New England Finery + Habitat for Humanity

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FRu1ySE6mgdo5D4UT8kF1iJZ-PB8cGZSD1t5KAbqhzieBxYstsc7PE6fWvGE0EF8OEGfCf0SjEMyt_H1iWO-slgTpiPUrMv2DSTsak3JsyiCniXAGi0NV5tBnlyppY7D_ZjEWY9m4JMR/s640/NEFcoverHabitat.gif" width="492" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New England Finery Issue 6: Rendering by architect Andrew Steingiser</i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I am really excited to announce that the spring issue of <a href="http://newenglandfinery.com/">New England Finery Magazine</a> is now online! Well at least part of it ... this issue will be covering from beginning-to-end the building of a two-family home that will take place over the course of ONE week! Across the country, over 200 homes will be built by Habitat for Humanity affiliates during a nationwide <a href="http://www.merrimackvalleyhabitat.org/blitz/">Builders Blitz</a> this June, and two of those homes will be built just 30 minutes from where I live. The <a href="http://www.merrimackvalleyhabitat.org/">Merrimack Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity</a> is partnering with a team of some pretty amazing building professionals and dozens of local volunteers to ensure that the home you see in the rendering above is completed within the one week time frame. In order to achieve this goal, there is a lot to be done before the build. <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/nef6_habitat_issue">Click here to see where the story begins ...</a></span><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Would you like to be a part of this exciting project? Click here for <a href="http://www.merrimackvalleyhabitat.org/blitz/sponsors-donors/">volunteer</a> and <a href="http://issuu.com/nefinery/docs/newenglandfinery_adrates_habitat">sponsorship opportunities</a>.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i>

New England Finery + Habitat for Humanity

New England Finery Issue 6: Rendering by architect Andrew Steingiser I am really excited to announce that the spring issue of New England Fi...

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Designer at work ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33Ky8ze3O_MyuOgiT3HU-HbHlU2uihA508ZPu-is2i_cZuFZ6A7Ou5eGYgHPqG3hi-ZE7rwTIYz7ruOYABdgKvDwp5kKJp9UiZruoB9QGMVrUEdcvhRIqo_OEafvZvK_X9A_5GzYCgVt6/s1600/0031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33Ky8ze3O_MyuOgiT3HU-HbHlU2uihA508ZPu-is2i_cZuFZ6A7Ou5eGYgHPqG3hi-ZE7rwTIYz7ruOYABdgKvDwp5kKJp9UiZruoB9QGMVrUEdcvhRIqo_OEafvZvK_X9A_5GzYCgVt6/s800/0031.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span id="goog_674933482"></span><a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2010/05/designers-before-and-after.html">“A Designers Before and After”</a><span id="goog_674933483"></span>  photo credit: <a href="http://www.ericrothphoto.com/">Eric Roth</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">{my space at the Wenham Museum North Shore Design Show, 2010}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time of year is always very busy for me. With the <a href="http://wenhammuseum.org/northshoredesignshow.html">Wenham Museum’s North Shore Design Show</a> just around the corner, I have lots to take care of before the gala event on May 11th. In previous years, I did not have a full-time day job vying for my attention. Fortunately, I have found a way to include my position as Marketing Director at Designer Bath into my vignette for the 2012 show. I have a great team of businesses that will also be a part of the space. Read more about <a href="http://lynnfield.patch.com/articles/yvonne-blacker-s-work-featured-at-wenham-museum-show">what I have been working on here ...</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

Designer at work ...

“A Designers Before and After”   photo credit: Eric Roth {my space at the Wenham Museum North Shore Design Show, 2010} This time of year is ...

