Congratulations to our “Pick your Favorite, then Pick a Rug” contest winner, Carol of Falmouth, Maine. Carol was selected at random out of over 200 submissions and will choose one of our Spectrum rugs to brighten up a room! Thank you for all your great entries and stay tuned for our next contest!
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08.13.10
And the winner is…
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07.20.10
A little sneak peek…
Company C co-founder Walter Chapin has been visiting with the skilled artisans from all over the world that bring our colorful designs to life. They’re busy working on our Fall 2011 Collections now and we’re so excited we just couldn’t resist sharing a preview of a textile design with you!
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07.16.10
Company C partners with Komen for a Cure
We are thrilled to announce that Company C is an official corporate partner of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Company C will donate twenty-percent of the purchase of each of our Breast Cancer Awareness rugs, “The Sisters Rug” and “Karen’s Rug” support breast cancer awareness, research and education. The rugs will be available for sale in September 2010 at more than 800 specialty retailers nationwide; at company-owned retail stores in Hingham, MA, Portland, ME and Concord, NH; and online at www.companyc.com. Both limited edition rugs are hand-hooked 2-feet by 3-feet accent rugs made of 100 percent wool.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, we have invested nearly $1.5 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. -
07.02.10
And the winners of our Passion for Pink rug-naming contest are…
We recently announced the winners of our Passion for Pink rug-naming contest. The Facebook- and blog-based contest was designed to raise awareness about breast cancer and honor those affected by the disease. The two newly named rugs are spin-offs of Company C’s best-selling Garland and Giverny rug designs; now re-colored in shades of pink, the rugs will be named “Karen’s Warrior Rug” and “The Sisters Rug.”
Company C will donate twenty percent of the retail price of each rug sold to support breast cancer awareness, research and education. In addition, all contest participants will receive one of the new accent rugs, and the namesakes will have their stories featured in Company C’s Spring 2011 catalog.
“The Sisters Rug,” is named after Allison Moir-Smith of Manchester by the Sea, Massachusestts and her sisters. In Allison’s family of five sisters, four battled breast cancer in the last five years, and the fifth participated in a study to help understand how women’s genes and their environments influence risk of breast cancer. All five sisters are living and well today.
“Karen’s Warrior Rug” honors Karen List of West Palm Beach, Florida, who first learned of her cancer when she was a young mother of two boys. Karen helped to raise awareness of the disease by becoming a breast health advocate and educator, and was later honored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure as their “Warrior in Pink.” Recently named Chair for the 2011 Race for the Cure, Karen continues to fight “not just for me, but for my fellow warriors.”
“Our entire organization felt very strongly about supporting this cause and what better way to show our support than through the use of color and design,” said Walter Chapin, co-founder and president. “This contest was part of our larger Passion for Pink initiative, which we started in 2008 and continue to stand behind with the hopes we can inspire colorful living for our customers and all those affected by breast cancer.”
“Karen’s Warrior Rug” and “The Sisters Rug,” will be available for sale to end consumers in September 2010 at more than 800 specialty retailers nationwide; at company-owned retail stores in Hingham, MA, Portland, ME and Concord, NH; and online at www.companyc.com. Both limited edition rugs are hand-hooked 2-feet by 3-feet accent rugs made of 100 percent wool.
Thank you to all of those who participated in our Passion for Pink rug-naming contest!
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04.14.10
A Colorful Evening with Matthew Mead!
A Colorful Evening with Matthew Mead!
We were lucky enough to host Matthew Mead, celebrity lifestyle and entertaining expert, a couple weeks ago at one of our Company C retail stores. We all got together to support Matthew in his new venture and celebrate the launch of Flea Market Style, his new decorating and lifestyle magazine.
Created in partnership with Ki Nassauer. It’s premiere Spring 2010 issue is now available on news stands. Follow the making of Matthew’s magazine on his popular blog www.fleamarketmag.blogspot.com.
