Decor&You, Inc. To Host Brunch Featuring Frank Spano ASID, In Danbury, CT

Furniture World Magazine

Decor&You, Inc., announced that it will a brunch event in Danbury, CT on Saturday, February 21st from 10 AM - 1 PM featuring Frank Spano, ASFD, Interior Designer and Furniture Designer. The target audience for the event is home furnishings Industry professionals, fecorators, fesigners, dtagers, gurniture salespersons, etc.. Kristina Gumbulevich, Operations Manager for rapidly growing interior decorating franchise commented that, "since our business had a positive 2008, we want to reach out to others in the industry who may be struggling in this economy and share a few secrets." Home furnishings professionals can register for this free event by calling 203-405-2160. About Decor&You: Decor&You is a dynamic interior decorating franchise, a rapidly growing and changing business with national headquarters in Southbury, Connecticut. The francise operation has has more than 100 decorators operating throughout 30 states. Most franchisees are in their second career, and bring talents and abilities from complementary professions including Business Management, Education, Finance, IT, Law, Real Estate and Telecom. Decor&You is the second largest interior decorating franchise in the U.S. For more information go to http://decorandyou.com. About Featured Speaker Frank Spano: Frank Spano joined Decor&You in 2006 to lead strategic development initiatives capable of supporting and sustaining a large national franchise organization. As senior executive and key strategist, Frank is leading corporate initiatives such as the reorganization of the training program into a collegiate-based Professional Education Program that leads to national certification. He also designed a new business model around the multi-unit concept, which has ultimately led to 90 new selling platforms for Decor&You in the ten months since it was introduced. As a design professional for over 30 years, Frank founded Design Associates early in his career. This comprehensive design firm, still operational, provides architectural, interior, landscape design, business development, branding, and image management services. “Less is more” is Frank’s approach to design; citing the Taoist principal of the importance of negative space, “It is what is missing that is the element of good design.” During his career, Frank has contributed to the design of over 500 commercial and over 1000 residential properties. He has had an impressive list of national brands as clients including The Trump Organization and Intercontinental Hotels. Frank is on the Board of Directors of ASFD and is a multiple award winner from the design industry. He is also the owner of 2 art galleries, an advertising consulting firm and is a consultant to the broadcasting industry.