DAN'S PAPERS, June 25, 2010 Page 76 www.danshamptons.com
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The Masters of Re-Upholstery By Eugenia Bartell Serving customers for three generation, CLS, are the leaders in furniture re-upholstery, slip covers, custom made furniture, antique restoration and window treatments from Manhattan to Montauk. With its roots in Brooklyn, Michael “Pop” Catalano planted the seed to what was to become a three-generation family acclaimed business. His interest and expertise in furniture was highly acknowledged during the years he worked for furniture and decorator stores. In the 1960s, Michael’s oldest son, Sandy, returning from Vietnam, realized his entrepreneurship by
hitching it to his father’s. Together they became owners of the business where they could work with customers directly and guarantee them commitment, quality and expedient service. By the 1970s, their company was located in Suffolk County and two more sons, Jim (construction/shop end) and Ray (retail sales) joined their Pop. Today, there are three generations of Catalanos. Sandy’s who passed away last year, sons, Michael and Patrick are now at the helm with their Uncle Jim and Uncle Ray. These two talented brothers started working in the family business as teenagers twenty years ago and are indeed a credit
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Sound marvelous? Can’t wait to see it? You’ll want one. Maybe two. This is only one out of almost 30 ingenious entries at this year’s container exhibit, which begins at 4:30 p.m. this Saturday at Long House. And then there are 14-15 open bowls on view as well. Coupled with the concert that follows at 6:15 p.m., the Music Festival of the Hamptons is presenting the Aeolus Quintet’s performance entitled ‘Music is an outburst of the wind’, this event at Longhouse Reserve on June 26th, promises to be a great night out.