Design Life
The Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Connecticut’s twenty-first annual HOBI Awards drew more than 775 people to the beautiful Aqua Turf Club, in Stonington. New England Home Connecticut was pleased to be a sponsor of this important event, which celebrates the best in residential and commercial construction, remodeling, and more.
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(1) Richard Koch, John Hibbard, and Charles Hilton (2) Douglas VanderHorn and Wendy Blume (3) Jay Ross, Jim Dean, and Steven Mueller (4) Tyra Dellacroce and Justin Chapman (5) Amy Aidinis Hirsch and Julio DiBiase (6) Chip Poehnert and Liz Verna (7) Salvatore Zarrella and Ken Boynton (8) Andrew LaSala
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(1) Artist Margaret Bragg flanked by her sons James and Winston (2) The crowd listens to the artist talk (3) Trina Remy, Laird Morgan Tolan, Sandra Morgan, and Michelle Monie (4) Margaret Bragg and Penny Putnam (5) Sandra Morgan and Nancy Yates
Jr., Richard Rosano, Doron Sabag, and Ken Boynton (9) New England Home’s Kathy BushDutton and Roberta Thomas Mancuso
The Connecticut Chapter of the American
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ociety of InteS rior Designers
toasted the holiday season at the newly rebranded Karen Berkemeyer Home showroom in Westport. The party was a chance to celebrate the accomplishments of 2014 and look ahead to an exciting 2015.
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Geoffrey Tischman Photography
Art aficionados enjoyed the opening of SM Home Gallery’s exhibit “Flower Power” Real or Imagined, featuring paintings by artists Margaret Bragg and Penny Putnam. The exhibit showcased more than forty-five colorful works of art, infusing the Greenwich showroom with energy.
(1) Linda Shockley, Hollie Sutherland, Alix Perrachon, and Noelle Newell (2) Nicole Crosby, Robin Campbell Sykora, and Deborah Rankowitz (3) Karen Berkemeyer, Anne Garland, and Robin McGarry
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