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Winter 2012 Newsletter Welcome to IFDA New England's expanded communication program. We will be sending a series of our new email blast newsletters keeping everyone uptodate on all New England Chapter activities, events, success stories, membership, collaboration projects, and more. These will replace the paper version of the Newsletter that has been in place for many years. These will also be connected to our efforts on Facebook. We encourage all members to submit information and stories about their business, relative to topics already listed above. We would like your critique as the program continues. All stories and information should be sent to our VP of Communications, Matt Remeika, at [email protected] Happy Holidays! We hope that you have registered for the Holiday Party next Friday at the beautiful Castle at Boston University. If you haven’t already signed up you can do so here Event Roundup Members Dinner & Designer Showcase: One of the most popular events of the year, the annual Member’s Dinner did not disappoint. IFDA gathered at the Metropolitan Cabinet showroom in Norwood for dinner, discussion, and plenty of great vendor tables. In addition a design competition was held where both designers and vendors submitted their works for judging. Congratulations to Donna Venegas, Kathy Chrisicos, Linda Merrill, Michael Kim, and Jaqui Becker for taking home the awards! Also pictured are Gail Ravgiala, Editor Design New England Magazine, and Rob Henry, President IFDA. The winners will be published in an upcoming edition of Design New England!

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Winter 2012 Newsletter Welcome  to  IFDA  New  England's  expanded  communication  program.    We  will  be  sending  a  series  of  our  new  email  blast  newsletters  keeping  everyone  up-­‐to-­‐date  on  all  New  England  Chapter  activities,  events,  success  stories,  membership,  collaboration  projects,  and  more.    These  will  replace  the  paper  version  of  the  Newsletter  that  has  been  in  place  for  many  years.    These  will  also  be  connected  to  our  efforts  on  Facebook.    We  encourage  all  members  to  submit  information  and  stories  about  their  business,  relative  to  topics  already  listed  above.    We  would  like  your  critique  as  the  program  continues.    All  stories  and  information  should  be  sent  to  our  VP  of  Communications,  Matt  Remeika,  at  [email protected]  

 Happy  Holidays!  We  hope  that  you  have  registered  for  the  Holiday  Party  next  Friday  at  the  beautiful  Castle  at  Boston  University.    If  you  haven’t  already  signed  up  you  can  do  so  here  

Event Roundup Members  Dinner  &  Designer  Showcase:  One  of  the  most  popular  events  of  the  year,  the  annual  Member’s  Dinner  did  not  disappoint.    IFDA  gathered  at  the  Metropolitan  Cabinet  showroom  in  Norwood  for  dinner,  discussion,  and  plenty  of  great  vendor  tables.    In  addition  a  design  competition  was  held  where  both  designers  and  vendors  submitted  their  works  for  judging.    Congratulations  to  Donna  Venegas,  Kathy  Chrisicos,  Linda  Merrill,  Michael  Kim,  and  Jaqui  Becker  for  taking  home  the  awards!    Also  pictured  are  Gail Ravgiala, Editor Design New England Magazine, and Rob Henry, President IFDA. The winners will be published in an upcoming edition of Design New England!

 

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Town  Hall  Meeting:  IFDA  also  gathered  at  the  fabulous  M-­‐Geough  showroom  last  month  for  our  first  Town  Hall  Meeting.    Many  great  ideas  were  exchanged  on  ways  to  make  IFDA  grow  and  be  more  successful  in  the  future.    Many  of  those  ideas  will  be  further  discussed  and  implemented  going  forward.    As  always  feedback  to  the  Board  of  Directors  is  always  encouraged!  

 

 

Welcome  to  New  Members!  

We  would  like  to  extend  a  warm  welcome  to  all  of  our  new  members  this  year!    At  the  next  event  make  sure  to  track  a  new  member  down  and  say  hi!  

Debbie  Bowen     Debbie  Bowen  Associates       Newton,  MA  

Lynne  Elfand     Marketing  Associate,  

Metropolitan  Cabinets  &  Countertops     Norwood,  MA  

Barbara  Elza  Hirsch   Elza  B.  Design,  LLC         Acton,  MA  

Daniel  Frost     President           Concord,  MA  

      Frost  Enterprises  

Michael  Greene     Restoration  Hardware         Chestnut  Hill,  MA  

Cathy  Journalist     Account  Representative         Boston,  MA  

      Schumacher  

John  Kruse     Principal           Boston,  MA  

      SeaDar  Construction  

Michelle  Markert   Principal  Designer         Newton,  MA  

Michelle  Markert  Interiors  

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Maria  Monaco     President           Cohasset,  MA  

      Monaco  Designs,  LLC  

Tracy  Mullane     Moore  Home  Staging  and  Design     Tewksbury,  MA  

Judy  O’Neil  Labins   Owner             Wellesley,  MA  

      Shafer  O'Neil  Interior  Design  

John  Pompeii     Owner             Boston,  MA  

      Pompeii  Design  Group  

Dianne  Ramponi   Owner             Jamaica  Plain,  MA  

      Dianne  Ramponi  Interiors  

Hilary  J.  Repa     Co-­‐Owners           Rockland,  MA  

Stephen  D.  Winterson   The  Rug  Merchant,  LLC  

Gary  Rousseau     Principal           Cumberland,  RI  

      Herrick  &  White  

Vani  Sayeed     Principal           Newton,  MA  

      Vani  Sayeed  Studios  

Brianna  Souza     Student  Member       Suffolk  University/NESAD  

Caroline  Stone     Principal           Wellesley,  MA  

      Harding  Castle  Design  

Donna  Terry     Principal           Middleton,  MA  

      Interiors  By  Donna  Terry  

Shelley  Weiss     President           Somerville,  MA  

      Loomar  Designs  

Tamara  Wolfson   Muralist,  Artist           Swampscott,  MA  

      A+  Murals  

 

 

 

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IFDA  Works!  

Here  is  a  great  example  of  IFDA  members  working  together.    For  the  designer  showcase  competition  Bob  Ernst  of  FBN  Construction  and  Leslie  Fine  combined  forces  on  a  fantastic  project!    Do  you  have  a  project  that  you’ve  collaborated  on  with  other  IFDA  members??      Please  send  descriptions  of  your  member  collaborations  with  pictures  of  the  principals  and  the  finished  result,  if  you  have  them,  for  inclusion  in  our  next  newsletter.  

 

 

Sponsors:  A  BIG  thank  you  as  always  to  all  of  our  great  sponsors!