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Finding Designers with Accounts

Kristin Kim
6 år sedan

There's a company (just one) in my city that carries the designers I'm looking at for fabric. They only sell to the trade. How do I go about finding local designers that would have an account with this company?

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  • ratherbesewing
    6 år sedan

    Do you have a picture of the fabric? Some readers here have magical powers to locate fabric.

    Kommentarer (15)

    • Kristin Kim
      Författare
      6 år sedan

      Forgot to mention, when I asked the company they said they wouldn't be able to tell me (!?)

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      Anglophilia
      6 år sedan

      Most interior designers either already have accounts with a lot of companies or can easily open one if it's a line they have not previously used. Find a designer and expect to pay a substantial mark-up. BTW, what is the brand of fabric?

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      JAN MOYER
      6 år sedan

      Ask that design center to recommend an interior designer.

    • Kristin Kim
      Författare
      6 år sedan

      Thanks everyone.

      Anglo..., the brand is Osborne & Little (including Matthew Williamson). Also have been keen on Nina Campbell.

      Rather..., I'm still deciding between a few, but they are all O&L/MW.

    • PRO
      Anglophilia
      6 år sedan

      If you know the design name and the brand, you can Google it and you will discover many places that will order to-the-trade fabric for you. Many are in the UK, but the price might still make this attractive.

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      Carolina Kitchen & Bath
      6 år sedan

      Unless they specified that the designer has to have an account, it's possible they'll sell to a designer who doesn't have an account. Often they just have to produce proof that they're a designer, sometimes it's just a letterhead.

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      Lars/J. Robert Scott
      6 år sedan

      Try Source 4 Interiors and see what they say.

    • PRO
      Karla Billey Design Inc.
      6 år sedan

      go to the fabric company's website you are interested in (in this case Osborne & Little). Click on Stockists, enter your country and postal code and they let you know which company is closest to you for ordering through.

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      Lars/J. Robert Scott
      6 år sedan

      Karla, I believe that she has already been to that company, and that company is the one that told her that she needed to order through a designer.

      Kristin, is that the case? The O&L website will only give you representative showrooms that sell to the trade only - not retail dealers, from what I can tell. At least I did not find any retail outlets there.

    • PRO
      Karla Billey Design Inc.
      6 år sedan

      Yes, Some are listed in my area that can order, others are showrooms she can contact and they would have a list of the designer's who have accounts that can order for her area.

    • PRO
      JAN MOYER
      6 år sedan
      Ändrades senast: 6 år sedan

      Just go through the design center nearest you that carries Osborne and Little. They WILL be able to recommend a designer you can contact.

      Thats your only route. No design center will do business with a designer who does not have a resale certificate allowing the designer to collect and report sales tax in your state.

      No letterhead is sufficient. Sorry.

    • veggiegardnr
      6 år sedan
      Ändrades senast: 6 år sedan

      Have you tried looking online for the fabric? I googled osborne and little fabric and you can buy it, yourself, online. One of the previous posters gave a link to one place that you can buy it online (source 4 interiors is open to the public). I don't know if it's less or more expensive to just buy it yourself (or if the specific fabric you want is available online), but... I'm sure there are multiple places to get the fabric and I'll bet you can actually buy it yourself, online, if you'd like to do that. I think there are alternatives to giving your business to an uncooperative and unhelpful store...

    • chispa
      6 år sedan

      Here is another online design store. I've gotten quotes from them, but never purchased. https://ladesignconcepts.com/

    • chestnut3
      6 år sedan

      I found O & L on Ebay!

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