be sure to click on the link below the picture of Bette Davis "Bette Davis & “MacTavish” Image: Bettmann"

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Barclay Butera and Barclay Butera Interiors featured on HOMEACCENTSTODAY.COM

2011-01-20T21:15:00.001-08:00

A spokesperson for Butera said the interior/lifestyle

designer played host to a large gathering of fans, press and A-listers, serving "swinging tunes, cocktails and canapés," in the new location, his second in Los Angeles. Butera's flagship retail/design showroom is in Newport Beach, and heoperates a fourth showroom in Park City, Utah that caters to sophisticated mountain living.

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Barclay Butera featured on HUFFINGTON POST

2011-01-20T15:46:00.000-08:00

The opening of Barclay Butera's new Los Angeles location was featured on the Huffington Post Blog.

"We had the honor of celebrating with Barclay Butera at his fabulous new namesake store that has just opened on La Cienega in West Hollywood. Barclay is his brand, "classic, clean... with a contemporary twist," and the immaculate yet comfortable store reflects that with gray velvet covered sofas, cream armchairs, shag carpeting, sleek hurricane lanterns with silver rims, and seagrass wallpaper...."

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Barclay Butera featured on FIRESTONESISTERS.COM

2011-01-13T18:07:00.000-08:00

Last nights party was a huge success. Today Barclay Butera Interiors was featured on FirestoneSisters.Com. Check out the article!

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COCKTAILS ON LA CIENEGA!

2011-01-05T13:44:00.000-08:00

Cocktails on La Cienega!

Join me for the grand opening celebration of my new Los Angeles location of Barclay Butera Interiors.

January 12th, 2011

6 to 9 PM 918

North La Cienega Boulevard LA, CA 90069

RSVP: http://barclaybuterainteriors.com/rsvp.html

Please join us for the grand opening celebration of Barclay Butera's new Los Angeles location.

2010-12-16T20:29:00.000-08:00

BARCLAY BUTERA INTERIORS GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

918 North La Cienega Boulevard

January 12, 2011 ~ 5:00 - 8:00 PM

CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Barclay Butera featured in "ELLE DECOR" - December 2010

2010-12-09T17:23:00.000-08:00

Barclay is featured twice in the current issue of "Elle Decor"!

"PIPER WING CHAIR BY BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLEE 'A very considered design, says Tanksley, pointing out the different size nailheads - large on the wings, small below. The suede-on-leather combination gives the 44"-tall chair an exuberant edge, while the lumbar pillow makes for a comfortable seat. 'Once it's broken in, it'll be great.' "

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Barclay Butera featured in "MOUNTAIN LIVING" - December 2010

2010-12-09T17:17:00.000-08:00

Barclay is featured in this month's "MOUNTAIN LIVING".

"Christmas for me, like so man other Americans, is a time of reminicense; holiday traditions from childhood play such a role in how we celebrate. When I was a child my grandparents owned a holly fram and we would go and gather masses of greenery and berries for my mom....."

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Barclay Butera featured in "STAR-TELEGRAM"

2010-12-09T17:11:00.001-08:00

Barclay Butera is featured in "STAR-TELEGRAM" for his contributions to "Designers Here and There".

"The Newport Beach abode of Barclay Butera is nonstop chinoiserie and toile, while his Park City, Utah, mountain retreat is full-on Western chic with leather pillows and mounted horns."

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Barclay Butera Lighting featured in HOME ACCENTS TODAY - November 2010

2010-12-05T18:26:00.000-08:00

"Bold and brilliant shades of blue light up the latest lamp designs. The season's hottest colors - indigo, peacock, turquoise - lend on-trend, vivid elegance to classical styles." - Tracy Bulla

"From the Barclay Butera Collection by The Bradburn Company, the Pacific Realm lamp pairs glazed porcelain with gold trim and finial. The two-toned blue silk shade is a Butera fabric from Kravet ($699)."

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SEE BARCLAY BUTERA LIGHTING BY THE BRADBURN COMPANY

Barclay Butera to be featured at DESIGN BLOGGERS CONFERENCE

2010-11-27T17:57:00.000-08:00

The Design Bloggers Conference is thrilled to have the amazing Barclay Butera, President & CEO of Barclay Butera Inc., as a featured speaker in the session LA Confidential, where attendees will hear Butera and Suzanne Rheinstein, two of LA’s leading designers, talk about their current designs and projects. Attendees will learn first hand about their philosophy and trend-setting approach to design, and gain exclusive information and insight about the future of design.

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Barclay Butera featured in HOME ACCENTS TODAY - October 2010

2010-11-12T17:49:00.000-08:00

"A masculine red and blue cotton/polyester blend fabric would make a debonair vest or tie. It looks equally cultured on Barclay Butera Home's Eton Stripe Heraldic pillow from the Harbour Collection ($212)."

