Home Decor &
Fine Furnishings Show

Appearing at the All New
Home Decor & Fine Furnishings Show!

Meet Rachel Lutzker

Sunday from 2pm to 4pm, visit with one of 105.9 The River's favorite DJs, Rachel Lutzker, host of 105.9 The River, Acoustic After Dark, airing Monday-Friday from 7pm to 9pm. The River “unplugs” from it all every night.  Rachel Lutzker digs into the River’s music library and plays some unbelievable acoustic and unplugged performances.  You’ve never heard your favorite songs like this!.  Visit with Rachel Sunday from 1pm to 3pm and put in your request, test her musical knowledgewith some obscure music trivia or just say hi!

Paul Burrell
To Appear Saturday at the
Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show

Paul Burrell, English lifestyle expert and former butler to the British Royal Family, will appear Saturday midday at the Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show as the special guest of Connecticut Home Interiors to present his exciting new line of furniture: Royal Manner: The English Country House, by Highland House. Connecticut Home Interiors of West Hartford, CT, is one of only eight stores around the country where Paul Burrell will personally appear in 2007 to promote this exciting new collection of elegant, eclectic, relaxed country English wood and upholstered furniture. Click here for more info.

Mar Jennings

Meet lifestyle expert Mar Jennings, host of WTNH Channel 8’s Mar Jennings Home & Garden and author of the much anticipated book Life on Mar’s: A Four Season Garden.  Mar will be at three of our four Fall Home Shows and at two of our Spring Home Shows in Hartford and Westchester County, sharing his lifestyle tips and inspirations for living creatively.  Find out more about “Lifestyle Guru” Mar Jennings at www.marjennings.com. 

Saturday 10:00-5:00
Sunday 12:00-5:00

RESTORATION LIGHTING GALLERY

Restoration Lighting Gallery is Connecticut’s exclusive - lighting restoration, lighting repair, and shade boutique. Located in “The Lighting District” on Brainard Road in Hartford, Restoration Lighting Gallery has an amazing collection of vintage, reproduction, custom built, and unique lighting, plus a large selection of lamp shades, table and floor lamps, and home accents. Restoration Lighting Gallery also has skilled craftsman on staff to customize and repair any lamp or lighting fixture.

Restoration Lighting Gallery is giving away FREE TICKETS to the Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show being held October 27th and October 28th 2007 at The Connecticut Convention Center. Visit Restoration Lighting Gallery and ask for your Free Tickets (two per household, while supplies last).  While you’re there, Enter-to-Win a vintage cast brass 10 light chandelier circa 1950 and see the new collection of Original Louis Comfort Tiffanies on display and available for sale.

Restoration Lighting Gallery invites you to stop by our booth (#629, #630, #701, #702) at the new Connecticut Convention Center October 27 – 28th to meet our team of lighting and restoration experts, and to discuss your lighting needs. 

Restoration Lighting Gallery is located at 167 Brainard Road, at “The Lighting District”, right across the street from Connecticut Lighting Centers in Hartford. For more information contact Mark Okun at 860-493-2532 or visit our web site at www.restorationlightinggallery.com

Among the new innovations at the Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show, the newest in countertop resurfacing is a product call LG Viatera, a quartz (93%) mineral blended with advanced polymer resins and available in 12 colorfast pigments.  Quartz is the fourth hardest mineral on earth, and virtually impervious to stains, scratches and chips.  Unlike granite or marble, LG Viatera does not need topical sealing, providing long lasting, maintenance free beauty.  Let the experts at The Edge Countertops advise you on color and design in booth #638 at the Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show.

Connecticut Home Interiors

The Althorp Living History Collection will be among the features at the Home Décor Show.  Althorp Living History is a collection of fine furniture from Theodore Alexander that is superbly designed and quintessentially English and was commissioned by Earl Spencer brother of the late Princess Diana.  The line features a collection of furnishings and decorative accessories that replicate those in Althorp, the Spencer family’s regal home in Northamptonshire, England. Althorp is also the final resting place of Princess Diana. for more info

Meet Sonna Calandrino
and her sister, Lisbeth Calandrino 

publishers of FABULOUS FLOORS MAGAZINE, the only International Consumer Floor Covering magazine in publication, appearing at the all new Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show.  Sonna & Lisbeth will be happy to answer all your most detailed flooring questions at the Home Décor & Fine Furnishings Show, October 27-28, 2007 at the CT Convention Center.

Sonna Calandrino

Sonna Calandrino, CEO of Sonna & Company and Publisher of FABULOUS FLOORS MAGAZINE, the only consumer floor covering magazine in publication, brings with her 20 years of expertise in the international flooring industry.  Sonna also owns Great Expectations Wool Rugs , showcasing her own line of gorgeous 100% New Zealand Wool Rugs – The Sonna Collection – which she will display at the Show.  Sonna is donating one of her spectacular wool rugs as a door prize!

Lisbeth Calandrino

Lisbeth Calandrino is co-founder and Vice President of Peachtree Communications, specializing in marketing/communications/training in the flooring industry and also publishes FABULOUS FLOORS MAGAZINE, the international consumer flooring magazine.  Lisbeth is a flooring specialist and a leading authority on the latest flooring trends.  Lisbeth will present a seminar on the latest flooring trend, Cork flooring.  Lisbeth will be happy to answer all your most detailed flooring questions at the Show!

Your Road to a Better Home!

Located in the New Park Avenue area of West Hartford, the Home Design District offers everything today’s busy homeowner could need to build, renovate, decorate, or furnish a home.  Over 20 independent member businesses located in one square mile make home projects easy and enjoyable.  From roofing to flooring, from floral arrangements to furniture, if it’s for the home, you’ll find it here.  And the best part is, you’ll spend your time shopping, not running all over town!

Nadeau's

Nadeau's Auction Gallery is one of the fastest growing auction galleries in New England and one of New England's largest, with over 20 years of experience in the auction business and over 60 years in the furniture and antique business.  Nadeau’s in centrally located immediately at the end of exit 34 off I-91 in their new 12,000 square foot facility, the newest large-capacity auction facility in New England. Be sure to visit them at the Home Decor & Fine Furnishings Show, Nov. 3-5, 2006 at the CT Convention Center.

Judith Derench

Judith Derench, owner of The Global Gecko, carves Disney's "Big 5" jungle animals (their 5 most popular animals - lion, tiger, zebra, giraffe, elephant) out of fallen tree branches. They are for sale at Mombasa, a gift shop in the Animal Kingdom and also at Zawadi Marketplace, a gift shop at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, both at Disneyworld. She has also been to Walt Disney World twice this year as a "guest artist" for Earth Day weekend (April) at the Animal Kingdom and The Flower and Garden Show (May) at EPCOT. She has "signed" any pieces purchased by guests during these 2 events and she plans to "sign" any pieces purchased at the Home Décor Show. Visit her in booth # 916.