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Design Trends Conversation @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore
Ashley Furniture HomeStore Conversations in Design Trends panellists (from left) Angelie Spencer Home principal Angelie Martin-Spencer, Mara Made Designs principal Tamara Harding and architect Mala Morrison (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Design Week, Lifestyle, Style, Style Observer
October 26, 2022

Design Trends Conversation @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore

Trends are a large part of design; they help with informing what is hot and “of the moment”. Trends are, by nature, fleeting. So Ashley Furniture HomeStore (AFHS) hosted an evening to talk trends in furniture at its Liguanea branch last Friday as part of the Jamaica Observer’s Design Week 2022.

Ashley Furniture HomeStore International, being one of the world’s largest, and premiere manufacturers of furniture, heavily influences these design trends, and created a video highlighting what lifestyles and themes are currently of the moment.

The conversation was facilitated by Angelie Martin-Spencer, the company’s long-time in-house design ambassador, along with architect and interior designer Mala Morrison, and wood manipulater and designer Tamara Harding of Mara Made Designs.

The panellists discussed the best ways to incorporate trends into the home, achieving lasting looks that can be lived with for a long time.

Guests enjoyed refreshments courtesy of Jacqui Tyson with wine selections from Select Brands and delighted in the many opportunities afforded to walk away with great prizes.

Jamaica Observer Design Week JA conceptualiser Novia McDonald-Whyte explains the genesis of Design Week while encouraging attendees to secure a copy of the Style Observer Design Week JA 2022 publication. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Unicomer and Design Week Ja 2022 guests at the Design Trends Conversation with top designers last Friday at Ashley Furniture Home Store, 117 Hope Road. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Ashley Furniture HomeStore General Manager Pamille Shaw-Blair welcomes guests to #designweekja2022 Design Trends Conversations at the Ashley Liguanea Showroom. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Marie Christine McWhinney accepts the $20K Bedroom Décor Challenge and emerges the winner. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
[Carry Together]Unicomer and Design Week Ja 2022 guests at the Design Trends Conversation with top designers event held last Friday at Ashley Furniture Home Store, 117 Hope Road. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Raising a Select Brand toast to #DesignWeekJa2022 were (from left) Donnet Phillip, strategy and internal communications advisor, British High Commission; Patricia Henry, chartered accountant; and Tamara Harding, principal, Mara Made Designs. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Unicomer Jamaica Limited Brand Manager Simone Mahabeer (left) presents raffle winner Sheron Green-Brown with an Ashley gift bag. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)
Design competition winner Marie Christine McWhinney (right) collects her cash prize from Unicomer Jamaica Limited Brand Manager Suzanne Campbell-Robinson for the Bedroom Décor Challenge competition. (Photo: Karl Mclarty)

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