Mario Buatta Accompanies Decorating Den Interiors To London's Decree

Furniture World Magazine

Internationally renowned designer Mario Buatta accompanied a group of sixty-five top decorators from Decorating Den Interiors to London's Decree Market. Decree is the world's most established international interior design event, housing over 175 exhibitors. Attendees experienced the very finest in design merchandise from over 350 manufacturers. Decorating Den Interiors' "Grand Destination '98" trip to London was part of the companies bi-annual incentive trip program that offers Decorating Den decorators the opportunity to earn their trip, free of charge, using trip-points earned via cumulative retail sales. Points may also be saved and used for other trips, conference attendance etc... "Established in 1969, on-going training and education is an integral part of Decorating Den Interiors' system," state Bobbie J. Haseley, Senior Vice President of Retail Sales and General Merchandising Manager "Educational trips such as this combined with our educational courses offered on a regional level and at our annual conference keeps Decorating Den Interiors decorators up-to-date with home fashion industry trends, product and knowledge." "We were thrilled to have Mario joining us on this trip! What a wonderful perk for our owners," states Carol Donayre Bugg, Vice President of Design. "Over the years, Mario has become such a good friend of Decorating Den Interiors. In addition to accompanying our group to London; each year Mario participates in our annual Dream Room Contest held at the prestigious Plaza Hotel in New York City; Mario wrote the Forward to Divine Design, Decorating Den Interiors most recent hardcover book; and has attended our annual conference on more than one occasion!" Buatta's impressive lists of private clients have and do include Henry Ford 11, Malcolm Forbes, Barbara Walters, Nelson Doubleday, Billy Joel. Charlotte Ford and Mr. and Mrs. S.I. Newhouse among others. Commercial design contracts include; The Executive Offices of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City; the decoration and design of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Galleries in Wilmington, Delaware which houses their line of reproductions. He has completed the redecorating of the Blair House - the official White House guesthouse in Washington, D.C. In addition to Decree, the group enjoyed touring the Victoria & Albert Museum, Oxford, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral; shopping at Harrod's and numerous antique shops, and strolling along the Thames River. When asked what they thought of their trip, the unanimous response from the group was "It was Buattiful!" With more than 700 decorators throughout North America and the U.K., Decorating Den Interiors is the world's largest interior decorating franchise. Decorating Den Interiors offers a full service, shop at home service. Each decorator drives to the client's home or office in a ColorVan® equipped with thousands of samples of wallcoverings, fabrics, furnishings, accessories and flooring. Client's enjoy the benefits of previewing generous size samples in the convenience and lighting of their own homes or offices. Consultations are complimentary. "Decorating Den decorators throughout the world assist homeowners with more than 50,000 decorating projects annually," stated Bugg, "Decorating Den Interiors is the decorating service the world turns to for quality products and services. Our projects range from women's shelters, middle and upper income homes, corporate offices, the Presidential Suite of Donald Trump's Plaza Hotel, the LIFE magazine American Dream Home, a makeover completed for PBS' Emmy Award Winning program This Old House to the most recent $50,000 Whole House makeover completed for Woman's World magazine. Decorating Den Interiors has become the decorating company that the world turns to for professional interior decorating." Decorating Den Interiors room makeovers have been featured recently in such publications as: Southern Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman's Day, Style at Home and Canadian Living. fin addition, Decorating Den has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show, CBS This Morning, the Discovery Channel's Interior Motives, Lifetime's Our Home, and HGTV's Decorating with Style. For more information contact 800-Dec Dens or visit us at www.decoratingden.com.