Butera Expands Audience

July 13, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on July 2006 Hollywood-based designer Barclay Butera will debut July 21 on NBC’s “Today Show” with a design segment on creative accessorizing for the home.

This Saturday, he also marks his entry as a participant designer of the Hampton Designer Showhouse, presented by House & Garden magazine. His room is the grand entrance hall. The Bridgehampton house’s gala preview party that evening benefits Southampton Hospital, and the showhouse is open until August 27.

Both events reflect the amount of time the West Coast designer has spent in New York since launching a Manhattan showroom in April.

“This week presents unique and wonderful opportunities to share my interpretation of interiors with both the huge audience of the ‘Today Show,’ and with the intimate, but diverse and very influential design population of the Hamptons,” Butera said. “Accessorizing is a key element to creating interiors with depth and style, and it can be articulated in many forms. On the ‘Today Show,’ I’ll focus on a practical use of unexpected materials for interiors that most people can use as a guide to make their home a little extra special. And the showhouse room will feature over-the-top modern beach style, awash in blue and white.”

Continuing his East Coast run, Butera will also be participating in the Miami Designer Showhouse for House Beautiful magazine, opening in November.