Pencils of Promise

Click here to go to Paloma Contreras' beautiful blog La Dolce Vita for more information on this very important cause. Thanks Paloma for including me!





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Pencils of Promise

Click here to go to Paloma Contreras' beautiful blog La Dolce Vita for more information on this very important cause. Thanks Paloma for including me!





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The Bricklayers Contest at Velvet & Linen - Voting starts today!

Brooke Giannetti at Velvet & Linen has been running a fabulous contest where three (yes THREE) of these Brickmaker's tables will be given to the top three vote getters. Contestants were asked to send in a photo of where the table will go should they win and she received 170 entries. Brooke asked a group of fellow design bloggers to make the first cut down to the top ten. We were asked to select our favorite 5 entries and I can assure you - this was no easy task. So, without further ado - here are the top ten. Voting is taking place over on Brooke's blog - with the deadline by November 29th.

#3 Melissa L

#11 Susan D

#16 Katie D

#27 Suzanne K

#29 Brandy O

#32 Carolina C

#69 Gary P

#80 Teresa A

#96 Kari B

#155 Mary Elizabeth H

Go here to vote by November 29th and good luck to all the contestants!

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The Bricklayers Contest at Velvet & Linen - Voting starts today!

Brooke Giannetti at Velvet & Linen has been running a fabulous contest where three (yes THREE) of these Brickmaker's tables will be given to the top three vote getters. Contestants were asked to send in a photo of where the table will go should they win and she received 170 entries. Brooke asked a group of fellow design bloggers to make the first cut down to the top ten. We were asked to select our favorite 5 entries and I can assure you - this was no easy task. So, without further ado - here are the top ten. Voting is taking place over on Brooke's blog - with the deadline by November 29th.

#3 Melissa L

#11 Susan D

#16 Katie D

#27 Suzanne K

#29 Brandy O

#32 Carolina C

#69 Gary P

#80 Teresa A

#96 Kari B

#155 Mary Elizabeth H

Go here to vote by November 29th and good luck to all the contestants!

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New England Design Hall of Fame Gala 2009

This was a big week on the New England design scene with the gala dinner and induction ceremony for the New England Design Hall of Fame. I wrote about the inductees earlier this week and wanted to share some of the party pics as well!

Cocktails

 Getting ready for dinner

The view from my seat. Note the centerpiece is the same as at the top of this post - I brought it home! Glorious work as usual from Winston Flowers.

Alexis Contant, VP of the Boston Design Center (center) toasts the newly inducted honorees, from left to right: Gary McBournie, Jeffrey Katz, Cheryl Katz and Douglas Reed.

(left) Stacy Kunstel, Homes Editor, New England Home Magazine and (right) Alexis Contant

Marilyn MacLeod (Lee Designs), Teresa Burnett (Willow Designs, Inc.) and me

A bad pic of moi and a lovely pic of Katie Dammann, Marketing & Special Projects Director for New England Home Magazine.

Again, a huge congratulations to all the honorees - Maryann Thompson Architects, Gary McBournie (interior design), Cheryl & Jeffrey Katz (interior design), Stephen Stimson Associates (landscape design), Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects,  Dalia Tamara (kitchen design). Read more about the inductees here.

And finally a thank you to New England Home Magazine for putting together this wonderful event and raising the level of awareness of the wonderful New England design community.

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New England Design Hall of Fame Gala 2009

This was a big week on the New England design scene with the gala dinner and induction ceremony for the New England Design Hall of Fame. I wrote about the inductees earlier this week and wanted to share some of the party pics as well!

Cocktails

 Getting ready for dinner

The view from my seat. Note the centerpiece is the same as at the top of this post - I brought it home! Glorious work as usual from Winston Flowers.

Alexis Contant, VP of the Boston Design Center (center) toasts the newly inducted honorees, from left to right: Gary McBournie, Jeffrey Katz, Cheryl Katz and Douglas Reed.

(left) Stacy Kunstel, Homes Editor, New England Home Magazine and (right) Alexis Contant

Marilyn MacLeod (Lee Designs), Teresa Burnett (Willow Designs, Inc.) and me

A bad pic of moi and a lovely pic of Katie Dammann, Marketing & Special Projects Director for New England Home Magazine.

Again, a huge congratulations to all the honorees - Maryann Thompson Architects, Gary McBournie (interior design), Cheryl & Jeffrey Katz (interior design), Stephen Stimson Associates (landscape design), Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects,  Dalia Tamara (kitchen design). Read more about the inductees here.

And finally a thank you to New England Home Magazine for putting together this wonderful event and raising the level of awareness of the wonderful New England design community.

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