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Bradburn Lighting Gallery & Barclay Butera featured at High Point - Fall 2010

2010-10-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

Light it up! Bradburn Lighting Gallery and Barclay Butera have partnered to create a most enviable collection of floor and table lamps that perfectly accent his Town and Beach collections like fine jewelry. Using rich mahogany, combined with traditional reds and golds, the Town collection is a classic addition to a traditional room but can easily swing into a transitional space as well. Hammered silvers, serene whites, and of course Barclay blue accents are the quintessential combination for his Beach lighting collection. These enviable pieces can instantly transform any room into a cozy retreat by the shore, but they still retain Butera’s effortless feeling of casual elegance.

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BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE COLLECTION featured at High Point - Fall 2010

2010-10-26T13:21:00.000-07:00

Barcaly Butera Lifestyle - Aspiration Style & Design

You can now browse this incredible collection of furnishings at

BARCLAY BUTERA LIFESTYLE FURNISHINGS

Barclay Butera Lifestyle featured in "HOUSE BEAUTIFUL" - October 2010

2010-09-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

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Barclay Butera Lifestyle featured in "HOUSE BEAUTIFUL" - September 2010

2010-09-18T22:05:00.001-07:00

"The perfect guest room has a pair of twin beds. Finding the right style just got a lot easier."

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Barclay Butera Lifestyle featured in "TOWN AND COUNTRY" - September 2010

2010-09-18T22:01:00.001-07:00

"Designer Barclay Butera also helped dress up dorm rooms for two children of a client. "The elder daughter was heading to a boarding school in Montecitos, California," says Butera....."

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Barclay Butera Lifestyle featured in "VERANDA" - September 2010

2010-09-18T21:55:00.001-07:00

"BARCLAY'S BEST - Standout pieces from Barclay Betera's new collections include a Regency-style bench and hexagonal lacquered drum..."

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Barclay Butera Featured in "MODERN HOME + LIVING" - September 2010

2010-09-18T21:49:00.000-07:00

"Having made an indelible mark on the world of interior design, Barclay Butera a Los Angeles-based celebrity interior designer shares with Modern Home + Living a few expert design tips on modernizing interior walls and sprucing up the home...."

Barclay Butera featured in "DÉCOR" Summer 2010

2010-09-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

"Melding Hollywood glamour with everyday ease, Barclay Butera has parlayed his signature look into a thriving lifestyle brand." ~ DÉCOR ~

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Barclay Butera featured in "SKY - DELTA"

2010-09-07T16:14:00.000-07:00

"Interior design whiz Barclay Butera, the author of LIVING IN STYLE, offers up the perfect morning-to-night itinerary for dining in the City of Angels." ~ SKY - DELTA ~

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Barclay Butera featured in "UTAH STYLE"

2010-09-07T16:05:00.000-07:00

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Barclay Butera featured in "KRAVET INSPIRED.NEWS"

2010-09-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

"Barclay Butera's latest client project, the Flagstaff residence in Deer Valley, Utah, represents Butera's immense talent for channeling a theme while adding luxurious elements from every style and period for a richly layered, lived-in feeling..." ~ KRAVET INSPIRED.NEWS ~

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Barclay Butera featured in "LUXURY HOME"

2010-09-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

"Barclay Butera is not your average interior designer - he is a brand. And beyond that, he is also a national corporation with two main divisions..." ~ LUXURY HOME ~

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Barclay Butera featured in "LUXE INTERIORS & DESIGN"

2010-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:00

"I love the contrast of light and dark in this piece. I like to make a statement in entryways, and this sets the mood and tone for visitors right away." ~ Barclay Butera ~

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Barclay Butera's Pillow Sale - 30% Off Now through September 6th - barclaybutera.com

2010-08-31T18:44:00.000-07:00

Now through September 6, 2010, BarclayButera.Com is offering all of Barclay's amazing custom pillows at 30% off regular price. Share this with your friends and family - luxe design at a great price!

SHOP PILLOWS NOW!

Barclay Butera featured in "FLORIDA DESIGN"

2010-08-01T02:03:00.000-07:00

INSPIRATIONS UNDER THE SEA

Designs from the deep are a great way to add

a coastal flair into any interior scheme.

Article by Kim Mosley

Barclay Butera featured in "MIAMI HOME & DECOR"

2010-08-01T01:48:00.000-07:00

UNDER THE SEA

Designs from the deep are a great way to add

a coastal flair into any interior scheme.

Article By KIM MOSLEY

ORANGE Adds A Spark!

2010-06-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

While I always always love blues and white, a bit of orange can add great spark and charm to a room and is a very hot color right now. Chk out my St. Tropez Chair (2nd row), as well as a the whole page of orange. Enjoy!

Chinoiserie Chic blog -- Check them out & thanks!

