The ASID Austin Design Community held its 27th Annual Design Excellence Awards ceremony on November 7, at Abel's on the Lake. Austin's premiere design community joined in to celebrate creativity, innovation, and achievement in interior design. The evening’s festivities began with a fajita bar, cocktails, and a photo booth.

Designers viewed and experienced new products from 22 vendors including, Dorado Stone Distributors, Anchor Ventana, Cosentino, Legen Lighting, BMC, Crossville Tile & Stone, Daltile, Decorum Architectural Stone, High Tech Flooring and Design, Kravet/Lee Jofa, Stockton Hicks Laffey, Stone SOlutions, Travis Tile, Kingwood Fine Cabinetry, Architectural Tile & Stone, Austin Stone Works, Exteriors Designer Showroom, Sherle Wagner Intl, Sunsational Solutions, Texas Sun & Shade, and Tufenkian Artisan Carpets.

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Slocum Street Style 2012 was once again a great success. Yesterday evening, Slocum Street brimmed with design enthusiasts and curious others strolling along leisurely from showroom to showroom in the twilight of the evening. Each showroom was full of the bustle of lively conversation.

The spread at McGannon Showrooms

They helped soothe the growl of people’s stomachs by serving light bites and drinks. Also featured in each showroom were individual raffle prizes for people in attendance. For those with bigger appetites, there were food trucks located on a few street corners filled with the smells of mouth-watering food.

The Kitchen Source had chefs from Subzero whip up some scrumptious tex mex finger foods for guests.

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When it comes to adding a mineral touch to a space, Empressive GeoDesigns has you covered, from their tastefully unique accessory line to their breathtaking elegant lamp collection. As a designer, there is both ease and delight that you will experience with Empressive GeoDesigns when planning your project(s). You will emerge enlightened! Each art piece will cause you to gain a whole new level of appreciation for the history along with the loving and attentive work poured into it. When an individual client has a desire for certain minerals, the spectrum of cost is there to support their vision.

For instance, Crystal Quartz is a popular favorite with its sparkling white hues, which brings a fresh, clean vibe to any space. Originating from different regions with a variety of clarity and quality options, these factors are taken into consideration for your client’s purchasing needs.

When wanting to achieve a similar effect of the Crystal Quartz the White Aragonite is a friendly choice with it’s breezy, snowy cloud-like formations, which brings a dynamic, energizing effect to any space or setting.

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New Braunfels Downtown Design District is excited to announce their first ever downtown design stroll! It will be held Thursday, September 20, and the third Thursday of every month from 5 - 9 p.m.; so don't despair if you can't make it to this one. All seven shops will be open later hours for these events and each will have their own separate events and happenings. This downtown design stroll is not only a premiere event, it marks the grand opening of Adele Kerr & Company's showroom!

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