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Social Interiors + Circle Tweet Up

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl6T0zQ_kvGhAn220CzauQt3i9LxSPDLprfV5aQ-jkDod4sYwEOrJ6cXyqhpDGJjtaBKqsBJ7asIbQkpQQkgK2gLo4seYp5R_Mtgo2Arpqu4YoEFLsqQzh1hZJbfr-CAKFmjMpQnVCVlM/s1600/bed@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl6T0zQ_kvGhAn220CzauQt3i9LxSPDLprfV5aQ-jkDod4sYwEOrJ6cXyqhpDGJjtaBKqsBJ7asIbQkpQQkgK2gLo4seYp5R_Mtgo2Arpqu4YoEFLsqQzh1hZJbfr-CAKFmjMpQnVCVlM/s800/bed@circle.jpg" width="500" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before jumping into this post on the first official Boston tweet-up organized by <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/SocialInteriors">Social Interiors</a> and held at <a href="http://www.circlefurniture.com/index.html">Circle Furniture</a> in Boston, let’s just appreciate this beautiful peacock bedding and more importantly the never-go-to-bed-angry accent pillow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtPoeWoImBidv_sv0EtMcaBgI4HxhH6cjtXovHSi1Wzz5FrFm7BdMGU6qxSdcoJey1qqFAqVSt37qfejzozMoQiv47R6tcuQDHstaaIafHS9oCJmpkLqWlPfMuYhyphenhyphenq_4tSYIou9S6aGCl/s1600/crowd@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtPoeWoImBidv_sv0EtMcaBgI4HxhH6cjtXovHSi1Wzz5FrFm7BdMGU6qxSdcoJey1qqFAqVSt37qfejzozMoQiv47R6tcuQDHstaaIafHS9oCJmpkLqWlPfMuYhyphenhyphenq_4tSYIou9S6aGCl/s800/crowd@circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Julieann Covino, Social Interiors founder, with Sarah Cooney of Circle Furniture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">There was a full house of designers, design bloggers and industry related design partners last week at the recently opened location of Circle Furniture on St. James Avenue in Boston. Lately I have been spending a lot of time at their Danvers location since they will be part of my decorated space for the <a href="http://wenhammuseum.org/northshoredesignshow.html">North Shore Design Show</a> at the Wenham Museum in May. This was the first time I have visited their Boston store and I really liked its urban vibe.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3Qyx48wF3t0Sr1VHD03Emu46gj6XroFiallr7H_R49V1zPSoBKrfFq1bxnkxU0BTDYQICeJ5qlu7Ta5RNzZfuqJwpvGnAjq8p3fV-vgSVKfiusv2F0sgirWwMnqEdRTQ43X2ko6j4guQ/s1600/Ann_Linda_Renaissance@Circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3Qyx48wF3t0Sr1VHD03Emu46gj6XroFiallr7H_R49V1zPSoBKrfFq1bxnkxU0BTDYQICeJ5qlu7Ta5RNzZfuqJwpvGnAjq8p3fV-vgSVKfiusv2F0sgirWwMnqEdRTQ43X2ko6j4guQ/s800/Ann_Linda_Renaissance@Circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I met up with Ann Murdock and Linda Hentschel of <a href="http://renaissanceinteriors.com/">Rennaissance Interiors</a> in North Reading and headed in with them to the event. Linda, among other projects, is the interior designer of the Jules Verne Steampunk-outfitted room at <a href="http://audioconcepts.com/">Audio Concepts</a>, also in Boston, which was just unveiled last night. You have to stop in to see it to believe it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgRumkq9ysmItiQkZkPZMAcCenFc4868iFtVPxPRasO7fXTknpBi2cTuwJ2-xLc-fs5YDKFhhwhWJXznWT7QQ20iwM0Fgov28b6GWaPmMx-h1Ixg4IZx7ozaxW1X4_lRSgePdKBapDauH/s1600/Kris+Kristen@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgRumkq9ysmItiQkZkPZMAcCenFc4868iFtVPxPRasO7fXTknpBi2cTuwJ2-xLc-fs5YDKFhhwhWJXznWT7QQ20iwM0Fgov28b6GWaPmMx-h1Ixg4IZx7ozaxW1X4_lRSgePdKBapDauH/s800/Kris+Kristen@circle.