Decorating Den Interiors Honors Top Sales Achievers

Furniture World News Desk on 1/29/2024

Number one overall and number one in Canada were Megan Patterson and Natalie Cox, who acquired the Ottawa, Ontario franchise from Catherine and Jerome Pulcine at midyear.

Decorating Den Interiors honored its top interior design sales achievers across the U.S. and Canada in a company-wide video awards ceremony. “We announce our top sales awards in January to make it timely,” said James S. Bugg, Jr, president and CEO.  “We also will celebrate their achievements and others during our awards gala dinner at our international conference and design center to be held in Nashville in May.”

“The geographic distribution of our top franchisees shows our strength across the country,” Bugg added. “We have 21 states and Canada represented in the following lists.”

Chairman’s Circle

Honored as the company’s Chairman’s Circle were the top ten franchisees for highest sales in the United States along with the highest in Canada. Number one overall and number one in Canada were Megan Patterson and Natalie Cox, who acquired the Ottawa, Ontario franchise from Catherine and Jerome Pulcine at midyear. Patterson and Cox had been designers in Pulcine franchise.

Number one in the U.S was the franchise owned by Linda and Dan Coin, Ft. Myers, Fla. “Hurricane Ian wiped out our entire Sanibel Island studio in September 2022. We lost every sample. After we took a few days to know if everyone was safe, our amazing team of seven got to work and made a remarkable recovery,” said Linda Coin.

Others who achieved Chairman’s Circle status are Lisa Bibawi, Dallas, Texas; sisters Barbara Elliott and Jennifer Ward Woods, Stone Mountain, Ga.; Bonnie Pressley, Fort Worth, Texas; Charla Traugott, Montgomery, Texas; Kiran Arif, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sandy and James Kozar, Knoxville, Tenn.; Kristen Pawlak, Louisville, Ky.; Nola Shivers, Springfield, Mo., and Jennifer French, Bluffton, S.C.

“The accomplishment by the Coin team was truly remarkable,” Bugg said. “I want to highlight that it is first Chairman’s Circle achievement for Kristen Pawlak, who has been chair of our franchise leadership council, and Jennifer French, who was in only her second full year in business.”

Thirty additional top sales achievers were announced to round out the company’s top 40. They are: Diane Schaefer, Venice, Fla.; Claudia Leah, Naples, Fla,; Monique Holland, National Harbor, Md.; Kimberly Paulus, Missouri City, Texas;  Krista Shugars, Pasadena, Md.; Sandra Burroughs and Allison Fikejs, Lenexa, Kan.; Barbara Hayman, Kissimmee, Fla.; Kathleen Monteleone, Wind Gap, Pa.; Kathy Golson, Orlando, Fla.; Robion Cotter, Plympton, Mass; Bohnne Jones, Nashville, Tenn.; Kim Morgan, Phoenixville, Pa.; Veronica Simmons, Wixom, Mich.; Michelle Jett, La Verne, Calif.; Samantha Stiglitz, Hockessin, Del.; Marni Sugerman, Riverdale, N.Y.; Sherry Franzoy Garcia, Las Cruces, N.M.; Debbie Demboski, Wesley Chapel, Fla.; Maria Loveless, Manassas, Va.; Jeanette Turk, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; Gina Wolleat, Lino Lakes, Minn.; Alisa Lankenau, Lantana, Texas; Sandy Schuster, Denver, Colo.; Patrica Kelly, Morganville, N.J.; Mary Jo Long, Downingtown, Pa.; Maryann Fisher, Chambersburg, Pa.; Jennifer Jones, Tomball, Texas; Mary Elliott, Indian Trail, NC; Niki Johnson, Conroe, Texas; and Tonie Vander Hulst, Palm Beach, Fla.

Top ten U.S. decorators who are part of a franchise: Trinette Nelson, Ft. Myers, Fla.; Kayla Anderson, Dallas, Texas; Paula Esterline, Fort Worth, Texas; Breann Bohne, Dallas, Texas; Jillian Johnson, Springfield, Mo.; Michele Simpson, Dallas, Texas; Heather Malachowski, Springfield, Mo.; Marcia Feeney, Ft. Myers, Fla.; Annie Abanilla, Louisville, Ky.; and Nancy Gillespie, Louisville, Ky.

The top two Canadian decorator were Catherine Pulcine and Marina Pavlova, both of Ottawa, Ontario.

About Decorating Den Interiors
Founded in 1969, Decorating Den Interiors design professionals benefit from a business model that provides them with a proprietary business management system, national advertising, local marketing materials including a turnkey digital package, public relations assistance, continuing education, and direct access to suppliers. “We like to say it’s being in business for yourself but not by yourself,” says James S. Bugg, Jr. president and CEO of the Easton-Maryland based company.