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One of my favorite runway designers is Oscar de la Renta and his gowns. They are so dreamy. In his Spring 2012 designs, he captured crisp navy and white in a casual yet elegant way in his masterpiece below. Reminded me of our Imperial Paisley bedding collection.
Reference Site: http://www.oscardelarenta.com/?folderId=/collections/runway/spring2012#lookId=60&
Pictured: Company C Imperial Paisley bed with our Regalia pillow.
Dreamy, dreamy, dreamy!
We had a great turnout and overwhelming responses to the new Fall 2011 collections yesterday. A sneak peek of fall was featured at each of our three retail stores but in case you missed it, here are some photos of the fabulous new products!
See something you are just in love with? Stop by or call one of our three stores to pre-order today!
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Explore all the colorful 2010 Fall collections, then tell us what your favorite fall piece is and why. Post your comments on our blog, our Facebook Wall, or reply @companyc on Twitter by August 10 and you could win a 6’x9’ Spectrum rug in the color of your choice!
Contest Rules: Dealers, vendors, other partners, employees and family members are not eligible to win. Only entries with valid email addresses will be entered in contest. Winner will be selected based on quality of entry and a random drawing of finalists’ names. Winner will be notified by August 13 via email.
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! 
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!
Here are the new Passion for Pink rug designs! We are hoping to unveil our newest product designs this September but need a little help with the product names. We’d like to give even more meaning to the products by naming the rugs after brave and courageous individuals whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. We’d love to hear your story. We’re looking for someone who took a stand against breast cancer and empowered others with their compassion, fiery dedication and unwavering commitment to the cause.
Our namesakes will receive one rug in each design and also have their story featured in our upcoming Spring 2011 catalog. Please submit your story by posting on our blog http://blog.companyc.com/ or facebook page, www.facebook.com/colorfulliving.
We will be accepting submissions through June 15, 2010.
To tell you a little more about the rugs, one of the designs features impressionist flowers full of color and character while the other rug incorporates five different shades of pink and features curlicues and circular medallions hooked in different densities to give the pattern textural depth. A spin-off of Company C’s best-selling Garland and Giverny rug designs, the passion for pink rugs are hand-hooked and made of 100 percent wool. Available for a limited time only, these rugs were specially designed to benefit breast cancer awareness and community outreach. Company C will donate twenty percent of the retail price of each rug sold to support breast cancer awareness, research and education.
Our entire organization felt very strongly about supporting this cause and what better to show our support than through the use of color and design! We hope our new designs will inspire colorful living for our customers and those affected by breast cancer.
Our Passion for Pink rugs will be available for sale to end consumers in September 2010. Both rugs will be available 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. To find a dealer in the area or for additional information, visit www.companyc.com or call 800.818.8288.
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
We just love the colors of New England autumns…Why not bring them indoor. Here are a few inspirational combinations…our colorful Rise and Shine rug in Marigold paired with a sofa in Pickering Stripe Goldenrod, our Camden swivel glider in Village Toile Moss, topped off with Thicket pillows capturing the deep reds of maple trees. 
Prescott Park rug in colorful bursts of warm autumn colors paired with Lucetta Marigold, Village Toile Wheat and a few Prescott Park pillows.
We recently launched a collection of holiday pillows and accent rugs. The majority of the products in the collection are inspired by pets, more specifically by dogs. Not being a dog-owner myself, I went to the design team to learn more about the inspiration behind this new collection. I probably should note that all four members of the design team are dog owners.
Here are the comments that I received when asking why they’re so inspired by their dogs. We’d love to hear your feedback as well! Are you inspired by your pet? Tell us about it! Read the rest of this entry »
Company C has been adding to its Natural Grounds collection with each new introduction and this season is no different! The Yuri rug, introduced with the Fall 2009 collection, features a natural undyed background. Using untreated 100% natural wool greatly reduces the amount of dye used in the manufacture of a rug.
Yuri on a Natural Ground
All rugs in this collection are also RugMark-certified. RugMark provides consumers with a third-party certification ensuring their rug was created without the use of child labor.
View the entire Natural Grounds collection.