2010-06-07T20:05:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure you all know I'm a Chinoiserie fan. So, I appreciate this site appreciating my home!

http://chinoiseriechic.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunday-inspiration.html

And chk out the rest of the site!!

Barclay Graces Cover of Newport Beach Mag!

2010-05-26T15:12:00.000-07:00

This was wonderful to be part of! The great people at Newport Beach Magazine put together our shoot in about 24 hrs....we had such fun working together. Thanks to the great team at NBM and the BB staff. My mom is also in this section of Newport Beach area "Style Makers"! For the full article...

http://digitaleditiononline.com/publication/?i=37957

Barclay Butera featured on SensationalColor.Com

2010-05-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

Kiki Titterud from SensationalColor.Com does a blog feature on Barclay's successful use of color at the last High Point Show. Check it out:

http://www.sensationalcolor.com/colorforyourhome/trend-tuesday-barclay-buteras-summer-colors-at-high-point/

We loved hosting for Newport Harbor High Home Tour

2010-05-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who supported this event. It was wonderful to see and host you all!

http://newportmesadailyvoice.com/home-garden/2010/5/21/save-the-date-for-next-years-newport-harbor-high-home-tour.html

Barclay Butera Tent Sale Starts Today!

2010-05-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

The Barclay Butera Annual Tent Sale starts today!!

Wednesday through Saturday, May 5-8 at the Newport Beach location you will find furniture, fabric, accessories, lighting, art and more at savings of 50-80% off original prices.

Sale begins each day at 10:00 am.

Barclay Butera Newport Beach

1745 Westcliff Drive

Newport Beach, CA

949.650.8570

Congratulations!

2010-05-03T15:50:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Jenny Durham of Spry On The Wall for winning the Nesting Newbies Winter Bluebird Bag!

Two Barclay Butera candles and a signed copy of Living In Style were included among the other swag pictured here with the happy winner.

Spring drawing happens soon, so check back with Nesting Newbies to enter.

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Barclay Butera Home - St Tropez Collection @ High Point

2010-04-21T08:12:00.000-07:00

Barclay Butera Home debuts St Tropez collection at High Point Market.

Showroom entry featuring Bobine Chairs in Desert Midnight & Oyster Belgium Linen with contrast welt in Woven Tangerine. Pillows: Athena Midnight

St Tropez Chair in Woven Tangerine. Pillow: Canopy Blue Stripe

Harbor Sofa in Panama Weave Natural & Charleston White. Pillows: Coral Point Nautical, Charleston Tangerine, Casa Grande Azure from Hearst Castle Collection

Hearst Castle Library Chair in Heirloom Orzo. Pillow: Casa Grande Gold - Hearst Castle Collection

Grant Chair in Canopy Blue Stripe. Pillow: Blue Harbor; Carson Cube in Absolute Snow White Leather

Sussex Sofa in Desert Midnight. Pillows: Harmon Manor Tangerine, Wilde White Basket; Soho Cube in Honey Basket Weave

Somerset Chair in Wilde Ocean, contrast welt in Wilde White. Pillow: White Ocean

Carmel Sofa in Wilde White, Claire Storage Ottomans in Absolute Mango Leather & Honey Basket Weave. Pillows: Mango Lapis Mohair, Sommers Atlantic, Absolute Mango Monogram

Manhattan Sectional in Harbor Blue, Cambridge Ottoman in Stenciled Zebra Hide. Pillows: Citation Tangerine, Woven Tangerine, Margaret White Matelasse, Waikiki Shells, Gretchen White Matelasse

Bobine Chairs in Desert Midnight & Oyster Belgium Linen with contrast welt in Woven Tangerine. Pillows: Athena Midnight

Hearst Castle Library Chair in Heirloom Orzo & Riviera Sofa in Lapis Mohair. Pillows: Casa Grande Gold - Hearst Castle Collection, Wilde Multi, Honey Basket Weave, Midnight Monogram

Jacques Dining Chair in Bauer Chalk

Wyland Wing Chair in Uganda Croc Gold. Pillow: Coral Reef Blue

Barclay Butera Tent Sale - Coming Soon!!

2010-04-07T09:10:00.001-07:00

The Barclay Butera Annual Tent Sale is fast approaching!

Wednesday through Saturday, May 5-8 at the Newport Beach location you will find furniture, fabric, accessories, lighting, art, and more at savings of 50-80% off original prices.

Sale begins each day at 10:00 am.

High Style at LA Westweek

2010-04-05T17:38:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Beth Greene for her post "High Style at LA Westweek" on the Kravet blog inspired.talk.

April 1, 2010
High Style at LA Westweek

"Last week I traveled across the country to sunny LA for Westweek. It was a fantastic show put on by the Pacific Design Center, but best of all it was a great excuse to catch up with many of our Designer Licensees at Kravet and Lee Jofa on their home turf for a glimpse into their design worlds.

