Another great speaker scheduled!

Joanne Lenart-Weary

If experience matters, then JoAnne Lenart-Weary is the Queen. With over 30 years in the decorating and staging industry, she has created beautiful rooms all over the country. JoAnne’s clients claim she is “a Keeper” and many of them have been clients since she launched her decorating career. She is now working with second and third generations of the same family. JoAnne created the longest running hands-on decorating related training in the country. As a former Realtor, she understands the needs of the real estate market and also the buyer, as they transform their new purchase into the home of their dreams.

JoAnne has taught at the college level and has written decorating curriculum for IRIS, The SDP, CHF Academy. She is the co-developer of a unique color selection system, The Patented Color with No Regrets. She is a frequent writer for Window Fashions and Drapery and Design Professional Magazines. JoAnne is a well-respected and called upon industry expert.

Affiliations:

* Nationally Certified Master Professional Trainer – Decorating and Staging Academy
* Head of Design Education -CHF Academy
* Member of IDS
* Member of RESA
* Member of IRIS

www.thedecoratingandstagingacademy.com

First speaker confirmed....Susan Kostelecky!

We are working hard to find a great mix of speakers that will appeal to Workrooms, Designers, Installers and others in the Window Treatment Industry. Topics will include design, fabrication, marketing and business.

We're off to a great start and are happy to announce that Susan Kostelecky will be joining us.

Susan Kostelecky, has owned a custom drapery design and fabrication studio since 1994. The award winning SK Designs (www.picturetrail/skdesigns) has created hundreds of creative window treatments in the greater Houston area (including many featured on area home tours), as well as Austin, Dallas, Corpus Christi and even California.

In 2007 Susan founded the very popular CSI camp, held annually in Texas. The Custom Sewing Institute (CSI) provides professional educational seminars with a focus on professional techniques and methods, to assist attendees in achieving beautiful and well-crafted window treatments and other soft furnishings.

For more info on Susan, check out her webpage:

www.csisews.com

Location and Date set for the Show!

The Northeast New England Chapter of the WCAA is excited to announce our Tabletop Show coming this fall.

It will be on Saturday October 16th 2010, at the Westford Regency Hotel in Westford, MA

We'll be updating this blog regularly with information on speakers, vendors, registration information, and much more as things become finalized.