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• See You at Capitol Design Days March 2, 2010
  Will you be attending Capitol Design Days, March 10 – 12, 2010, at the Washington Design Center?  Please stop by the Interior Design Society  table.  IDS  Membership Representative Bonnie Hair will be there to greet you. Visit www.dcdesigncenter.com Did you know? The Washington Design Center is the mid-Atlantic’s one-stop shopping resource for the finest in home furnishings, [...]
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• Upcoming IDS Webinars March 2, 2010
  Mark your calendar today. The webinar line-up this spring has valuable information for every IDS member. Register today at the IDS website. Or call Abbie Emms at (888) 884.4469, ext. 224.  Email Abbie at aemms@interiordesignsociety.org IDS WEBINARS •Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT “Interior Photography That Sells” presented by Ed Wolkis, Interior Photographer •Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1 pm [...]
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• Webinar Alert: Business-Building Photo Tips March 2, 2010
  Picture Perfect: Interior Photography That Sells Webinar Presented by Ed Wolkis Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST IDS Members: $10, 

 Non-members: $15 Ed Wolkis, author of How to Take Photos that Move Houses, presents tips and ideas on how to photograph interiors in a way that will sell your design business. Prospective clients respond to great [...]
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• Meet Thom Filicia February 12 January 27, 2010
  Mark your calendar and make plans to join Furnitureland South, Vanguard Furniture and celebrity Interior Designer Thom Filicia on Friday, February 12 for the launch of Thom’s Home Collection for Vanguard. This special event takes place from 4 to 7 pm at Furnitureland South’s Thom Filicia Gallery. •From 4 to 6 pm, Thom will be take [...]
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• New Boston Chapter To Meet January 7, 2010
  A new IDS chapter in the Greater Boston area will hold its first meeting later this month. The group will  meet on Jan. 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Robert Allen Showroom, Suite 200, in the Boston Design Center. The building address is One Design Center Place, Boston, MA. To RSVP, contact Christine [...]
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• IDS Featured on Web January 7, 2010
  IDS member Kerry Steele is the Pittsburgh Interior Decorating Examiner on the website www. examiner.com. Kerry recently interviewed IDS CEO Pam White and IDS Board President Margi Kyle. Click here to read the informative piece and other articles Kerry has written recently.
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• California Here We Come January 7, 2010
  If you will be attending the 2010 California Gift Show (Jan. 15 – 18), be sure to drop by the Interior Design Society booth. IDS Membership Representative Bonnie Hair will be on hand to greet you. The IDS booth is located in the L.A. Mart Temporaries, second floor, Space #328. For more information visit www.lamart.com. [...]
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• Become a Certified Green Designer December 22, 2009
  IDS is partnering with the Sustainable Furniture Council (SFC) on GREENleaders, a new six-hour exam course–AN INDUSTRY FIRST! The GREENleaders course provides the most comprehensive training available in green home furnishings. Written by a LEED-CI/AP, the course is intended to give you the knowledge and credentials to be a local expert. GREENleaders is being offered as [...]
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• IDS Member Featured on Two Websites December 22, 2009
  Nicole Yee, IDS Associate, IRIS, of NY Interiors, is featured on the Ava Living website. The site’s “Holiday Entertaining Week” feature is a celebration of table and home decoration for the holidays. Yee says this is the second NY Interiors project that Ava’s design team has chosen to feature.  Her work from  2009 Designer Showhouse [...]
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• Long Island Chapter News December 22, 2009
  The IDS Chapter in Long Island New York will meet Jan. 12, 2010 at the Steinway Piano showroom in Melville, NY. Click here to read about the Chapter’s most recent meeting at the Duralee showroom.
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