Upon my arrival, Barclay Butera whisked me to his showroom on La Brea, which is so impressively merchandised, right down to the reading glasses on the nightstand of the bedroom setting. Dressed to the nines in crisp dark denim and a fitted blazer, every day I spent with him he was as perfectly manicured as his store."

-BG

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Barclay Butera - At Home Arkansas

2010-03-29T08:56:00.000-07:00

Thanks to At Home In Arkansas Design Blog

for the post "Room of the Week"

I was sitting in my office, listening to the melting snow drip, drip, drip…and dreaming of something beachy and inspiring as my Room of the Week…when this “just what I needed” photo from designer Barclay Butera popped up on my Facebook page.

Perfect, right? So of course I had to see more, and was quickly enthralled by the layers of blue in this beach front home, from the shell-inspired dining room to the nautical bedrooms.

Barclay, who calls West Hollywood home, is a design powerhouse. Textiles, interiors, you name it…take a gander at more of his work.

Thanks for today’s inspiration Barclay and Facebook!

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Designers Here & There - featuring Barclay Butera

2010-03-09T15:37:00.000-08:00

Coming Soon!! A new book featuring two of Barclay's own homes.

Designers Here and There: Inside the City and Country Homes of America's Top Decorators
by Michele Keith
Published by Random House

About the book:

During the week, interior designers select fabulous fabrics, furniture, paint, lighting, and accessories for clients’ homes. On the weekends, they can devote themselves to beautifying their own. Materials and finishes that later appear in commissioned work often appear here first, as designers use the rooms and walls of their primary and secondary residences like a blank canvas for perfecting details and techniques central to their trade.

Thirty-eight private primary and vacation residences belonging to today’s most renowned decorators from around the country inspire with full-color images of exquisitely appointed chic city apartments, elegant townhouses, minimalist midcentury gems, quaint cottages, historic mansions and farmhouses, cozy log cabins, and beachside retreats in locations ranging from Palm Desert to Palm Beach, Austin, Chicago, East Hampton, and Boston.

Michele Keith’s lively, accessible text brings each distinct personality to life, revealing how and why the designers gravitate to styles ranging from firmly traditional to coolly contemporary to Hollywood Regency, how the attributes of each location—setting, proportions, and character—influence design direction, and how designers including Martha Angus, Barclay Butera, Eric Cohler, Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Eve Robinson, and Vicente Wolf choose to spend time in the intensely personal spaces they have created. Each designer’s top five favorite decorating tips encourage all eager to perfect their own homes to begin.

Pre-order here beginning March 23.

Fabric Sale

2010-01-28T10:10:00.002-08:00

Barclay Butera Fabric Sale

Up to 80% off Fabric Bolts & Cut Yardage*

*Discontinued Patterns & Overstock only

Thursday, January 28 – Saturday, January 30

1745 Westcliff Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949.650.8570

Barclay Butera - Decor Score

2010-01-11T09:30:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Rose Bennett Gilbert

for her Decor Score post on creators.com

Hearst Bedroom Redesigned with not a Rosebud in Sight

Q: We're going to California during January, and I am keen to go to the Hearst Castle in San Simeon for the first time in my life. Somewhere I got the idea that it's been redecorated. Who'd have the nerve? What's the story?

A: You must have heard about the so-called Hearst Castle "Overnight Room," a one-off makeover venture by designer Barclay Butera.

You'll be relieved to hear that William Randolph Hearst — said to have been passionate about the decorative arts — is probably not tossing in his grave. Butera's redesign was done all in the name of charity, sponsored by the Friends of Hearst Castle, honoring the 50th anniversary of public access to the castle (now a State Historical Monument and a California State Park).

Last year, the Friends of Hearst Castle auctioned off "Hearst Castle Overnight" to a winning couple who could invite eight friends to swim in the Neptune Pool, play tennis, dine on the terrace, stroll the garden and enjoy an after-dinner movie in the Castle theater.
Then they went home, and the winning couple stayed overnight in the newly decorated pictured showcase room — with a view of the Pacific Ocean and furnishings by Hearst Castle licensees, among them Butera, who does upholstered pieces and pillows that are inspired by Mr. Hearst's collection.

They're a good match, the designer and the media magnate, sharing a taste for old Hollywood grandeur and glamour. Butera has owned homes that once belonged to Frank Sinatra and Bette Davis, and he was the creative director for the $25-million renovation of the L'Auberge del Mar in Del Mar, Calif., a former favorite playground of the stars.

More ordinary homeowners can also enjoy Butera's talents, if not within the splendor of Hearst Castle.

Check out his designs at barclaybutera.com and barclaybuterahome.com. And before you visit Butera's site, you may also want to have a look at hearstcastle.org.

Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of "Manhattan Style," "Hampton Style," and five other books on interior design. To find out more about Rose Bennett Gilbert and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at http://www.creators.com/.