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The point of these tweet-ups is to get to know other professionals in a related industry who can help with resources and recommendations and who can simply relate to being in the business of design. <a href="https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#%21/WayfairKris">Kristine Kennedy</a> from the online shopping mecca <a href="http://www.wayfair.com/">Wayfair</a> (which used to be CSN stores) is seen here with Winchester-based interior designer <a href="http://rivoliinteriordesign.com/">Kristen Rivoli.</a></span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeOqYpqfyxK-gdw15FqzD5pV-0JBC8mvVpkPT-vgZ5cPHvhvR6HPWqxzkJs4_uOO-5z02up3AVDUOX2Cd_tKx4DsvtGoPz8jr7752Qy_gTimxu0aEQ0oIvmjYrYBVOHrJrULW-fGnxjKs/s1600/Rache-Kristen-Greg-Julieann@Circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeOqYpqfyxK-gdw15FqzD5pV-0JBC8mvVpkPT-vgZ5cPHvhvR6HPWqxzkJs4_uOO-5z02up3AVDUOX2Cd_tKx4DsvtGoPz8jr7752Qy_gTimxu0aEQ0oIvmjYrYBVOHrJrULW-fGnxjKs/s800/Rache-Kristen-Greg-Julieann@Circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://rachelreider.com/portfolio-weston-residence.html">Rachel Reider,</a> Kristen Rivoli, <a href="http://www.gregpremru.com/">Greg Premru,</a> <a href="http://creategirl.blogspot.com/">Julieann Covino</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are very lucky to have these opportunities to get together socially when most of us work independently in our respective creative fields. Thank you, Julieann, for organizing this event!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also seen at Circle ...</span></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7Fso4eDil1RGC30CHyhJtlT5swiwJB8BZPxIZSmoutYIWqekPJudsMsBrdOd8GBf7m1L_tEmPjr32lHAZLquIeCWIv66Up4T7Qwg3k53xJxAdzNTnYuk_594loNugSp4jWIuaVS9RA1l/s1600/Andrew+Erika@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7Fso4eDil1RGC30CHyhJtlT5swiwJB8BZPxIZSmoutYIWqekPJudsMsBrdOd8GBf7m1L_tEmPjr32lHAZLquIeCWIv66Up4T7Qwg3k53xJxAdzNTnYuk_594loNugSp4jWIuaVS9RA1l/s800/Andrew+Erika@circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Erika Johnson of <a href="http://radiantrepublic.com/">Radiant Republic,</a> pictured here with her fiance, has been very busy: on <a href="http://www.joyus.com/contest/1/viewers-choice-challenge-seven-designers-seven-makeovers-you-vote/video-sale/1-250/radiant-republic-hosted-by-erika-johnson"> Joyous</a> and <a href="https://www.jossandmain.com/Radiant-Republic~E811.html">Joss & Main</a></span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5TYd5J2ogBwWBNBZK5Ab5zaK7bv8R7DH6Bf420NpqPiepLaZuI53E3NEnD536RrbOs_E0vdjau8-FmqDc_d_XpGVKy6e0Av74BlP5b9bYAMSCGImg3GgCaIjZKgRhTXwrsbWm38kLkdO/s1600/MallySkok@ADshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6awhGUnpFChXxp5Fwoo7B2TUsxBbUAsweIu_Qyd7AfIBdVC056r_lL_4aUkq1r_luiXYSVyacqqJuKDBwD9hQkW6TgbZpgn74s4zg4rIrpZREN2TpBhMI2r61qI1Dx786znMZmfnzBnnF/s1600/Mally+Julieann@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6awhGUnpFChXxp5Fwoo7B2TUsxBbUAsweIu_Qyd7AfIBdVC056r_lL_4aUkq1r_luiXYSVyacqqJuKDBwD9hQkW6TgbZpgn74s4zg4rIrpZREN2TpBhMI2r61qI1Dx786znMZmfnzBnnF/s800/Mally+Julieann@circle.jpg" width="250" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5TYd5J2ogBwWBNBZK5Ab5zaK7bv8R7DH6Bf420NpqPiepLaZuI53E3NEnD536RrbOs_E0vdjau8-FmqDc_d_XpGVKy6e0Av74BlP5b9bYAMSCGImg3GgCaIjZKgRhTXwrsbWm38kLkdO/s1600/MallySkok@ADshow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5TYd5J2ogBwWBNBZK5Ab5zaK7bv8R7DH6Bf420NpqPiepLaZuI53E3NEnD536RrbOs_E0vdjau8-FmqDc_d_XpGVKy6e0Av74BlP5b9bYAMSCGImg3GgCaIjZKgRhTXwrsbWm38kLkdO/s800/MallySkok@ADshow.