Designer Showcase Returns to Old Lyme to Benefit Child & Family ...

Designer vignettes, design and lifestyle speaker series, and a boutique marketplace are the highlights of Interior Inspirations 2012: A Designer Showcase, Oct. 26 through 28 at the Lyme Art Association and the Old Lyme Inn in Old Lyme.

A weekend of inspiring design and insight, the event includes a showcase of eight room vignettes by noted designers and decorators as follows:

• Event Honorary Chairperson Larry Laslo, pictured left,?of?Larry Laslo Designs for Robert Allen, New York, NY. (robertallendesign.com)
• Cindy Kranz & Keatha McCue, Galway Stallard, Avon, CT.
• Virginia Linburg, VBL Design, Deep River, CT.
• Marily MacKinnon, MacKinnon Interiors, Essex, CT. (mackinnoninteriors.com)
• Nina Cuccio Peck, Nina Cuccio Peck Architecture & Interiors, Old Lyme, CT. (ncparch.com)
• Dennis Pough, Pough Interiors, Essex, CT. (poughinteriors.com)
• Tom Rose, Black Whale Antiques, Hadlyme, CT.
• Patricia Spratt, Patricia Spratt for the Home, Old Lyme, CT. (patriciasprattforthehome.com)

Each designer will delight visitors with their ?interior inspiration? vignette, on display at the Lyme Art Association (lymeartassociation.org), 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT.

A Speaker Series throughout the weekend is sure to inspire the designer in everyone. The series provides an array of topics all within the realm of creating a more inspired environment. All speaker events take place directly across the street from the vignette showcase at the Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street (oldlymeinn.com) and are priced separately. (please check childandfamilyagency.org? for schedule updates.)

The? Speaker Series includes:

Friday, October 26

10:30 a.m.:

More Colorful Than Ever: Clashing & Coordinating in the Garden of a Lifetime

Louis Raymond, Renaissance Gardening Ltd., Hopkinton, RI. (rgardening.com)

12:30 pm:

Artisan Inspirations

Larry Laslo, Larry Laslo for Robert Allen, New York, NY. (robertallendesign.com)

2:30 pm:

Designer Inspirations: A Roundtable of the Vignette Designers

D.J. Carey, Executive Editor of Connecticut Cottages & Gardens

(cottages-gardens.com).

Saturday, October 27

10:30 a.m.:

Residential Lighting:? Balancing Technology with Aesthetics

Peter Romaniello, Conceptual Lighting, South Windsor, CT. (conceptuallighting.com)

12:30 p.m.: ???

You?ve Got Taste: Exploring the Emotional Power of our Most Personal Sense

Priscilla Martel, All About Food, Chester, CT.

2:30 p.m.:

An Afternoon with Author Jane Green

Jane Green, Best Selling Author (janegreen.com)?

Sunday, October 28

11 a.m.:

The How and Why of Building A Library in the Digital Age

Roxanne Coady, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Just the Right Book, Madison, CT. ?(rjjulia.com)

1 p.m.:

Interior Inspiration: Living the Good Life

Alexandra Stoddard, Alexandra Stoddard Inc., Stonington, CT. (alexandrastoddard.com)?

Kindly note, only books purchased through the event will be signed by authors.

Also at the Lyme Art Association, a Boutique Marketplace, showcasing the wares of a selection of merchants including Jo Malone, Jacaranda Living and jewelry by Charlotte Meyer, will be open during vignette viewing hours. The vendors include:

Jo Malone

An exclusive lifestyle collection of scents for the bath, body and home.

Contact: Katie Knightly?

Peaceable Hill Paperie

Original watercolor stationary on linen stock, gift tags, gift enclosures notepads, placecards, thank you cards tied with grosgrain ribbon.

Contact:? Loren Capezzuto Brewi -203-889-8989; Email:? loren@peaceablehill.net

Anita Designs

?A collection of unique, modern patchwork home furnishing accessories, organic linen, gifts and glitter.

Contact: Anita Sobelson -203-246-0442

Email: ?anita@anitadesignsllc.com

Charlotte Meyer

Beautiful handcrafted jewelry, one of a kind pieces that make a statement with anything in your wardrobe.

Contact: Charlotte Meyer 860-227-3303

Email:? charpmeyer@gmail.com

Ellen Raines Martin

Couture collection of scarves, shawls, wraps and capes that go day into evening

Contact:? Ellen Raines Martin 917-734-7525

Email: ererm@aol.com

Jacaranda Living

Fine embroidered linens and handmade gifts

Contact: Cathy Deale 617-699-6543

Email: cathy@JacarandaLiving.com

Pough Interiors

Lacquer trays, ceramics, candlesticks, design books, faux florals, decorative accent pieces.

Contact: Dennis Pough -203-240-2520

Email:? PoughInteriors.com.?

Child & Family Agency Table

Faux furs for you and home, exclusively created Interior Inspiration linens by Patricia Spratt, baubles and bangles, child and family gifts.

Contact: Patricia Spratt, Carol DiMaggio

Sponsors of the weekend of events include media sponsor, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens (cottages-gardens.com) and The Robert Allen Group (robertallendesign.com).

Pricing for the event is as follows:

One day entrance to vignettes and boutique: $25 presale/$30 weekend of event.? Each speaker event is priced at $15 presale/$20 day of event based on available seating.

A three-day pass including unlimited access to vignette showcase, boutique and choice of three available speaker events is $75.

Vignette Group sales in sets of 10 or more tickets are $20 per person.

All presale tickets can be securely purchased online?at? www.childandfamilyagency.org or by sending in the event mailer (a pdf of the mailer can be found on the website.)

A Preview Party will be held the evening of Thursday, October 25,?at the Lyme Art Association, from 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy cocktails and hors d?oeurves, meet the designers and get an early reveal of their creative vignettes. Limited availability of tickets, $75 per person. Contact 860-443-2896 ext. 1403 for more information.

Net proceeds from this event benefit Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut. Child and Family Agency works to meet the childcare, healthcare and mental health needs of the most vulnerable children and their families across Southeastern Connecticut.

For more information on this event or Child & Family Agency, see www.childandfamilyagency.org or contact:Lynn Fairfield-Sonn, Director of Development,Child & Family Agency of SECT at?860-443-2896 ext 1403 or?Fairfield-sonnL@cfapress.org .

Source: http://www.lymeline.com/news.php?viewStory=5814

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