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Barclay Butera - Sundance Film Festival - An Artist at the Table

2010-01-07T17:42:00.001-08:00

January 7, 2010
Media Contact: Julie Du Brow
310‐821‐2463 tel
julie@dubroworks.com

HOLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE DESIGNER BARCLAY BUTERA

BECOMES OFFICIAL SUNDANCE PROVIDER,

HELPS PRODUCE OPENING NIGHT
“AN ARTIST AT THE TABLE”

LOS ANGELES, CA (January 2010) – Lifestyle designer Barclay Butera, as a new Official Provider of the Sundance Film Festival, is honored to help create Sundance’s Opening Night: An Artist at the Table. The sold‐out fundraiser on January 21st in Park City, UT, celebrates the importance of independent artists and their stories, and includes a cocktail reception, dinner, live entertainment by award‐winning Sundance Composer Fellows, and attendance at the Festival’s premiere screenings at the Eccles Theatre. Butera will engage his signature mix of textures and patterns to produce an elegant evening that also reflects the stunning snow‐white exterior of Park City.

“I have participated in a number of events during Sundance, but helping produce Artist at the Table for the acclaimed Sundance Institute is a huge honor and very exciting. I love film and I admire the organization’s impressive nurturing of talent,” states Butera, President and CEO of Barclay Butera Inc. “Especially because I work with an extensive list of celebrity clientele, it is important for me to be able to celebrate their creativity and can give back to the entertainment community through what I do.”

Butera—who has had a home and one of his retail showrooms in Park City since 2003—understands the magic of the color ‘white’. The event’s décor has a base of white but with regal accents of red, blue and leopard print velvet throughout. “The blue stained windows of the space produce an especially beautiful reflection on the white, which has the effect of connecting the outside white from the snow with the indoors,” observes Butera.

The designer will place eight pyramid‐shaped candelabras with a series of candlelit hurricanes flanking the entrance and balanced throughout the venue. Amidst this elegant theme, Butera has created a symmetrical ‘grand’ entry by placing his Paris‐lounge inspired Brentwood Settees in red linen in a linear approach to the cocktail area. Specially‐prepared white woven linen drapery will display the Artist at the Table logo embroidered in red. And, as with all that Butera does, decorative pillows will add a richness, as well as tactile and visual engagement, to the scene. Pillows will be in blue velvet, leopard print, and a rich blue/gold/red satin stripe.

The theme of involving the senses continues through dinner. In the center of each table will be two clear hurricanes with crystals inside, holding white candles, and a vase of fragrant white tulips with red dogwood branches. The tables are covered in a navy blue lamour tablecloth with antique gold sparkle overlay, and the napkins are in gold lamour.

Butera’s involvement with the Sundance Institute launched in June 2009 when he hosted that month’s salon for filmmaker Robert Epstein and the Sundance Institute Film Series at his Park City showroom. In past years during the time of the festival, Butera has been involved with The Creative Coalition, Hollywood Life, Western Interiors & Design magazine, Queer Lounge, the Egyptian Theatre Co. (for which he held a fundraiser), as well as with the Los Angeles Times, WireImage the Utah Film Commission, HP and L’Oreal.

ABOUT BARCLAY BUTERA
Barclay Butera, Inc. is based in Newport Beach, CA, and entails the Barclay Butera collection showrooms in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, CA, and Park City, UT. Barclay Butera Home, Inc. products (www.barclaybuterahome.com) are distributed through over 300 showrooms, his own collection showrooms, and To the Trade nationwide. Butera designs and manufactures his bench made upholstery products in Los Angeles, CA. Please visit www.barclaybutera.com/media for a full introduction.

ABOUT SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not‐for‐profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theatre, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival. Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America, Spring Awakening, Boys Don't Cry, Sin Nombre and Born into Brothels.

Barclay Butera on Decorati - Interiors Without Rules

2010-01-05T16:41:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Donna Sapolin of Decorati.com

for the post

Interiors Without Rules: Barclay Butera
Posted on Jan 5, 2010
By Donna Sapolin

Barclay Butera is on a whirlwind, multi-city travel jaunt delivering keynote addresses on behalf of Kravet Collections, for which he has just created substantial carpet and fabric lines, and signing his latest book- “Living in Style” (Assouline, 2008), a retrospective of his residential work featuring 90 photos.

His speaking and book-signing schedule would leave most people breathless-just the two week itinerary surrounding this interview places him in Phoenix, Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles, Florida and Houston. But today, Butera is squeezing in two meetings in one with a residential client in Deer Valley and another with Sundance Institute staff members in Park City to plan the opening gala of the 2010 Film Festival. As both a sponsor and the Creative Director of this inaugural event, he’s out to inject a ‘Wow’ factor into the décor and entire feeling of the party. “It’s quite an honor to be asked to do this,” he says, “and I intend to be the best I can be for myself and the venue.”