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5TYd5J2ogBwWBNBZK5Ab5zaK7bv8R7DH6Bf420NpqPiepLaZuI53E3NEnD536RrbOs_E0vdjau8-FmqDc_d_XpGVKy6e0Av74BlP5b9bYAMSCGImg3GgCaIjZKgRhTXwrsbWm38kLkdO/s1600/MallySkok@ADshow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I met designer <a href="http://www.mallyskokdesign.com/">Mally Skok</a> for the first time at this event. Along with being an interior designer, she also has created a line of fabrics including this one that I just saw at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York. It is called <a href="http://www.mallyskokdesign.com/fabrics/ikat_crazy.html">Ikat Crazy Pink/Orange</a> and I just love it! So whimsical yet sophisticated.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj1NnPBQpMVtQY1u5ZMhJhzONMC7zhgXzTzl4qZdQCf6dnf24WTJHhW3wM8oAz04cU0JGEIrs9QMij0PXGd7-1ciaDVtgVkKKz-bYL1KBQXXyXCxIR3iycl2nNUq0jGyjxK_rE-PTMdNs/s1600/vignette@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj1NnPBQpMVtQY1u5ZMhJhzONMC7zhgXzTzl4qZdQCf6dnf24WTJHhW3wM8oAz04cU0JGEIrs9QMij0PXGd7-1ciaDVtgVkKKz-bYL1KBQXXyXCxIR3iycl2nNUq0jGyjxK_rE-PTMdNs/s800/vignette@circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course the furnishings at Circle deserve some special attention, too! I loved the pairing of the verdant green carpet with the more subdued sofa. The two occasional tables are a cool coffee table alternative.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCggjTZzZRZFSi6BFPPrdgUyaN8B6c3E5GLns-HmMy0A9-M1X16nf9ralmnTrKsXueszIHRKqhO0tgdRz6MdtMSTc9gXidy6pzfi_OupoRO7cks0CNy5loq71IzMIrzgbiHQS6QDEv1Ga/s1600/leathersofa@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCggjTZzZRZFSi6BFPPrdgUyaN8B6c3E5GLns-HmMy0A9-M1X16nf9ralmnTrKsXueszIHRKqhO0tgdRz6MdtMSTc9gXidy6pzfi_OupoRO7cks0CNy5loq71IzMIrzgbiHQS6QDEv1Ga/s800/leathersofa@circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And how about this extra long tufted leather sofa? Very Mad Men looking to me, even in forest green. The fluid rug pattern below is a pretty counterpoint to the lines of the sofa and the trio of ceramic baby doll heads certainly caught my eye (these would last all of 3 minutes in my home!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90khZWFi2646NpRW5ezNfrXqCxPZlt3zGLD4k4N6q0YkuPJxxkcTOe_0dV2Zd2hXFt38oM57ItgjUfWav5PFIBn3cgUJdIU2kgFWXDxVCsCdp6qhdwhgUjhLDy_mtR9gcq0WJEdoJ37AU/s1600/Richard+Harold@circle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90khZWFi2646NpRW5ezNfrXqCxPZlt3zGLD4k4N6q0YkuPJxxkcTOe_0dV2Zd2hXFt38oM57ItgjUfWav5PFIBn3cgUJdIU2kgFWXDxVCsCdp6qhdwhgUjhLDy_mtR9gcq0WJEdoJ37AU/s800/Richard+Harold@circle.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Richard and Harold Tubman of Circle Furniture, for hosting the first Social Interiors tweet-up in your Boston location. If you are a Boston-area (or from the North Shore like me : ) design professional, be sure to follow Social Interiors on twitter to be notified of the next event, which hopefully will not be too far off in the future!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />

