High Point People Pix 
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At Feizy, from left: Craig Vaka and Rachel Sturm, Abu Rug & Home, Jamestown, NC; John Feizy, president of Feizy, and Steve Sorrow, director of product development for Feizy.

Scoring very high on the adorable scale are Heidi Joyce,
left, of Casual Living Furniture in Winston-Salem, NC,
and Liora Manne, president of Liora Manne/Lamontage and head designer for Trans Ocean Imports.


Steve Tabs, president of Global Bazaar, Houston, with Seth King,vice president of sales and marketing for Surya.

At Jaipur: Terry Foltz, left, Jaipur midwest regional manager; Keve Butterfield of Butterfield Interiors, Varina, NC; Denise Whitley of Interior Concepts, Raleigh, NC, and Jaipur sales agent Chris Phillips.
 

Ray Schuett, Village Gate Sales, Capel's Canadian distributor, with Bud Young, Capel vice president of sales and marketing.

At Safavieh, from left: Arash Yaraghi, Safavieh principal; sales exec Yervant Varjabedian; Bradley Clifford and Stefan Krupelak, Bravado Home & Design, Portland, OR.
 

Doug Ernewein, left, vice president of product development
for Rizzy Rugs, with Lynn Buch, Lynn Buch Interiors,
 Wheeling, WV.

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At Trans-Ocean, from left: Amy Smith, Pam's Finishing Touches, Dubuque, IA; Trans Ocean salesman Jim Ellis, and Pam Adams of Pam's Finishing Touches.

Chandra Tiwari, left, president of Chandra Rugs; Joanne LaRosa and David LaRosa of All that Glitters, a design specialist in Baltimore, MD.

Loloi's Michael Schneider, left, with Ginny Patchen of Walls en Vogue by Ginnuy, Warren OH. This pic was snapped at the Loloi-Straaton showroom, which had a wide range of home accessories and plenty of lively traffic.

This happy looking group at Surya includes, from left:
Lynn Roach of Surya; Betty Fulton and Rob Haskell of Cary's Distinctive Design, Cary, NC.

At Kaleen: Joe Barkley, executive vice president, left with regional sales reps Gray Christie and Darryl Ernst.

A new face in the industry: Welcome to Josh Roberts, newly-named vice president of sales and marketing of Jaipur with his boss, Asha Chaudhary, chief executive officer of Jaipur. More will be revealed very soon....
 

Patti Jensen, center, of Design Strategy, Livonia, MI, with Jonathon Pickenpack, left, of Jauntry, and Kami Navid, executive vice president of Jaunty.

Mark Bellgraph, left, sales manager, and Danny Partielli, president of Global Accents.

Tab Rahim of Tab Rug Gallery in High Point, NC,  was holding down the fort for Abu Rugs, which was showing as a wholesaler for the first time at this market. Abu Rugs is best known as a Jamestown, NC rug retailer.

At Kas: Brandon Culpepper, national sales manager, left, and Hari Tummala, executive vp, right, welcome Robbin Scholten, merchandising manager for Klaussner Home retail stores, Asheboro, NC.

Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com and Doug Robetor, sales manager for Loloi Rugs, saying good-bye from High Point. We'll be seeing you next at the International Rug Market in AmericasMart Atlanta, July 12 to 15, 2009.
 

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SAFAVIEH SALUTES COUTURE DESIGNERS
WITH BIG TENT PARTY AT MARKET SQUARE

These million-dollar smiles belong to Jonathon Yaraghi, left, of Safavieh, and design hunk Thom Filicia who introduced his first licensed Thom Filicia Home collection with Safavieh. We do like our Boy Toys, but why do they keep calling us "Mom"?

Cyrus Yaraghi, a Safavieh principal, with Couture division designer Suzanne Kasler. The Safavieh Couture Division made its High Point debut this Spring.

Here is Cyrus Yaraghi, left, with Safavieh Couture designer David Easton. Over 600 people gathered on the courtyard at Historic Market Square to see the design celebrities.

Cyrus Yaraghi, does the photo op honors with Thomas O'Brien, who was the first major interior designer to develop a group of rugs for Safavieh.

Safavieh Sales exec Yervant Varjabedian with execs from  Safavieh's Japanese distributing company in Tokyo. That's Kazuo Kajita and Shinichi Futagami from Bespoke, Inc., Tokyo.

Thom Filicia, left,  with Safavieh principal Arash Yaraghi in the Courtyard of Historic Market Square. Filicia is currently starring in his own Style Network series called Dress My Nest and is the recent recipient of Interior Design magazine’s Merit Award for Outstanding Eco-Design. (Filicia was a terrifically good sport at the Market Square event, patiently signing autographs and smiling cheerfully for lots and lots of photos).

CHANDRA INTRODUCES
AMY BUTLER COLLECTION

Textile designer Amy Butler, left, with Ravi Tiwari, vice president of Chandra Rugs. The designer was on hand for the official unveiling of Chandra's new Amy Butler line. We caught them as they entered the Showplace building for the Chandra Meet-and-Greet.

Chandra execs pose with designer Amy Butler. From left: Sales manager Michael Heath, Butler, president Chandra Tiwari, and vice president Ravi Tiwari.

The entire Chandra family of execs and sales people gather for this picture with designer Amy Butler.