Check out this short video from our Colorful Evening!
We hope to see you all again this winter when Matthew returns to present Decorating for the Holidays …..Follow us on Facebook, www.companyc.com/colorfulliving for news on our upcoming events. -
04.07.10
A thought-provoking photography exhibit…
Company C recently sponsored GoodWeave’s Faces of Freedom exhibit in each of our three retail stores – Concord, NH, Portland, ME and Hingham, MA. The collection of photographs, taken by acclaimed documentary photographer U. Roberto Romano in South Asia, depicts both the horrors of child labor and the hopeful faces of children the GoodWeave program has saved from the looms. The exhibit offers a deep look into the heart of this transformation. We’ve received such positive feedback that we really just don’t want the exhibit to end so we’ve decided to launch an online version of the exhibit.
Company C has been a member of GoodWeave since October 2005. Our goal has been to educate consumers about the powerful impact their purchases can have and to help build awareness about child labor in the handmade rug industry.
As you journey through the exhibition, you’ll learn about the ancient craft of rug weaving juxtaposed with the grim reality of weavers, too young to be at the looms, laboring in poor conditions where childhoods remain incomplete. However, the bright faces and futures of rescued children will bring joy to your heart! For many of these children, GoodWeave schools and centers provided their first opportunity to be in a classroom or playground.
We encourage you to share your thoughts on the exhibit with others. We look forward to hearing your feedback.
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02.04.10
What is Colorful Living?
Our tag line at Company C is “designs for Colorful Living.” We’re often asked how did we come up with this statement?
Just before starting Company C, Walter and I listened to a cassette tape —Live Your Dreams by Les Brown. We both love design, love business and love to travel… so how could we live our dreams—and create a business out of them?
I can remember listening to the tape as if it were yesterday. Our son Alex was 6 months old (he’ll be 17 next month!) and we were traveling in our white Isuzu Trooper on our way to our family cottage in western Massachusetts with our golden retriever, Major, happily catching air out the window. We listened intently to the tape and were very inspired…that trip set in motion our dream to create our business—Company C!
Walter and I both love adventure. Traveling. Living in the great outdoors. Skiing in the Rockies. Kayaking on Frenchman’s Bay in Maine. Cooking fabulously colorful meals (Walter).
Mixing paints by the ocean (me—and trying to make a painting out of them!). 
And we share these adventures with our two teenage sons, friends and family. So living colorfully needed to be an important part of our business.
We love color and it’s our signature at Company C. Our design team experiments with many color combinations every day. We add adventure to the combinations, always keeping them fresh.
Colorful Living has a double entendre for us! So…Dream…with your mind soaring to the sky, imagine what you can create.
What’s Colorful Living mean to you?
Chris & Walter Chapin
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01.13.10
We resolve to…
In 2010, Company C resolves to be a customer first organization that delivers extraordinary experiences resulting in raving fans.
Our owners wanted to share their New Years Resolutions as well….
Walter Chapin, Co-Owner and President
I will ask more questions and listen, just like I “tell” my kids to do.
Chris Chapin, Co-Owner and Design & Creative Director
I resolve to finally finish decorating our house! You’re thinking “I can’t believe Chris & Walter’s house is not totally finished.” Well …the story goes something like this…we moved to this house four years ago…during this time; we’ve used it for three photo shoots, with another Fall 2010 shoot going on this week! Our house is constantly in motion with rugs and furniture moving frequently in and out. It’s never quite settled because with each new season, I want to live with our newest collections. So in 2010, I resolve to finally finish it—top to bottom. And to make sure I stick to my resolution, I’ll take you on the journey with me—with monthly updates in our blog.
I also want to continue to follow my passion for adventure and developing colorful, new products. My overactive brain wants to explore so many places and is always thinking of new ideas and designs. So for resolution number two—I will travel to an exotic country where I haven’t been yet, to live adventurously, explore and develop a colorful new collection. I’ve been designing it in my head for months now. Stay tuned and I’ll reveal more of the concepts as the year progresses…
Thanks everyone! Hope to hear from you all soon.