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Easy to care for ...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyLJeiRY2yUsFqQkmjrMiBeUvqmxgsSP8PyCwCUeLocsroXN9gdYTYYm2-OTMnnVhCJzSOUNjPxHHgut7AQsFdm7mdphZZkOiynpc2P2jzK419LHMeIebhBLuY3UnFzdqW0g9Eg8cQp7P/s1600/planter_pennoyernewman@ADhomeshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyLJeiRY2yUsFqQkmjrMiBeUvqmxgsSP8PyCwCUeLocsroXN9gdYTYYm2-OTMnnVhCJzSOUNjPxHHgut7AQsFdm7mdphZZkOiynpc2P2jzK419LHMeIebhBLuY3UnFzdqW0g9Eg8cQp7P/s800/planter_pennoyernewman@ADhomeshow.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am thinking about getting a pair of bunnies, but I am on the fence. Do we need more mouths to feed around here? Should I just stick to trying to fill the planters at my front door before Easter? And then remember to water them? My indoor plants have not fared so well this winter. Moss and grass I am pretty sure I can handle. Moss is very forgiving and will stay green even without water for extended periods of time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MbzN-qTyTv_7cwX3xlvO8ARrO_Ogw86z5GP_QShp5HXP5vvpuaRjWHfOh7PePF_s14jc4KlZgK0pLlPSGKpeuoiDV4IlRzJKGgfIse1njGaYcMqPVzHIzb9DCDODtb7UhGnJpsiBK1yP/s1600/flowers_grass_PN_@ADhomeshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MbzN-qTyTv_7cwX3xlvO8ARrO_Ogw86z5GP_QShp5HXP5vvpuaRjWHfOh7PePF_s14jc4KlZgK0pLlPSGKpeuoiDV4IlRzJKGgfIse1njGaYcMqPVzHIzb9DCDODtb7UhGnJpsiBK1yP/s800/flowers_grass_PN_@ADhomeshow.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really love these lightweight stone resin <a href="http://www.pennoyernewman.com/pltr_65.html">corner planters</a> cast from estate originals by the company <a href="http://www.pennoyernewman.com/index.html">Pennoyer Newman</a> seen at the <a href="http://www.archdigesthomeshow.com/">Architectural Digest Home Design Show.</a> Combining a set of four could create an intimate English garden-like seating area. Boxwood plantings would fill them nicely, or a fragrant herb garden perhaps. These bright and cheerful flowers are ranunculus. Aren<span style="text-align: center;">’</span>t they sweet?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAqWJYjMHpqP2ULP9Dbxd_1plZJbaEOB0KtbSACpg1UFZVWfaIYbI1R1OkbfgNWD-M8EN1LT56aCptyImMUAzDbqulSQyjXWxzh67zX_UljpoRJCas1uwa1ck9ypwp0t1E8OmEe7puPsX/s1600/pennoyernewman@ADhomeshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAqWJYjMHpqP2ULP9Dbxd_1plZJbaEOB0KtbSACpg1UFZVWfaIYbI1R1OkbfgNWD-M8EN1LT56aCptyImMUAzDbqulSQyjXWxzh67zX_UljpoRJCas1uwa1ck9ypwp0t1E8OmEe7puPsX/s800/pennoyernewman@ADhomeshow.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This <a href="http://www.pennoyernewman.com/pltr_7.html">circular planter</a> would make a stunning container garden focal point, with or without the heron statue. I love how the succulents are paired with the moss.  The <a href="http://www.pennoyernewman.com/egg_shaped_garden_stone.html">egg shaped garden stones</a> in the background are pretty cool, too. They would look neat tucked away in the wooded part of our property like fossilized dinosaur eggs. Is it too late to have them delivered for our Sunday morning Easter egg hunt?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTXH_vgDa_QH52UdYCEHv4eWueQzSwAsGR8ZqOc4TNdqS40WSMNZtXOvSJQ24GrFEPL3m2ZRAYNMAI7GRkk0N6eWeqVyoCMdEYPBkc4ABGxlD6Znw0J_u11qezHG6YLsYUw5YnflB0dli/s1600/blackrabbit_moss_pennoyernewman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTXH_vgDa_QH52UdYCEHv4eWueQzSwAsGR8ZqOc4TNdqS40WSMNZtXOvSJQ24GrFEPL3m2ZRAYNMAI7GRkk0N6eWeqVyoCMdEYPBkc4ABGxlD6Znw0J_u11qezHG6YLsYUw5YnflB0dli/s800/blackrabbit_moss_pennoyernewman.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">How will you fill your </span></i><i><span style="font-size: large;">planters this spring?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br />

Easy to care for ...

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Cherry blossom pink straight up

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Cherry blossom pink straight up

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