Best Work from Home Desks

Marengo Secretary from Great South Bay, by Thomas O'Brien for Century

Like many of you, I have been working from home for the last few days.  While my dining room table makes a pretty good makeshift desk, I do rather wish right now that I had a home office complete with one of our Century desks where I could spread out without having to clean up every night.   Right now my dining room table consists of my laptop, a nerf gun (thanks to my 13 year old), a paper collage of the A, B, C's (thanks to my 5 year old), and several handmade letters complete with a box of stamps (again, thanks to my 5 year old).  It isn't sexy, it sure isn't organized or neat, at times it is productive, and at its worst it is a reminder of why I like my office in High Point.

So, I thought what better thing to do right now then shop for my ideal desk.  There are a lot of great ones to choose from and of course many finishes as well.  In no particular order, here are some of my favs from our line up.

Frederick Desk by Carrier & Company for Century, C7A-762

Daysky Desk by Thomas O'Brien for Century, AE9-767

Marengo Secretary by Thomas O'Brien for Century, AEA-786

Hallings Secretary by Thomas O'Brien for Century, AEA-765

Illusion Desk by Windsor Smith for Century, I39-762

Corso Desk, C19-761

Teri Desk by Thomas O'Brien for Century, AEA-760

Baltimore Desk by Charlotte Moss for Century, I29-763

Links Desk from our Grand Tour Collection, SF5686

Milan Writing Desk, 849-761

Vienna India Desk, C39-762

And now, because you are still reading this, a picture of my working desk. Again, not glamorous, not sexy, but real and working.

Happy Fourth of July from Century! 

(Bob Timberlake Camp Chairside Table in Barn Red T29-623)

Each year we dress head to toe in red, white and blue on the Fourth of July! Here are some of my favorite pieces that are dressed in red, white, and blue all year long! 

Bridgeton Desk in Cream (499-763)

 Omni Lamp Table in Lapis (559-639)

Chin Hua Lotus Door Chest in Garnet (699-705)

 Chin Hua Bijie Etagere in Chinese Blue (699-772)

 New Traditional Cocktail Table in Crimson (779-604)

Matlock Chair in Twilight (3108)

Charlotte Moss Lexington Table in Cloud (i29-306)

Tribeca Desk in Cream and Chinese Blue Interior (339-762)

Bob Timberlake High Rock Bed in French Blue (T29-156)

What is your favorite patriotic finish? 

Happy 4th of July! 

Charlotte Moss Presents for DCOTA's Fall Market

With the colder weather starting to set in up here, what better time to be in Florida?  So when DCOTA was putting together the fabulous day of events for their fall market held on November 15th, Century was excited to be a part of it!  Introduced by Stylebeat blog's, Marisa Marcantonio, DCOTA presented Charlotte Moss as the afternoon keynote.  With a thoughtful discussion of inspiration and where it comes from centered around her new book "A Visual Life", Charlotte engaged the audience with her wit, wisdom, and beautiful imagery. Afterwards the guests were treated to a warm and tasty reception and book-signing in Century's showroom, where Charlotte's furniture for Century Icons is beautifully displayed.  

To see all of Charlotte Moss' pieces for Century Icons, click on this link.

For a listing of all of our corporate showrooms, click here.

Our special thanks to the DCOTA marketing department-Josh Fein and Cindy Amador, for your help creating a wonderful event.  Thank you also to Marisa Marcantonio.  

Philadelphia Showroom Hosts Charlotte Moss

Century Showroom in Philadelphia welcomes Charlotte Moss

Last week our Philadelphia Showroom in the Marketplace Design Center, hosted a fabulous event with keynote speaker and Century Icon, Charlotte Moss.  With over 200 in attendance, attendees were treated to a wonderful presentation by Charlotte and a delicious reception by Marketplace Design Center!

With her new book hot off the press, Charlotte spoke about living a visual life and how our scrapbooks, collages and keepsakes inspire and influence our lives.  Titled "A Visual Life: Scrapbooks, Collages & Inspirations", Charlotte's presentation reflects a woman deeply connected to her environment and well versed in history as she discusses her own inspiration and personal reflections on design and style – and all the arts of living, from decorating to entertaining, gardening and more.

Witty, smart and funny, Charlotte Moss is indeed an Icon of good design and we are thrilled to be partnered with her on an exclusive collection of furniture, found only in Century Designer Showrooms.

Left to right: Mark Copeland, Diana Stockwell, Charlotte Moss, Gene Bruneau and John Welker.

Thank you to the Marketplace Design Center team for all their help with this fantastic event, especially, Diane Green.

To view Charlotte's collection for Century Icons, click here.

What's New What's Next with Charlotte Moss and House Beautiful's Newell Turner

A Stunning Display: Charlotte Moss for Century Icons as seen in the Century Showroom at 200 Lex

Last Thursday, at 200 Lexington's annual What's New What's Next, Century Furniture was honored to present Charlotte Moss and House Beautiful's editor-in-chief, Newell Turner, for a discussion entitled "Collage-From Scrapbooks to Pinterest".  With the launch of Charlotte's latest book titled, Charlotte Moss A Visual Life and her new piece for the Century Icons collection, the Tupelo Scrapbooking Table both on display, it was a perfect afternoon to discuss just how we collect and showcase our memories, inspirations, and dreams.  

To add to the buzz, House Beautiful launched their first Pinterest contest just a week prior, asking readers to create a board on House Beautiful's Pinterest page showing their dream living room.  All boards were then viewed by Newell and Charlotte who selected one lucky winner to receive our Tupelo Scrapbooking Table! The winner will have her brand new table in time for the holidays!  What a fantastic present!!

Charlotte Moss and Newell Turner

Charlotte's new book--A Visual Life

The Grand Prize for House Beautiful's Pinterest Contest--Charlotte's I2E-636 Tupelo Scrapbooking Table

Beautiful details...

A scrapbooking display 

Special thank you to the entire team at House Beautiful, Jim Druckman and the entire team at NYDC, and of course, Charlotte Moss and Matthew Kowles for an incredible day.

All photography by Stephen Wilson/BFAnyc.com.