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Tues, 13 Jan 2009

Van Millwork and Boston Magazine Announce the Design Winners at the 3rd Annual Festival of Wreaths

NEEDHAM, Mass. — The Festival of Wreaths is a major annual fundraising event benefiting The Room to Dream Foundation, whose mission is to create healing environments for children and adolescents facing chronic and debilitating illnesses.

This year’s event hosted an added element of excitement - a design competition. Designers interested in participating submitted proposals, and the talents and creativity of the 11 chosen designers were showcased in each of the nine vignette rooms, lobby, and exterior of the Van Millwork Showroom in Needham. Co-sponsored by Van Millwork and Boston Magazine, the Festival of Wreaths was open to the public for two weeks and culminated in a final gala night soiree and accolades ceremony on December 13, 2008. Participating designers were announced for several awards and exclusive publicity in the upcoming issue of Boston Home.

The categories in the design competition included: People’s Choice (visitors voted on-line for their favorite room), which was won by Christian Boyer of Boyer Interior Design, LLC, in Manchester, NH ; Designer Award (judged by other notable designers), which was won by Karyn Koulopoulus of Silver Beech Studio, in Ashland; the Premier Award (judged by local and regional celebrities), which was won by Marc Silipo and Barbara Prosser of Babel’s Paint & Decorating Stores, in Norwood ; and the Editor’s Choice Award (judged by Rachel Levitt, Home Editor of Boston Magazine Group, media sponsors of the event), which was won by Charise Perkett Glasson of Charise Perkett Glasson, Interiors with Distinction, in Attleboro .

To the right is a wreath from the event, which was won by a voter in the People’s Choice category.