JLA Home to offer Candice Olson line

Textiles collection will include bedding, throws and pillows

-- Home Accents Today, 12/26/2006 7:46:00 AM

JLA Home has entered into a licensing arrangement with Candice Olson.

Under the agreement, JLA Home will develop, produce, market and sell home textiles under the Candice Olson brand, offering a full product line including complete bedding ensembles, sheeting, blankets, throws, pillows, window treatments and home textiles.The collection will be marketed to a wide range of retail, catalog and Internet avenues.

Olson is the host of the hit TV series, “Divine Design,” now in its fifth season and rated No. 1 on both HGTV-U.S. and Canada’s W Network.

Olson also acts as contributing design editor for HOME Magazine, has a popular syndicated newspaper column distributed across the United States by United Feature Syndicate and the Scripps Howard News Service, and has a book series with Meredith Publishing.

Olson says the “design is in the details” and that is what makes each ensemble distinctive. The collection combines both contemporary and classic design with traditional motifs accented by signature finishing treatments such as beading, feathers and faux fur.

Olson calls her designs “classic with a twist.”“These are designs that I've loved for years,” she says. “I've learned it's this recognition and comfort with the familiar that takes away the fear factor for many people decorating their homes,” she said.

Olson’s inspiration for the JLA Home collection included color combinations, motifs and styling techniques that were used with her private clients throughout her 15-year interior design career.

“These ensembles are all about my eclectic sensibility,” Olson said.“I like a roomthathasevolvedoverthe years as if a designer hasn't been there … as though I

haven't made the selection.”

Olson also has licensed collections with Norwalk Furniture, AF Lighting, Hellenic Rugs, Kravet Fabrics and York Wallcoverings.