This “emphasis on excellence” ethic has guided him from the start-from the moment he launched his Los Angeles design firm in 1993, making it a point to accept any work that came along, to today when the company employs 56 people and executes residential projects all over the country; creates numerous product lines embodying luxury at various price points; maintains showrooms in Newport Beach, Los Angeles and Park City; and is building a burgeoning hospitality business.

The firm recently completed the 26-million dollar renovation of the “L’Auberge del Mar” hotel in Del Mar, CA and is in the process of designing a showcase room at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. It is the first interior design of a room at the castle since 1947 and is used for overnight stays by winners of the Hearst Castle Overnight at benefit auctions held by Friends of Hearst Castle.

Butera gained exposure to the interior design field early on via his mother’s design firm in Palo Alto. “I was organizing and updating her sample library at the age of eight and was able to learn from the ground up,” he says. “She was an extremely hard worker and demonstrated a high degree of integrity.” In college, Butera pursued a degree in political science and economics and followed his undergrad education with a year of law school before recognizing that his true passion laid in the creative arts and design.

He returned to his mother’s firm, opening a southern California office for her and eventually launching his own with the goal of redefining the look and feel of luxury. “My mother and I both emphasize luxury but she prefers a more formal rendition and I’ve gone in the opposite direction. ” says Butera.

“I aim for an approachable, livable elegance that springs from a fashion sensibility.”

In his public talks he underscores his roots and the qualities he feels made him successful-service, positive energy, and a deep connection to his clients. “Designers are basically therapists for the home,” says Butera. “We’re in their bedrooms and baths and closer than a family therapist would be.”

“I have a client-for-life mentality; I believe we need to develop long-term friendships with clients, give them luxury in whatever dose they need initially, and then grow up together with them.”

“We should remember their birthdays, acknowledge all their special occasions and be there for whatever they need, be it small, say, a single room, a few pillows, wallpaper and paint, or a larger job. This is what service is about and doing the small things leads to referrals and bigger work. A single sofa can turn into a fifth home down the road.”

Butera likens his perspective to that of the luxury automobile companies like BMW who hook younger clients on their simpler cars (300 series) and continue to cater to them with larger, more decked out vehicles (the 500 and 700 series) as they mature and gain resources. He’s given his point of view a concrete manifestation in highly diversified product lines in all the key home categories “that have something for everyone,” he says.

“I’m looking to be a complete brand. Through licensing, people can get a piece of my vision and a piece of luxury at whatever level they buy.”

The higher-end Barclay Butera Collection incorporates Barclay Butera Home upholstery and case goods, Kravet Collection textiles (four lifestyle-focused collections for town & country, mountain, city and beach) and area rugs, coordinating paint collections from Benjamin Moore, and custom upholstery and pillows for The Hearst Castle Collection. In the coming year, the designer will develop lighting, accessories, wallpaper and broadloom wall-to-wall carpeting as well as outdoor textiles for Kravet.

For more price-sensitive consumers buying at retail, the designer has created Barclay Butera Lifestyle offering home fragrance and candles from Archipelago and wall art from Wendover Art Group. The April 2010 High Point market will see the introduction of 100 more skus of wall art and over 200 skus of case goods and upholstery. Butera will also introduce natural jute, sea grass and sisal wall-to-wall floor coverings and area rugs, accessories, lighting and occasional pieces.

“Right now I’m very focused on how I’m going to merchandise the 14,000 square feet that will showcase my April launches,” says Butera whose richly accessorized spaces, rife with tailored furnishings and pattern-on-pattern arrangements, recall Ralph Lauren’s take. “We both approach interiors through the lens of fashion,” he says. “I do a lot of tufting details and nickel nailhead and layering, in the vein of adding a pocket square and cuff links to a shirt.” Butera can be counted on to evoke complete lifestyle visions with his wide-ranging product offerings but these are decidedly not trend-driven, he says.

“I’m often asked to cite new trends. For me what is stylish is what I’m designing at the moment and that stems from where I’m designing.”

In the living room in a very large Laguna Beach home occupied by a single man, Butera focused on making the most of sand and cliff views and creating a casually elegant atmosphere with a touch of formality. To that end, he eschewed heavy drapery treatments and tinted the windows with a UV coating, painted the millwork in an airy high-gloss white and the walls in Dunn Edwards’ Fool’s Fossil-a rich taupe tone.

To shape the seating area, he placed a pair of Barclay Butera Home Sussex Sofas on each side of a Ralph Lauren coffee table. The sofas are wrapped in raffia and feature nailhead detailing and a linen bench cushion lined with an array of blue-and-white paisley and striped blue pillows. Barclay is a huge proponent of using spectacular area rugs to ground his arrangements-the one underlying this setting is an antique.

