Happy New Year!  I'm super excited to be headed to Dallas in the morning to the 2019 LIGHTOVATION and the Total Home & Gift markets.  Dallas is well known as the International Home of Lighting and for good reason.  It is THE number one largest lighting market in the United States, featuring hundreds of top lighting brands and showrooms. As it says above, it is THE place "where bright minds gather" to meet industry professionals and discover

Happy New Year! This is an odd way to start this post, but in many ways it's very appropriate. I have many blog posts to write, the review of 2017 one, all I learned at BOLD Summit, the Pantone Color of the Year one (which if you haven't heard yet, is Ultra Violet), and many more. Sometimes there isn't enough time to write all I want to write. But this week's topic is timely and important. Far more to you and me,

Happy New Year! I hope you and your family and friends had a lovely holiday. I don't know about you, but I'm NOT one of these people who bolt out of the gate come Monday, January 2nd, with all my goals and plans set for 2017. No, no...I'm one who always wishes for TWO weeks between Christmas and New Years because I need more time.