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The bespoke sofa: customize your signature piece of furniture

Nothing can compare to the bespoke quality of custom furniture in your home. And since a sofa anchors an entire look, it’s key to find a piece that perfectly expresses your signature style. With Frontgate, 22 gorgeous fabrics, eight premium leathers and nine striking silhouettes add up to one perfect sofa … custom-made for you....

Here Comes the Sun: Atlanta’s Decorators’ Show House and Frontgate

View Transcript TITLE: Frontgate Presents, Inspired Spaces Chip Wade: “Hi I’m Chip Wade, welcome to Atlanta” “Georgia is a place that is full of culture when you drive around Atlanta there’s so much cultural diversity, I’m one of actually one of the few natives here in Atlanta everyone else is typically transient. The beauty of...

Fabulous Fabrics: Frontgate’s Outdoor Textiles Come to Life

There's a reason why the offices and walls of Frontgate's outdoor design team are blanketed with piles of gorgeous swatches. With more than 250 proprietary outdoor fabrics, nearly all our patterns are the product of an exhaustive creative process. While you won't find them on another chair, pillow or even a dress, they likely began...

From Hand-knotted to Power-loomed: How Construction Shapes a Rug’s Character

Just as the details shape the timeless character and appeal of fine furnishings, so it is with area rugs. Whether you're seeking a hand-knotted heirloom or dimensional design, the construction is a clue to how a rug will look, feel and perform. Hand-Knotted The incomparable quality of hand-knotted rugs rests on an intricate, labor-intense construction...

Light up the Night

Your Guide to Creating a Picture-perfect Outdoor Holiday Display A home lighting the night with holiday cheer. It's a quintessential scene that welcomes guests like nothing else. Whether you’re decorating a sprawling Georgian estate or a historic New York brownstone, premium technology and construction provide countless options for setting your home and heart aglow. From...

The Best of Both Worlds

View Transcript TITLE: Frontgate, Outfitting America’s Finest Homes TITLE: The Best of Both Worlds Terry Rath: "We wanted a house that looked like a normal house. When people think of super energy-efficient houses they think of corrugated metals, square houses with grass on the roofs, and we wanted something more livable for our family." Kate Rath: "I'm Kate...

Indoor Style Comes Outside

Our pool and beach towels create a fun pop of color in the Metropolitan Chaise table uniquely used as a poolside towel and refreshment station. On languid summer afternoons in the Hamptons, the porch is the place to gather – to read a good book or relax with friends and family. Now regarded as an...

Laid-back Glamour Goes Outdoors

A fan quietly hums overhead. You can imagine sipping a refreshing iced tea or a crisp Sancerre. We're on the wraparound porch at the 12th annual Designer Showhouse in Bridgehampton, where Frontgate furnished three outdoor living spaces. Metropolitan Panther dining table with Tropical Bamboo Lanterns Ken Gemes of New York-based Ken Gemes Interiors designed the...

An All-American Photo Shoot

We call it the Frontgate Difference. And it extends to our meticulously planned, beautifully executed photo shoots – each of which is an event of sorts. For the cover of our July catalog, we gathered in California at the site of a classic American home with sweeping lawns. Once there, five dogs (featuring three brother-and-sister...

French Gardens

Recreating the World's Most Iconic Landscapes The effortless elegance of French gardens is one that is both well known and often idealized. It brings to mind the impressive grandeur of the Gardens at Versailles, or memories of lying in a secluded spot along the Seine. You can transform your outdoor living space into your own...