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Interior Inspirations 2012 at Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme

This designer showcase includes workshops and talks throughout the weekend and there are plenty of opportunities to shop too. It's all to benefit New London's Child and Family Agency.

 

If you love interior design, or want tips on how to do it, you won't want to miss Interior Inspirations 2012 at Lyme Art Association on Lyme Street in Old Lyme.

Eight designers, including Honorary Chair Larry Laslo (profiled in the May 2012 Elle Décor), will transform the Lyme Art Association into an exquisite designer vignette showcase. Vignettes will be “unveiled” tonight at a preview party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The designers include Larry Laslo, Patricia Spratt, Thomas Rose, Virginia Linburg, Marily MacKinnon,  Nina Cuccio Peck,Dennis Pough, and Galway Stallard.

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The 2010 Interior Inspirations event drew 2,000 visitors from New York to Massachusetts, who came to meet designers and purchase unique gifts for the home. There will be home goods and books on sale again this year in a boutique on the ground floor of the Lyme Art Association.

The boutique features artisanal and luxury items such as scents for the bath, body and home by Jo Malone; unique, modern patchwork home furnishing accessories, organic linen, gifts and glitter by Anita Designs; lacquer trays, ceramics, candlesticks, design books, faux florals, and decorative accents by Plough Interiors; and fine embroidered linens and handmade gifts by Jacaranda Living, to name just a few. 

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The event runs throughout the weekend with guest speakers including  best-selling authors Jane Green and Alexandra Stoddard. The speaker series will be held across the street at the newly renovated Old Lyme Inn beginning on Friday at 10:30 a.m. and running through Sunday.

A total of eight talks will be given at the Old Lyme Inn, including a round-table of the featured vignette designers including Larry Laslo, Jane Green, Peter RomanielloAlexandra StoddardLouis Raymond,Roxanne CoadyPriscilla Martel and D.J Carey at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.

Tickets for these events can be purchased online, at the Bowerbird in Old Lyme, and at Child and Family Agency in New London which will receive the proceeds from this fundraiser. Call 860-443-2896 x 1403 for more information. 


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