The home’s breakfast nook struts a round mahogany veneer table from Baker circumscribed by four Ralph Lauren Home chairs sporting striped upholstery. A fan of symmetry, Butera placed small round side tables on each side of the bay window. “Everything is in the details,” he says, pointing out the beading on the shades of the chandelier (a found piece) and the striped upholstery on the inside of the chairs. “A focus on minutiae transforms objects and layers visual richness into the room,” he says.

In a family vacation house nestled in the mountainous terrain of Park City, Utah, Butera assembled a mix of relaxed and more formal pieces in an earthy palette of browns, rusts and reds. For him, a room is about laying the groundwork with the bigger pieces and then having fun with the smaller objects that flesh it out.

In this case, the framing is established by means of a great carpet, a pair of Barclay Butera Home Somerset Chairs with dressmaker flounces, a Grant Wing Chair with an open bracket brace, and a leather Manhattan Sofa, all surrounding a Ralph Lauren Home wicker basket cocktail table. “The basket draws the eye to the center of the room,” says the designer, “and then the tray gives it another dimension. Filling in a room is where the true talent lies. What my company is doing is creating Garanimals for the home with the objective of making it easy to mix and match and put together a beautiful interior.”

In this neutral-toned bedroom looking out over the desert landscape outside Zion National Park in Utah, Butera flanked a custom bleached oak platform bed with large zinc containers filled with branches gathered on the property. “These are simple dramatic features that make the room pop,” he explains. “The occupants are retired and this is their third residence so the goal was to provide a walk-in/walk-out, maintenance-free lifestyle. Minimal accessories and no live plants.”

A stack of towels rests on a table, intended for use of the Jacuzzi located just beyond the window. A slightly textured wool carpet preserves a calm atmosphere. The trio of antique tree prints above the bed act as a counterpoint to the desert terrain. “This room works beautifully in Utah but because it is restful and urbane,” says Butera. “And so, it would work just as well in New York City.”

Butera shaped an entertainment room with multiple seating areas for a married couple with no children residing near the beach. “The palette is quite unexpected for a waterside home,” he says. “We went for taupe, brown and ebony to fuel a sense of laid-back elegance.” Here, custom-designed pieces-the coffee table and the round side table-join forces with a Barclay Butera Home zebra-covered ottoman and neutral sofa and a pair of found British colonial-style rattan chairs.

Using a pair of canopy chaises from Janus et Cie, two found bamboo chairs and a Ralph Lauren Home coffee table, Butera created a year-round gathering space for a penthouse with 1600 square feet of terrace offering up views of the Coronado Bridge. Barclay Butera Home pillows spice up the neutral setting and a seagrass-like indoor-outdoor carpet anchors it.

“There are no rules in interiors,” says Butera. “Blue and white works just as well in the desert as it does at the beach.” Proving his point: this Palm Springs home’s irreverent mix of pillows, glassware and lamp bases in a blue-and-white palette with Zen touches, a rustic wooden table and ceiling insert, and a whimsical chandelier. “By fusing different sensibilities or merging your tastes with those of your clients, you teach them a different taste level,” he says.

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Headshot courtesy of Barclay Butera Inc.

All other photographs by Mark Lohman.

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Holiday Decorating Trends

2009-12-23T14:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Karen Mills for her post "Holiday Decorating Trends for 2009"

Ready to create a “wow” factor with your holiday decorating? Let me share some hot trends and tips for success. When I start a holiday decorating project for a commercial client, I begin by selecting a great color combination and theme that fits with the existing design style and architecture. So why not do the same in your home?

Wall pocket wreath by Karen Mills

Some great color combinations could be raspberry or purple with brown and green, red with a lighter green and copper or a blue and green combo. And if you like something more contemporary that’s a kickback to the 80s try combining blues with silver. Woodsy natural decorations still rule as the most popular theme and when I’m decorating, I often take a stroll through the woods to find just the right items whether its pinecones or tree boughs.

However, if you don’t have access to fallen items in the woods, you can still invest in quality lifelike greenery and place it around your front door, chandeliers, mantels or bannisters to start. But if you’re looking for a theme that’s a little more unique, bring out a favorite collection of items and use them as your starting point.

Barclay Butera's nutcracker collection

You can also create drama in your home by hanging an upside down tree from your ceiling or by adding an arched tree over an entrance. If you’re strapped for time, focus on two on three key areas such as the front door/entryway, fireplace and dining room table instead of trying to decorate the entire house. Not only will it be less stressful, but by using all your decorations in specific areas, you’ll add more of a “wow” factor to your decor. To learn more about holiday decorating trends and tips for this year, don’t miss Living Large on News Radio 980 KMBZ this Sunday at 10am Central as I talk about Holiday Decorating with nationally known interior designer Barclay Butera, floral designer Craig Sole and other experts in holiday decorating along with actress Lauren Braton who’s currently starring in It’s a Wonderful Life radio play. Or check out Living Large on Saturday at 10:30am on Classical 1660 KXTR on Holiday Decorating too.

