VERN YIP

<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last week I attended the <a href="http://design-bloggers-conference.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Design Bloggers Conference</i></b></a>.  It was fun and I have lot's to say about it but today is all about Vern.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">You remember him right? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">From Trading Spaces?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxS8YOFNNaPbbf4qoYMwpCk6N6qdRz57F2RS9t6_FmDD3FY8u-n8bJvsjv79ru2ApdkI5_exJyije2R-uHgdo-5rRGlI9zLLXvcOO7dx4ptDBWBTf3VfPbHQTKlX4fTrDaeFUBZofwA/s1600/enhanced-buzz-29978-1365483829-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxS8YOFNNaPbbf4qoYMwpCk6N6qdRz57F2RS9t6_FmDD3FY8u-n8bJvsjv79ru2ApdkI5_exJyije2R-uHgdo-5rRGlI9zLLXvcOO7dx4ptDBWBTf3VfPbHQTKlX4fTrDaeFUBZofwA/s1600/enhanced-buzz-29978-1365483829-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I could not wait to get home at 4:00 everyday to watch!  Crazy Hilda and her straw walls.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Anyway I got an invite from <a href="http://www.fabricut.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Fabricut/Trend</i></b></a> about 3 weeks before the conference that he was debuting his new fabric line  and didn't think much about it.  I was sure it was going to be Vern and 400 other designers/bloggers.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The first day of the conference I started hearing whispers that was not the case.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And then we got on a bus....only 20 of us.  What???  And.... found out we were having dinner at his home.  Holy Crap.  All I could think was how the hell did I get on this list.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNcH9UUv4B-yV6vEH1mM_cVkEy-YXTaPkSH6Fc67t1De_26FqB1qRa5F8r5-qlqatuSqjgjOzI5rNdTj3syopLpNImA-_u-7nO8ZvLkDpiMf-vcfpIaj4aaE7owwcbGYTCCscpBS2SA/s1600/140712liveinvernshousepremierelrm-0186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNcH9UUv4B-yV6vEH1mM_cVkEy-YXTaPkSH6Fc67t1De_26FqB1qRa5F8r5-qlqatuSqjgjOzI5rNdTj3syopLpNImA-_u-7nO8ZvLkDpiMf-vcfpIaj4aaE7owwcbGYTCCscpBS2SA/s1600/140712liveinvernshousepremierelrm-0186.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Unbelievable.  Still asking "why me?".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VeIOnaQpDT0pQDkBHPhk-4l3A2UkaUjTqz6B5A2WjCV-AuQNTBxt9TTk_3Q-6KSxDGBDmmZ65MRHVe2p5qISRsSz37f8II2x3dSAO_1Pu_LaId6QC6DuEFIsSdKHDFZePs3TGrnWjg/s1600/IMG_8302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VeIOnaQpDT0pQDkBHPhk-4l3A2UkaUjTqz6B5A2WjCV-AuQNTBxt9TTk_3Q-6KSxDGBDmmZ65MRHVe2p5qISRsSz37f8II2x3dSAO_1Pu_LaId6QC6DuEFIsSdKHDFZePs3TGrnWjg/s1600/IMG_8302.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The foyer where Vern and Craig greeted us.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsTq-7VZG0Re0QrnlRu3fcoDOYGQbcQgF5Irq8nN2Uj6HRsqxh6On48GeHyvaa9Ir1ol4Hd-x_ddjYVETx99Mp2NTM2Pi1ZRNdyMH44HFZt-rPKp8DzdMfQvWnm7DvL6z-YxeRKwfpw/s1600/IMG_8303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsTq-7VZG0Re0QrnlRu3fcoDOYGQbcQgF5Irq8nN2Uj6HRsqxh6On48GeHyvaa9Ir1ol4Hd-x_ddjYVETx99Mp2NTM2Pi1ZRNdyMH44HFZt-rPKp8DzdMfQvWnm7DvL6z-YxeRKwfpw/s1600/IMG_8303.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh691ZesnP0UqeEQQjHQEYy8bOVZIDvsCghjhigJheqqaL3P17WCkd1iIE_BnabXxzJ76lFWl_8rBsAYHMA-6CNmZ91wo4KYPKD2Rb53EIOo9i5MM-o3OFTFaGGaBYk5XS5NnwYA0ArVw/s1600/IMG_8307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh691ZesnP0UqeEQQjHQEYy8bOVZIDvsCghjhigJheqqaL3P17WCkd1iIE_BnabXxzJ76lFWl_8rBsAYHMA-6CNmZ91wo4KYPKD2Rb53EIOo9i5MM-o3OFTFaGGaBYk5XS5NnwYA0ArVw/s1600/IMG_8307.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was so starstruck.  There are 2 kinds of people in the world....the ones who see a "star" and rush to get a picture with them and me who kind of freeze.  <i>Like stone</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.vernyip.com/index.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Vern</i></b></a> who received the 2000 Southeast Designer of the Year was asked to do Trading Spaces shortly after.  He told our table that at first he thought "why do I want to design a room with 1000.00 when I can charge that much for a lamp?"  Ha Ha.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.wagalot.com/whosschmoo_inspiration.htm" target="_blank"><b><i>Craig Koch</i></b></a> [graduate of Wake Forest] who is the founder [1999] of <a href="http://www.wagalot.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Wag A Lot</i></b></a> doggie day care and boarding which is located here in Atlanta.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">They have 2 beautiful children and they told us from the get go we could explore the whole house.  Oh great....my phone had about 19% battery left.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bz6yNCqEdm6nppuLAnRGFKTpSIMOK3GlWMGfDea5umsRZDV7h5xrz-ZxihCiosm7b4Z7CU9-YB1viuGDinIx8jbGfSWy3V9dZ0zqbe-yHpTKhkcJg6CsXbHhwKbw4yXMrBxAIiNjvA/s1600/11024733_801127859969342_4661157215084723423_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bz6yNCqEdm6nppuLAnRGFKTpSIMOK3GlWMGfDea5umsRZDV7h5xrz-ZxihCiosm7b4Z7CU9-YB1viuGDinIx8jbGfSWy3V9dZ0zqbe-yHpTKhkcJg6CsXbHhwKbw4yXMrBxAIiNjvA/s1600/11024733_801127859969342_4661157215084723423_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">3 beautiful tables set..... I was sitting at this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ-Z4irosgA_VREPN0Zy02TQCeqAq25iPNQpMSC8qnaz_It1yFYpaVBu2Ee998huVrZWKPQgk3XZBOmmyFe9wusGD55WPX6NSkiZGAJpwoX_wLjJFOGEwDuiP-9KSq_PdRzxOkvCTvw/s1600/IMG_8277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJ-Z4irosgA_VREPN0Zy02TQCeqAq25iPNQpMSC8qnaz_It1yFYpaVBu2Ee998huVrZWKPQgk3XZBOmmyFe9wusGD55WPX6NSkiZGAJpwoX_wLjJFOGEwDuiP-9KSq_PdRzxOkvCTvw/s1600/IMG_8277.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The food was incredible.  I wanted to eat every bite then <i>lick the plate and throw my hands in the air like I just won an olympic gold medal</i>.....but I glanced around and saw that I was the only one eating like it was my first meal in a week...... so I left a few bites.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9HPVp-8PjOqK2Is78e4kZ0mEh5s2ncEJfiF2XnAYVs5hdVn9oMLF0q0Lnxesj0sluhWFp88Iec2USoiIP1TJUGd3NtHpoIXT6xhOY8h0LYCGrwW4BMBQohgZUVzpZ7s7Lca1iIpYKw/s1600/IMG_8292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9HPVp-8PjOqK2Is78e4kZ0mEh5s2ncEJfiF2XnAYVs5hdVn9oMLF0q0Lnxesj0sluhWFp88Iec2USoiIP1TJUGd3NtHpoIXT6xhOY8h0LYCGrwW4BMBQohgZUVzpZ7s7Lca1iIpYKw/s1600/IMG_8292.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course desert came and good manners went out the window.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">During dinner this <i>beautiful young girl</i> sitting across from me replied "Yes M'am" after I asked her a question.  I almost lunged across the table and poked her eyes out [just kidding <a href="http://www.thedesignnetwork.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=360" target="_blank"><b><i>Christy Davis</i></b></a>].  <i>But she turned out to be nice so I let it slide.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dang  how did she know I was old?  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhD0KdNkKPNjr2N0rCja75KQopL4xmS3PvwUTC4QCtDjQO9nAa1jSjPLyUSusV2akpaHInwbpmmwy-0_2e2NzswI9z6pH9XCgoR0iIIrKSHOEYkA1BKxfQ0nFUV-7LRLn3sVXIzYNmQ/s1600/IMG_8283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhD0KdNkKPNjr2N0rCja75KQopL4xmS3PvwUTC4QCtDjQO9nAa1jSjPLyUSusV2akpaHInwbpmmwy-0_2e2NzswI9z6pH9XCgoR0iIIrKSHOEYkA1BKxfQ0nFUV-7LRLn3sVXIzYNmQ/s1600/IMG_8283.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">His home had just been redesigned using all of his fabrics.