We’re honored to share that Hartmann&Forbes has been named a 2025 Window Fashion VISION Reader’s Choice Awards Winner in both categories for which we were nominated, in the inaugural year of this peer-driven awards program. With more than 21,000 industry votes cast this year, the recognition is especially meaningful.

This year, we were selected for:

• Best in Sustainability
• Best Designer Collaboration: Michael S. Smith

These awards celebrate the brands, products, professionals, and innovations shaping the future of the window coverings industry, and we’re grateful to be recognized alongside so many respected peers.

At Hartmann&Forbes, sustainability and meaningful collaborations are at the heart of how we create, whether that’s through mindful material choices, responsible processes, or partnerships that bring new perspectives to natural design. We’re thankful to our community for the support and to Window Fashion VISION for highlighting the work happening across our field.

Look for Hartmann&Forbes in the January/February 2026 issue of Window Fashion VISION, where award winners will be featured in print and online.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us.

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Each spring, the San Francisco Decorator Showcase transforms one of the city’s most celebrated homes into a canvas for artistry, design, and craftsmanship—all in support of the San Francisco University High School Financial Aid Program. Now in its 46th year, the Showcase has raised more than $19 million to date, helping make quality education accessible to deserving Bay Area students.

This year’s Showcase home was a 9,400-square-foot Tudor Revival in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood. Originally built in 1902 by architect Thomas Paterson Ross and later renovated in 2009, the five-level residence is filled with historic character and modern updates. With its grand foyer, wood-paneled living room, sweeping views, and expansive rooftop deck, the home provides an inspiring backdrop for the work of 19 Bay Area interior and landscape designers—each transforming a room into its own distinct design story.

Design Space: Way out West: A Technicolor Time-Out
Designer: John Anderson | JKA Design
Photographer: Christopher Stark
Window & Wall Covering: Faux-Roman Valance in PW101c Armenia - Cattail from the Tailored-to-Size Papyrusweave Collection with Custom Leather Fringe, and  WL415-36 Riverfront - Mooring from the Grasscloth Wallcovering Collection

In Way Out West: A Technicolor Time-Out, designer John Anderson creates a cinematic escape where bold patterns and vivid hues converge. Hartmann&Forbes wallcovering and windowcovering anchor the playful drama with handcrafted texture, balancing color with the luxury of natural materials. The result is immersive, vibrant, and alive with artistry.

Design Space: A Modern Library
Designer: Kathleen Navarra | Navarra Design
Photographer: Kurt Manley
Windowcovering: Old Style Roman Shades in LE4021 Jazz - Bridge from the Woven-to-Size Grassweave Collection customized with gold metallic warp threads.

With A Modern Library, Kathleen Navarra reinterprets a timeless space through a modern lens. Rich tones, layered textures, and architectural detail create a room that feels both dynamic and serene.

At the windows, Roman shades in LE4021 Jazz - Bridge—customized with gold warp threads—soften daylight and shimmer by evening, echoing the gold-leaf wallpaper lining the bookcases. The effect embodies what Navarra describes as “quiet luxury”: bold yet calm, richly textured, and refined in every detail.

Read our full Project Profile on Kathleen Navarra

From John Anderson’s technicolor retreat to Kathleen Navarra’s serene library, Hartmann&Forbes was honored to contribute handwoven natural designs to this year’s Showcase. Together, these rooms highlight the power of craftsmanship to shape mood and atmosphere—while supporting an enduring mission of design, community, and education.

The inaugural Round Top Designer Showhouse debuted this last Spring in the charming town of Round Top, Texas — best known for its world-renowned antiques fair and creative spirit. Set within a newly built modern farmhouse, the 3,500-square-foot residence showcased the work of 18 celebrated designers who reimagined each room with layered, inspired interiors that honor both history and contemporary living.

Proceeds from the showhouse benefited Camp For All, a nonprofit providing barrier-free experiences for children and adults with special needs.

Hartmann&Forbes was honored to have participated in this inaugural event and to support a project that celebrates design, craft, and community.

Design Space: Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, and Library
Designer: Mohon Interiors
Photographer: Julie Soefer Photography
Windowcovering: Old Style Roman Shades in LEAM33-66 Stitch - Tortoise, from the Amy Meier Collection of Woven-to-Size Grassweave Windowcoverings

One of the most captivating areas of the Showhouse was the suite of spaces envisioned by Austin, Texas-based Marcus and Autumn Mohon of Mohon Interiors. Charged with designing the kitchen, living room, dining room, and library, they approached each space as a seamless extension of the home’s architecture — a narrative of connection, comfort, and quiet sophistication.

In the kitchen, a sculptural plaster hood adorned with oak branch reliefs became both a functional centerpiece and a work of art, echoing the natural beauty of the Texas landscape. The adjoining rooms flowed together with soft palettes, layered textures, and carefully curated details, creating an atmosphere that felt both grounded and elevated.

Every element reflected Mohon Interiors’ hallmark: a balance of romance and refinement. Hartmann&Forbes’ handwoven window coverings added depth and organic warmth, complementing the firm’s layered aesthetic while reinforcing the home’s dialogue with nature. At Round Top, their thoughtful vision shaped the heart of the home into a sanctuary that feels both personal and profoundly welcoming.

Across interiors, one color is quietly transforming the way we experience a space: GREEN. Designers are gravitating toward its calming hues—sage, olive, moss, and fern—not just for beauty, but for what green symbolizes in our modern world: a return to nature, a sense of wellness, and a growing desire for sanctuary.

A BIOPHILIC RESPONSE

Our collective craving for green is rooted in something more profound than trend — it’s biophilia: the innate human need to connect with nature. As our lives become increasingly digital and fast-paced, interiors that incorporate natural materials, textures, and colors help us restore balance. Green, in all its variations, offers a visual connection to the landscapes we long for—meadows, forests, gardens—and introduces that restorative presence indoors.

THE WELLNESS COLOR

More than any other hue, green promotes a sense of well-being. It’s known to reduce stress, slow the heart rate, and quiet the mind. This makes green particularly suited for those spaces where we seek renewal, such as bedrooms, meditation rooms, home spas, and quiet corners.

At Hartmann&Forbes, where our materials begin in nature and are crafted with intention, green plays a pivotal role in creating spaces that support physical, emotional, and environmental wellness.

A VERSATILE NATURAL NEUTRAL

Green is remarkably adaptable. Its presence can transform a space with quiet sophistication. In layered tones, it deepens the richness of woven textures, drawing out the artistry in every detail. When paired with soft neutrals, it introduces warmth and dimension, creating a grounded, calming atmosphere. Beside natural woods and botanical fibers, green feels especially organic, evoking the vitality and rhythm of the natural world.

A COLOR THAT REFLECTS OUR VALUES

Green isn’t just a color — it’s a statement of care, craft, and living in rhythm with the environment. As sustainability and wellness become inseparable from design, green reflects a conscious way of living — one that honors materials, makers, and the earth itself.

Explore Hartmann&Forbes designs that celebrate this essential hue—from soft botanical tones to rich, earthen greens. Each piece is an invitation to reconnect with nature, with craft, with self.

EXPLORE OUR GREEN WINDOWCOVERINGS
EXPLORE OUR GREEN WALLCOVERINGS