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01.08.10
Here’s to a Colorful New Year full of colorful possibilities…
We announced a Facebook contest a couple of weeks ago, challenging our customers and fans to share their colorful New Years resolutions with us. We had an outpouring of wonderful responses! It was extremely difficult to select a winner so we decided to have one grand prize winner with three additional runners up. So here goes…
The 4’6 x 6’6 rug of choice goes to Heather Hilton who resolves to… “look around my life and find positive things in everything I do. I will remember to be amazed at the love around me and not dwell on the negative.”
Runners up who will receive a 2′ x 3′ accent rug include these inspiring individuals….
Pamela Talbot Syverson
I resolve not to make any resolutions whatsoever. Because every day is a new beginning – to discover, explore, learn something new, let go of yesterday, rearrange my life. And I won’t be disappointed if I don’t keep a resolution because I just start all over again tomorrow.Mary Martin Keller
I resolve to not fear color, but to use it with abandon!Debra Prescott
I resolve to lighten up and have more fun this year.And we would like to give a honorable mention to Vicki Ginsburg. We all felt her poem needed to be published for all to read because it is amazingly creative! Thank you, Vicki!
I have a “prototype” by Company C,
That truly makes my room,
My wish this year is to be rich enough,
To have my whole house bloom!I dream and plan that Tuileries
Will grace my parlor floor;
But Maison and Brittany Blue had been on my mind
For a very long time before….
I delight in all the florals…
the petal, the leaf, the plume.
To be surrounded with such beauty
Is more than I can presume.
Rise and Shine each morning
Will greet me by my door;
And the garden of colorful Giverny
always makes my spirits soar~
So now, my Dear Company C,
Please bring me this visual perfume.
And please do not ever tell me
That it will require me having a groom!My pocketbook is meager
(Oh, I hate to be a bore);
Show kindness to this faithful Fan
And send Love straight from your Store!Check out our Facebook page for more colorful resolutions! www.facebook.com/colorfulliving
We’re a fan of Facebook contests so any ideas, please throw them our way! We have some ideas for Mother’s Day, Birthdays, etc….but we need more fun contests so let’s hear it.
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12.22.09
Living in the future!
I can’t believe another design season is quickly coming to an end. We’re shooting our Fall 2010 collection this week and yet it feels as though we just started our design concept boards days ago.
What I find most satisfying is pulling the look together at the photo shoot. I love how our initial design concepts of the collections come to fruition in our room shots. The process can sometimes feel like giving birth—one forgets about the agonizing pain after we see a beautiful baby! At photo shoot, I forget about some of the frustrations–design prototypes being approved and the photo sample coming in a few shades lighter, prototypes arriving later than promised and furniture made the wrong way. But when it all comes together at the shoot, it’s fabulous and the fun begins—playing with rugs, pillows, throws, colorful chairs and beautiful flowers. What could be more exciting!
I’m so lucky to shoot with a such great team—Joe Lamere our photographer and his assistant Nancy Belluscio, Paul Newman our stylist and Frank Higham, owner of a landscape business in season, but filling in as our trusted prop supervisor and furniture relocation specialist…and all at Company C. We have a lot of fun despite the amount of ironing, dusting, vacuuming and moving, and not to mention the occasional rust blop from the iron on a delicate silk pillow that shows up right in front of the lens!
All in all, we took a lot of great shots of our Fall 2010 collection from the 150 year old Historic Holt-Chase house.
We lost daylight early since we’re close to the shortest day of the year, but what we did get was nice perspectives–great built-ins and architectural details as backdrops for our living, dining and bed rooms.Can’t wait to share these with you soon. In the meantime, Happy Holidays!
Chris Chapin
Design & Creative Director
