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  • 03.11.10 

    Spreading the Joys of Colorful Living!

    Help us to spread the joys of Colorful Living! Do you know someone who is experiencing a hardship and needs a boost of Colorful Living to help get them through this difficult time? Nominate one of your peers, co-workers, neighbors, family members or friends. We’ll select a person/family and send them a 6×9 rug of choice to add a …little more color to their lives. Inspire others and share your story today…

    You may nominate people through the blog or on our facebook page.

    Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, March 21, 2010.

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  • 01.19.10 

    Igniting a colorful fire!

    One of the greatest joys for me is watching a customer’s first experience with Company C. Vegas ShowroomWhen they open the door to one of our retail stores—whether Concord, Portland or Hingham—or at one of our wholesale showrooms, they stop for a minute, look around, take a breath and say “wow!” As Co-founder and Design & Creative Director, this is my favorite thing to witness, over and over again. It means we’ve been successful at creating an exciting shopping experience—causing a desire to explore more!

    They’ll start meandering through the store or showroom, taking in the various vignettes, whether a living room for a coastal getaway or a bedroom that would be great for a city loft. Colorful combinations of textures and patterns.

    IMG_4156 Sometimes, after a customer has walked through the store, they’ll ask, “so much color, how can I get this in my home?” and “Where do I begin, my house is all beige?” and “I have mostly brown, red and gold, how do I incorporate color?” I love hearing this—we’ve ignited a fire in their imaginations.

    For the rug—the foundation the room–my recommendation is to start with the colors you love, not with what’s in trend, if you begin with your favorite color(s), they’ll never be out of trend. Then pick out the rugs that fit this palette. Take them home and see how they oct 09 floor move 010look on your floor and in your own light—day and night. Pick out the one that you’re ready to build your room around. You cannot go wrong if you love the colors. Freshen up with colorful trend accents such as pillows, throws and decorative accessories that are easier to freshen up after a few seasons.

    And then, the icing on the cake…hearing a customer walk out the door saying…“bye, bye beige.”

    What is your most daring color story?

    Chris Chapin
    Design & Creative Director

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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!preppingshot

    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!team

    All in all, we took a lot of great shots of our Fall 2010 collection from the 150 year old Historic Holt-Chase house. thehouseWe 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

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  • 12.11.09 

    Dandelion Rug: Coordinating Paint Colors

    Our Dandelion rugs are bursting with brilliant blooms in a vibrant palette of colors. And best of all they’re 25% off this month.

    So if you’re designing a room around one of our Dandelion rugs, we’ve come up with some matching Benjamin Moore paint colors to make coordinating a snap.

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    Dandelion Cornflower: Play up the brighter side with Chesterton Buff or go bold with Audubon Russet. Some other coordinating colors that aren’t shown here are Fernwood Green and Straw.
    Dandelion-Persimmon-w-paint

    Dandelion Persimmon: Take a neutral approach with Filtered Sunlight or chill out with Northern Air. Some other coordinating colors that aren’t shown here are Standish White and Castleton Mist.

    And don’t forget Dandelion Green, which can be matched with Straw, Copper Mountain and Roasted Sesame Seed.

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  • 11.17.09 

    Fair Trade Gift Guide 2009

    Social responsibility has always been at the core of Company C’s values. So we’re thrilled to announce that our Yukata rug is featured in the Fair Trade Gift Guide 2009.

    This guide includes socially conscious gifts selected from Goodweave’s member companies. The purchase of any of these products, including our Yukata rug, helps directly combat poverty. Not to mention bring positive change to the lives of people all over the world.

    Named after traditional summer kimonos and inspired by colorful Japanese gardens, this handcrafted rug is the perfect way to give the gift of color this holiday season. And the GoodWeave certification ensures that this gorgeous rug was created using fair trade practices.

    There’s also a free shipping code associated with our listing. If you use the code GWSHIP, you’ll receive free FedEx ground shipping on your web order at www.companyc.com. This offer excludes furniture.

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  • 11.11.09 

    We give a hoot…

    Roots. There’s always that something special about your roots—where it all began. As you might know, Company C started in New Hampshire out of the owners’ garage, and today we continue to run our corporate offices and design studio out of the Granite State. As a salute to our roots, we recently partnered with New Hampshire Audubon Society, an organization with the mission to protect New Hampshire’s natural environment for wildlife and for the people. It was a perfect match: It’s our mission every day to enhance people’s surroundings and inspire them to share the joys of Colorful Living (and we like to do this through more than just home furnishings). Especially in the autumn, New Hampshire’s landscapes transform into an inspirational palette of colors and textures. Company C values its beautiful home; it made perfect sense to contribute to maintaining its beauty…

    Newfound Lake, New Hampshire, October 09 (photo by G. Talbot)

    Newfound Lake, New Hampshire, October 09 (photo by G. Talbot)

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  • 11.03.09 

    Selecting Paint Color…

    As any homeowner will tell you, selecting the perfect paint color is difficult. And the size of the paint swatch really doesn’t help! Thankfully, C2 Paint started making an oversized paint swatch (7x the normal size)! Hopefully, the other paint companies will start following suit. But there are so many factors that come into play when making paint selections including amount of natural light, ceiling color, type of flooring, etc.  To make your job a little bit easier….we’re making a few suggestions using our Benjamin Moore swatch kit.

    Tapestry with Chips SMTapestry: Go bold with Maple Leaf Red or keep things a bit more neutral by selecting Desert Tan.

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  • 10.30.09 

    The Colors of Autumn…

    Pumpkin Blog #1We 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. Pumpkin Blog #2

    Prescott Park rug in colorful bursts of warm autumn colors paired with Lucetta Marigold, Village Toile Wheat and a few Prescott Park pillows.

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  • 10.19.09 

    A Pet-Inspired Holiday…

    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 »

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  • 10.14.09 

    Share your passion for pink!

    We recently announced that we’ll donating 15% of ALL sales on October 17 & 18 to breast cancer awareness, education and advocacy. Our goal is to contribute funding for research that could improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This life-threatening disease continues to have an impact across the globe and here at home. We’re inspired to find new and innovative ways to get involved as we dream of a world without cancer.

    To publicly show our support, our retail stores and showroom in High Point, NC will display an interactive message board during the month of October. The boards were unveiled today! We’re inviting everyone to share the passion of pink…our guests are encouraged to write on the wall: a tribute to a close friend or family member, your own personal story, a donation in your name to a terrific cause or what pink means to you. If you’re unable to make it to a Company C retail location or the High Point, simply respond to this blog post and we’ll write the message on your behalf. Interactive Baord

    We’ll also be promoting our Sachi Pink 2×3 accent rug. This rug is available year-round with 20% of the sale of each rug going to support breast cancer.

    For those interested in learning more about breast cancer, please visit one of the following web sites. If there are additional sites that you’d like to share, please let us know.

    http://www.komen.org/
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=5
    http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/
    http://www.nbcam.org/
    http://www.breastcancerawareness.com/

    Thank you for your support,
    The team at Company C

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