ATLANTA MARKET PEOPLE PIX
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Party Time!

Foodies Meet Ruggies at Kaleen

Superstars of food and rug worlds: Cooking Queen Paula Deen with Rug Royalty Elaine Minter and Mary John Lewis of FurnitureLand South, High Point, NC.

Blake Dennard, vice president of sales for Kaleen, with Jeff Keeler, Carl's Furniture, Boca Raton, FL.


Teresa Buckalew and Donna Leher took over ownership at Great Rugs in Blue Ridge, GA a couple years ago, and they say biz is great in that beautiful north Georgia mountain resort.

COMING SOON!
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PAULA DEEN FLAVOR
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Fun With Feizy and Sandra Lee


A beautiful partnership: John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy, with Semi-Homemade inventor, Sandra Lee.  In a few days, we'll stop laughing long enough to show you the movie of Sandy interviewing John!

John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy with rug industry celebs John and Lucy Murse of Rugs as Art, Sarasota, FL

Allan Anderson and Doug Cahill of the Anderson stores in Hattiesburg, MS.

COMING SOON!
SANDRA LEE INTERVIEWS JOHN FEIZY
IN RUGNEWS.COM MARKET MOVIE

Kalaty Welcomes Paul Burrell
Former Royal Butler and Lifestyle Expert

Paul Burrell, third from left with the Kalaty family. From left: Farshad, Ramin, Dad Mirza, Ariel and Mike.

Greg Poteete, left, of Kalaty with Brian Bates of Rug Decor, Port Charlotte, FL


From left: J. Asher Bremen of J Asher Handmade Carpets, Washington, DC; Patrick Aaron of Aaron Floor Design, San Francisco, and Dean Buchanan of J Asher.

Former Royal Butler Paul Burrell greets Fran Horton
and Katherine Elkes of Rug Decor in Myrtle Beach, SC at Kalaty Party.

Surya Hosts Wing-Ding At
Capitol City Club to Celebrate
Rug-Home Accents Coordinates

Keith Caskey and Nichole Hansen of Kermans, Indianapolis.

From left: David Okada and Sam Presnell of The Rug
 Gallery, Cincinnatti, and Terry Lewis, The Rug Merchant, Evansville, IN.

Steve Roan, recently named chief operating officer of Surya, left, controller Martha LaBar, and sales vice president Jeff Gonzalez. Martha is an old friend from Rug-Hold, where she was chief financial officer for many years.

MORE FUN TO COME FROM SURYA PARTY!
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Amici Means "Friends"
A Great Reason for a Party

Eva Diadamo of Amici greets fellow Canadian Michael Pourvakil of the Weavers Art stores in Toronto.

Jeff DeSantis, center, president of Amici, with Ray Albed of Albed Rug, Wayne, PA, left, and Brad Andonian of Pande Cameron in Seattle.

Rugs America Introduces
Jane Seymour Home Collection

Aaron Hakimian, left, exec vp of Rugs America, with Howard Winkler, president of The Somerset Group, which manages Jane Seymour licensing. Maybe we will see Jane Seymour in person later this year!

WE LOVE LUCY!

Lucy Arnaz, aka Melody Knighton, center, shares a laugh with Rose Campbell of LL Bean, Freeport, ME and Bruce Hric, president of Capel. Capel had a grand opening black tie party in honor of its newly-redesigned showroom.
 

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