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">More images of the family room.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSGycs7qlRmpj222FY-QCy16ed21bMS-WGqUh27TFujF9-Wy2u3inZR3lYXT4DHE_FGAz7Hom4aLGn_54CQGVqOy5fsgSzyxp-XcoQRMlCT26k6cs5LWHHrOEj4EUcAG7eLaKN2z-Og/s1600/IMG_8294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSGycs7qlRmpj222FY-QCy16ed21bMS-WGqUh27TFujF9-Wy2u3inZR3lYXT4DHE_FGAz7Hom4aLGn_54CQGVqOy5fsgSzyxp-XcoQRMlCT26k6cs5LWHHrOEj4EUcAG7eLaKN2z-Og/s1600/IMG_8294.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdVnnI_2wnOPEtKnWvWxLL4QXE0byFjqxrdyCIDaq2-c-qdmMwMLQxd-u0MWW8jhk4TGy_Mf9Q0Bj2vnpOEZZPOThQPRSemPXO9UBE1Cd2DjBHp4EEW491-v-reN4Jm8MBQXMcn0gvQ/s1600/IMG_8295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdVnnI_2wnOPEtKnWvWxLL4QXE0byFjqxrdyCIDaq2-c-qdmMwMLQxd-u0MWW8jhk4TGy_Mf9Q0Bj2vnpOEZZPOThQPRSemPXO9UBE1Cd2DjBHp4EEW491-v-reN4Jm8MBQXMcn0gvQ/s1600/IMG_8295.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">This coffee table.  It was like art....of which he is a huge collector....especially photography.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDglTgbvbqzjJNLlk7tizMPxKR8L7Ff1NnNLAl_05KmAqbBjKXHRAapRGh_9hr94c2d60o6jYfZ-HSGsl-bBlipvUXe3U5s1SKiq2Y2eMBVD4O7l3oyk4jnn0kJwZyc1oCRd20eC4KNA/s1600/IMG_8308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDglTgbvbqzjJNLlk7tizMPxKR8L7Ff1NnNLAl_05KmAqbBjKXHRAapRGh_9hr94c2d60o6jYfZ-HSGsl-bBlipvUXe3U5s1SKiq2Y2eMBVD4O7l3oyk4jnn0kJwZyc1oCRd20eC4KNA/s1600/IMG_8308.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnm1Rj3xXIT7rNcRs0yz6PWYs3QF3KuBOKsMTyoOx_2Agl0268KO35auaWmbqg73rK75_2QnmANTw43Ojn5Tk8MnnEVfeN2awhb59gcVA5y7gkqdbZ4l7lMl0wpaL9mbesZK4Q99KXg/s1600/IMG_8310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnm1Rj3xXIT7rNcRs0yz6PWYs3QF3KuBOKsMTyoOx_2Agl0268KO35auaWmbqg73rK75_2QnmANTw43Ojn5Tk8MnnEVfeN2awhb59gcVA5y7gkqdbZ4l7lMl0wpaL9mbesZK4Q99KXg/s1600/IMG_8310.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The colors downstairs were rich reds with  dark black/brown walls in the DR.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN4iIrpNRFkk26U_Tm3a_HMeEHgWDMnOdkeJ2vUbkAZDVV15qxVTQJFX_hppcf94N87W-TfQ4jCfXzF63mqmFTkgjTXewPSM1U07nKfpMGCJGQ9Qlf0exN_p3uRAcq66QHY-sKt85hA/s1600/10488173_771450782937050_7011658373242838214_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN4iIrpNRFkk26U_Tm3a_HMeEHgWDMnOdkeJ2vUbkAZDVV15qxVTQJFX_hppcf94N87W-TfQ4jCfXzF63mqmFTkgjTXewPSM1U07nKfpMGCJGQ9Qlf0exN_p3uRAcq66QHY-sKt85hA/s1600/10488173_771450782937050_7011658373242838214_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I got this from his FB page....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-adqoS46AJoaW382I7LZ2Ouv5C5RTZQT8OoU4M7R-Wy5RE0Wp3YPF3Erlx4evB8KP43lKSBCUhwhmX3vTETr8AEoa61GsP5jKkq4CpShoN67QuJ6pupqEak6ey4a_i2lIh2D7ugNwA/s1600/000353235.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-adqoS46AJoaW382I7LZ2Ouv5C5RTZQT8OoU4M7R-Wy5RE0Wp3YPF3Erlx4evB8KP43lKSBCUhwhmX3vTETr8AEoa61GsP5jKkq4CpShoN67QuJ6pupqEak6ey4a_i2lIh2D7ugNwA/s1600/000353235.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">He even has a dog fabric in his line!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last thing....this is a picture of his Rosemary Beach House [more of his fabrics].  <i>It makes mine look like the ghetto</i>....I am sure that Vern's place is NOT a rental.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidamhC8v8Dlk2CuQBinIQbCPPo92lf-BvpYCf5GL3fiD6GiDqKB6xhUQrRniWDPFtmaa6kw_hjXoOak5TL5QQcNnknaZAeq6krk3-BznUrZqj9EreaF7sgFraKlegkNwjQVLSOG1Zyaw/s1600/RX-HGMAG022_Verns-Beach-House-124-b-4x3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.1280.960.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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VERN YIP

Last week I attended the Design Bloggers Conference .  It was fun and I have lot's to say about it but today is all about Vern. You reme...

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