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We’re always ecstatic when one of our designs inspires someone! Check out the blog post from Maison Decor – a great designer from the Boston area who recently purchased one of our April Blooms rugs from our Concord store. She made it the centerpiece of her living room and it prompted a redecorating project in both her living room and dining room! She takes you through the process step-by-step here. We highly recommend her blog for great tips!
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!
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.
We are thrilled to share some pictures of the grand opening of a new Clay & Cotton, one of our fantastic partners. Their third store in Kirkwood, Missouri creates a presence in the St. Louis area in addition to their two successful locations in Louisville, Kentucky.
For more information about Clay & Cotton, visit www.clayandcotton.com.
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.
Today we celebrated Earth Day–a day to inspire awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s environment. At Company C, we also take the time to care on days other than April 22. Our Natural Grounds rugs are naturally beautiful in more ways than one: We use untreated 100 percent natural wool when constructing these rugs, greatly reducing the amount of dye used to make them. The less dye used, the fewer natural resources are consumed. The natural colors of wool range from shades of ivory and ecru, to medium browns and grays, to almost black. When we use natural yarn, it instantly adds warmth to the design because it’s less flat; there’s an inherent variation in the shades that adds depth.
Our Natural Grounds collection includes four rugs–Sachi, Wentworth Floral, Yukata, and Yuri. The overscaled chrysanthemum designs in the Sachi rug are fresh and modern. “Sachi” is a Japanese name meaning “Happiness,” and this rug will surely make you smile. Wentworth Floral boasts an arresting floral pattern in all natural shades of gray. The Yukata rug was inspired by the brightly colored kimonos worn in Japan. By layering vibrant red, teal, wasabi and gold colors on the black bean ground of this rug, this rug is a true statement piece. The Yuri’s Ikat patterns in brilliant colors make for a dramatic contrast against the dark charcoal (and natural) ground.
And don’t forget our Natural Grounds rugs are GoodWeave certified, assuring you that your handmade rug was created without the use of child labor. Join us this month to celebrate these naturally beautiful rugs. Enjoy 25 percent savings on our Natural Grounds rugs. Make a statement in your home–be naturally beautiful today and every day.
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.
“We were working on a design collection inspired by Asian patterns, thought it would be great to do our own bold, colorful version of a traditional Oriental floral design.
Our design team was inspired by a porcelain vase that I picked up on a trip to Hong Kong. I was on a product development trip for fashion, but would sneak out any chance I got to shop for Chinese Arts and Crafts.
This vase is a typical Chinese floral, but we love the bright, happy color combination and the way the reds, pinks and yellows in the flowers pop off the jade green vines and navy border. We designed our own floral pattern with chrysanthemums and butterflies, loved it on a wasabi ground color, then tried it on pewter, and loved it just as much!”
Valerie Surprenant, Brand Design Manager
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.
One of the greatest joys for me is watching a customer’s first experience with Company C. 
When 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.
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 
look 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
