Design Life Out and about in celebration of design and architecture in Connecticut BARTLETT ARBORETUM THE GREENWICH CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS’S
annual RED AND WHITE BALL is the very definition of a glamorous event, and this year was certainly no exception. Some 400 guests dined at tables adorned with fantasy tablescapes by the area’s best designers. Actor Stephen Baldwin hosted the gala. Not all great parties are evening soirees. Case in point: the breakfast that kicked off NEAR AND FAR AID’s house tour, an annual event that raises money to address poverty in Fairfield County. Designer Jamie Drake, the breakfast’s featured speaker, let listeners in on a few of his design secrets. SIMON PEARCE just gets bigger and better, and we were happy to help celebrate the grand opening of their new, expanded Greenwich shop, where we sipped on Simon Pearce reserve wines in the Should your party be company’s iconic stemware. here? Send photographs ASID Connecticut and New or high-resolution images, England Home’s Connecticut cowith information about the event and the people in the sponsored a presentation at the photos, to New England Home, Stamford showrooms of DEANE 530 Harrison Ave., Suite 302, ROOMS EVERLASTING. Guest Boston, MA 02118, or e-mail images and information to speaker Adam Japko, president of pbodah@nehome DigitalSherpa, talked about the value mag.com. of social networking in helping designers build business. All those spring rains only made things at the BARTLETT ARBORETUM even more beautiful for kicking off the organization’s annual Spring Garden Tour. A little rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm at LILLIAN AUGUST’s flagship store in Norwalk for an education event and party that brought the area’s leading architects and builders together with people thinking about remodeling or renovating.
SIMON PEARCE From left to right: Ed Lent, Chuck Hilton, Kristin Ohnmacht and Regina Bilotta • Laird Morgan Tolan, Chuck Hilton and Sandra Morgan • Linherr Hollingsworth and Ed Lent
100 New England Home’s Connecticut Summer 2011
From left to right: Catherine Avery, Peter Severine and Victoria Vandamm • Nancy Pelz Paget and Dennis Paget
NEAR AND FAR AID New England Home’s Stacy Kunstel, Jamie Drake and Nance Vigneau