Seasonal Living wins outdoor living category at 22ND ARTS Awards

High-fashion company wins fourth award in five years

Casual Living Staff -- Casual Living, 1/26/2011 2:09:46 PM

DALLAS — Seasonal Living, a distributor of outdoor furnishings, was named the winner in the outdoor living category at the 22nd annual ARTS Awards during the Dallas Total Home & Gift Show, Jan. 19-25.

Plato chair and ottoman"We are extremely honored to have been nominated by the retail community for this award," said Gary Pettitt, president of the six-year-old, Austin, Texas-based company. This year's win brings Seasonal Living's achievement of outstanding outdoor furnishings resource to a total of four ARTS Awards over the past five years.

This year's award was granted by the judges' approval of four seating collections by Seasonal Living: Plato, Cocoa Bean, Revolution and Black Lace.

The Phillips Collection, High Point, N.C., won the ARTS Award in the accent furniture category.

Some 600 guests attended the gala event, co-sponsored by the Accessories Resource Team and the Dallas Market Center to recognize excellence among retailers, manufacturers, sales representatives and designers in the decorative accessories industry from across the United States and Canada.

The following retailers also took home ARTS Awards:

Furniture Store
East/Atlantic: Albert's Interiors, Newtown Square, Pa.
West: Bravado Home & Design, Portland, Ore.
Midwest/Southwest: American Country Collection, Santa Fe, N.M.

Home Accent Stores
East/Atlantic: Red Barn Mercantile, Alexandria, Va.
West: Bella Casa, Portland, Ore.
Midwest/Southwest: Area, Houston, Texas

Lighting Showroom
East/Atlantic: Lumen Lamps, Nashville, Tenn.
West: Kilohana Lighting, Lihue, Hawaii
Midwest/Southwest: Light By Design, San Antonio, Texas