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Room & Board Outlet
Dock 86
Designer Marketplace
Treasure
HUNT
By Melinda Nelson
photographs by
craig bares
Gabberts Odds & Ends
Navab Brothers Warehouse
In search of high style at low prices, interior
designer Brooke Voss and Brian Williams of
Designers Concierge take a whirlwind tour of
local design warehouses and discount outlets.
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Martha O’Hara
Interiors Showroom
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The
Sale Room
@ IMS
or interior designers and do-it-yourself design aficionados, Twin Cities
design warehouses and discount
outlets offer fabulous deals and steals on
furniture, lighting, rugs, art, home accessories, and other treasures. Equipped with
creativity, a sense of humor, and a cargo
van, Brooke Voss, Allied Member ASID, and
pal Brian Williams of Designers Concierge
embarked on a mission to create a vignette
solely with bargain designer merchandise.
The result is a fresh, modern arrangement
that would be perfectly at home in any living room, great room, or office. 
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Dock 86
buyers find
products
all over the
country and
overseas.
2.
Martha
O’Hara
Interiors
Showroom
 At the conclusion of the Luxury Home
1.
Tour, the Parade of Homes, and other high-end builder
events, the design team at Martha O’Hara Interiors
restyles beautiful custom furniture and accessories into
vignettes at the company’s warehouse-style showroom
and prices everything to move at 40 percent to 60
percent off retail. “These are dynamite designer quality
goods at discount prices,” says Voss. After browsing
through the treasures in the showroom, Voss selected a
pair of beautiful turquoise pillows backed with
exquisite metallic-accented fabric and
a wooden ibex. “You just don’t find
things like this in most retail
settings,” she says.
Dock 86
 Located just off 694 in
Little Canada, Dock 86 is the largest
discount furniture store in the metro
area. Dock 86 buyers travel across the
country and overseas to find showroom
closings, factory closeouts, and overstocks, and the result is a kaleidoscopic,
constantly changing mix of furniture,
rugs, prints, accessories, home office
furniture, and even mattresses. “The
space is huge, but it’s exciting and
staged really well, with everything
put together in vignettes,” says Voss.
“There’s a lot to see, so it makes sense
to invest a little time. And, don’t miss
the new Trend 86 department and the
clearance section.” When Voss spotted
a pair of brightly colored paisley chairs
in coral and aqua, she knew she’d found
the color palette for the vignette.
When Voss
discovered the pillow
room, she felt like a kid
in a candy store.
Brooke’s Picks
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Paisley chairs, $1,299.8
Painted chest, $486
Floral Lamp, $109.86
$99.86
Trio of Bird Studies,
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Brooke’s Picks
33 each
Turquoise pillows, $3
Wooden Ibex, $377
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“I’m a sucker for
any thing faux
taxidermy. He
just had to be in
the mix.”
the
Vignette
With Brian Williams’s able
assistance (and floral expertise),
here’s how interior designer Brooke
Voss pulled it all together.
Photographed by Steve Henke
at International Market Square
“I love the
fish on
the front
of this
vase.”
“I love the fact
that the turquoises
in this vignette
don’t perfectly
match. I prefer
things to be not
overly designed.”
“I like the
whimsy,
and I always
love an odd
number.”
“I love the play on
scale. The color is
a perfect match for
the deep, grayeddown fuchsia in
the chairs.”
“Whether you live in a loft, a condo,
or a house, you could walk into this
room and be happy. It’s tailored
without being stuffy, and the furniture
is comfortable and welcoming.”
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“I love the idea
of pattern on
pattern. For me,
the only rule
about design is
that there are
no rules.”
Taking inspiration from Voss’s
color palette,
Williams combined fragrant
white Polar
Star roses with
coral Kangaroo
paws for a sleek,
sophisticated
arrangement.
“I love the color and
the brass accents on this
trunk. It’s easy to live
with—you can put magazines on top of it, store
blankets inside it, and kick
your feet up on it.”
“These tables are
simple, architectural, tailored,
and lovely.”
“I chose this
sofa for its
simple lines and
neutral color. It’s
a great blank
canvas to layer
things upon.”
“The rug’s soft,
subtle geometric
pattern plays
well with the
paisley chairs.”
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