Barclay Butera's bowl of Christmas ornaments

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ONE Design Competition from Maitland-Smith

2009-12-17T09:16:00.000-08:00

Over 800 Entries Received In Maitland-Smith's Design Competition

As the ONE Design Competition enters its final week, Maitland-Smith announced that it is celebrating the early success of its 30th anniversary promotion. More than 800 entries have been submitted so far, with the bulk of those coming from individuals who are not existing customers.

“One of our goals with this contest was to make Maitland Smith better known among designers and retailers who have not worked with us before,” said Glenn Yelvington,design director for Maitland-Smith.

“The other goal was to get people to try our ONE Customization tool so they could get a feel for how easy it is to create custom pieces for clients. If early results are any indication, we have succeeded in both Participants in the contest are encouraged to choose from one of the more than 700 silhouettes available at www.maitland-smith.com (ranging from decorative accessories to lighting to furniture) and customize it with finishes, inlays, hand tooled accents, etc. to create their own masterpiece.

Designs submitted to date range from a $270 candlestick lamp to a $50,000 bar.

“We’ve received some really interesting entries,” said Yelvington. “Of course designers and our customers know first-hand how intricate our work can be, so they’ve submitted pieces that require a lot of detail. But there is definitely an overall trend toward the more dramatic – we’re seeing a wide use of black and gold, as well as animal prints such as zebra and leopard, which puts a real modern twist on our more classic forms.”

The entries will be reviewed and culled down by a panel of judges that includes designer Barclay Butera, Maitland-Smith historian Howard Shattuck, president of the American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD), Steve Hodges, ASID national board member Tim Schelfe, and Interior Design magazinesenior editor Mark McMenamin.

Three winners will ultimately be chosen, one in each of the following categories: “Best Designer Submission”, “Best Retailer Submission” and “Best Consumer Submission.” A fourth winner will be named the popular favorite – that’s the design that receives the most votes via anonline public poll that takes place at www.maitland-smith.com January 4-13, 2010.

Individuals have until midnight December 16th to submit a design. The winning pieces will be hand-crafted by Maitland-Smith’s artisans, displayed at the company’s showroom during High Point Market in April 2010, and given to each of the winners.

By: Furniture World Magazine
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Black & White and Stylish All Over

2009-12-14T11:08:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Homefurnishings.com

and Margie Monin Dombrowski for her post "Black & White and Stylish All Over".

Black and White and Stylish All Over
Use this contrasting color scheme to make a statement in your interior.

Nothing’s more classic than black and white. Forever in style, they remain favored among designers to bring a certain je ne sais quoi to a room. One thing’s for certain: a black and white room always demands attention.

Pops of Color
Black and white can be striking, but also severe. That’s why interior designers like Barclay Butera, president and CEO of Barclay Butera, Inc. in Los Angeles like to incorporate pops of other colors. For example, Butera designed a city loft with black and white as a base, but added a deep navy to the color scheme and paintings with a variety of blues. “You need some color to help soften the severity,” says Butera.

Details, Details, Details

Infusing black and white accents in your interior is easy, and draws your eye to the details. Butera includes black and white in the tiniest of details, from kitchen appliances and tile designs to Greek key motifs on draperies. McGowan likes mixing in neutral colors like grey or beige to tie in better with stark black or bright white. She also recommends natural and shiny elements— whether it’s accessories or flooring—to make the space come to life: “Beautiful pieces of driftwood, iron sculptures, gold, brass, silver or chrome are essential,” suggests McGowan. Black and white can be overdone easily, but how you choose to interpret the scheme and inject variety is what makes it exciting.

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Tobi Fairley on Barclay Butera: Day 5

2009-12-04T10:45:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Tobi Fairley for the fifth in her week-long series of posts on Barclay Butera!!

Friday, December 4

Barclay Butera

It has been such a pleasure featuring Barclay Butera , his book, and his amazing product lines this week. I hope you have gained a little more insight on Barclay’s inspirations and design philosophy.

Barclay and I are trying to connect to bring you a podcast interview so you can learn even more about what’s next for this talented designer. He is a busy man and a little hard to catch up with, I’ll keep you posted on our progress.

I will be back at noon CST with winner of an autographed copy of Barclay’s book, Living in Style. You still have time to enter by sending an email to me at tobifairley@gmail.com. And if you are not the lucky one who wins, visit my amazon recommendations in the right sidebar of my blog to buy a copy of your own. Up next week, Suzanne Kasler and her fabulous new book, Inspired Interiors.

I leave you with some images of Barclay’s Wing Chairs as they are some of my favorite furniture pieces in the world.

Davis Chair in Cream Teal Floral Linen

Grant Chair in Savoy Tobacco Velvet

Wyland Wing Chair

Davis Chair in Slubby Basket Sky