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Will be featuring the work of Carolin Wehrmenn & Cheryl Kline January 26th through February 20th, 2008.  The gallery can be found at 216 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210.

The gallery is open 6 days a week.  Contact us at editor@execmagazine.com for a private viewing.

We have just found a new source for these beautiful wool rugs.

The craftsmanship, color variations and detail are outstanding.  These custom color designs can be ordered in sizes up to 10′ wide.

For more information on how a custom designed series of these woolen rugs can be made for your next project, contact sales@caseandtote.com

After looking for new directories to post one of our Interior Design clients, I came across InteriorTools.com.  After digging through a lot of their background information, I found them to be pretty sharp.  I am not sure that we will subscribe to a paid listing yet, but I did want to reciprocate placing their link here instead of the client site.

What I would really like to do is invest with these people in one of their next projects.

If you are building, renovating or simply looking for an item to add a creative flair to your home, salvage yards are an ideal starting point.  When I say starting point, I mean that while you are planning your new environment, you start with 1, 2 or 3 totally unique pieces that will be the focal point and then you build them into your design.  A couple of good starters are doors and windows.

Looking for these types of items, can be a great hobby for you and your significant other.  We spent probably 5-8 years looking for creative ideas to add to our 1920’s home during our last renovation.  Now I’m back to golf and she’s back to shopping.

The doors shown above date back to the late 1880’s and are priced under $3000.  By incorporating a unique piece like this to your overall design, you mold into your home a story that can be told for years.  For instance, the top set of doors were removed out of a residence in Chicago, that was built in the 1890’s.  The stained glass below also came out of Chicago from a home built in the 1880’s.

This form of neo-classic design helps incorporate the new and the old.  It truly brings a sence of originality to your abode.

Not every environment is suited for these types of additions.  But if you don’t have a great starting point, this direction is both fun for couples and memorable for years to come.  When designing your next space, you may want to add a spice of the golden years.  For assistance in your next world class interior, be sure to contact dot@indydeco.com.

Dot Reinstrom has been helping families throughout the country to create environments that make staying and entertaining at home a pleasure.

One of our sponsors, www.caseandtote.com has just launched a new line of headwear named…. www.capandtote.com.   Their initial offer is that if you have the capabilities of purchasing as few as 144 caps, they will make you up a custom sample with your logo and artwork.  I was really surprised at how many different options were available when designing a cap.

The digital age has really evolved in the cap market.  I was stunned at the detail that could be printed on some of these bills.

The custom taping give a look of total customization.  While the sonic welding is ideal for the race enthusiast.

Any high tech companies with a silver logo would love the liquid metal cap design and it is unbelievable at how much detail shows up on the embossed suede bill.

Next time you are looking for a creative hat design for your company, contact www.capandtote.com.  Mention this article and they will make you up a custom hat.

The Fly Fusion Pen is another item that people dreamed about when they were kids.  This piece actually takes whatever you write and transfers it on to your computer.  After the holidays, I will write a reveiw on it.

These shoes have been on a tear for 3 years now.  In fact, their stock “DECK” has gone from $28 to almost $160 over the last 2 years alone.

I am also finding that my wife and kids also want these for Christmas.  I never thought much about it, but I got a pair of Uggs house slippers last year and I love them too.  Needless to say, I am now a Uggs groupie.  I’m sure there are a number of BLOGS dedicating space to this brand.  While I did go crazy over CROC’s when they came out, they still seem to be holding their own in retail.  Even thought their stock tanked.

Back to Uggs.  If you have an interest in purchasing this item, they can be found at Amazon.

I first met Lucious about 10 years ago.  He came to our church to make an appeal for help.  Here is how I remember his story.

 

About 22 years ago, at age 70, Lucious Newsome, then a Baptist minister in Chattanooga Tennessee was invited to Indianapolis by a friend to help feed the poor for Thanksgiving.  He was overwhelmed by the amount of hungry people that really had no one to care for them.  After that days feeding, he asked his friend, “so what do we do now?”  He was told that he should go back to Tennessee and if he wanted to, he could come back next year.  “But they will still be hungry tomorrow, he said”.  Therein formed the ground work for what would become “the Lords Pantry.

 

Having compassion for the hungry, Lucious went to Baptist elders to get help in furthering his cause and was turned away.  Without pride he went asking help to the Catholic Church and found a group that would help begin his ministry.  Aside from the food, his first mission was to get table to serve the food on.  “These people should not have to pick up the food from the ground”, he says.

 

10 years ago is when I first rode with Lucious, we went in a caravan of mini vans and started stopping in at grocery stores.  He had already set up a couple of these stops in advance so the hard work was done.  I would come to find that in my own efforts to secure additional food from stores, that they were not open to this, as there were liability issues regarding handing over dated food.  Corporations did not need this kind of liability. 

 

Not having helped Lucious since last Christmas, my wife and I found we needed to help out again.  There were no big surprises, but it left me once again feeling the need to do more.  I told Lucious that I had a few dollars that I could help with and what did he want me to do?  In the past, he first asked me to pay a few peoples electric bills.  A couple of years later he told me a story about a battered woman that had to leave her house in the middle of the night and literally had nothing.  Her kids slept on the floor and that just wasn’t right.  He told me that I needed to get them beds… but there was a twist.  While I could have easily gone out and bought beds, he told me that I needed to beg for them.  I would need to ask people if they would give me a bed.  Needless to say, I was shaken up.  I went into work the next day and began begging people for beds.  Within 10 minutes I found a coworker whose mother had passed away and they needed to empty there house.  He was happy to donate them to me.  I needed to borrow a truck to pick them up, 50, miles away.  A friend was happy to loan me his truck.  That day my wife and then 8 year old son had our own little mission and we accomplished it.

 

Today, while he was busy feeding 2-300 people, I told Lucious that I had a few dollars that I could help him with.  He immediately told someone… “Get me my little girl; you have got to meet her”.  In came a very attractive 15 or 16 year old girl.  She was a high school student and a few months ago she had told Lucious that she wanted to open up a place for battered women.  You see, while Lucious spends much of his time feeding the poor, he is also a champion for battered women as well.  This young lady began telling me about her little project.  Lucious had a beaten down property close to the women’s prison that was all boarded up and in need of repair.  She began to tell me how she and some friends had already pulled 4 dumpsters full of trash out of the house and that they would have to totally renovate it.  She had already found a plumber and carpenters.  She needed an electrician and money.  She would have a massive group of people helping her out on December 8^th, 2007.  After helping out today we drove by this house and it looked like a war zone.  How could this young gal put this together?  It’s really quite simple, we are all put here to help each other.  Now it’s time for me to beg.

 

I don’t know how far this will go, but if anyone can help physically or monetarily, here are the details. The property that will be worked on is at 242 and 244 Hendricks Street, in Indianapolis.  It is a one way street and you must get there off of New York Street.  If you would like to meet Lucious in person, come down on any Saturday to:  The Lords Pantry, 303 Elder Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222.  Be prepared to meet someone special.

 

Should you feel generous enough to donate jackets, please be sure that they are new and nothing less than what you would want to wear yourself.  As I’ve come to learn, each person that we serve IS CHRIST!!!  I would never want to give Him anything more than the best.

 

If you would like to meet the closest resemblance to Christ, come and meet Lucious Newsome.  Ask him what he needs you to beg for?  For more information or further verification of the lords pantry and this ministry, contact editor@execmagazine.com

  

One of our Indianapolis Interior Designers recently shared with us a new line of lighting that really stood out.  The styles available range from almost Zen like to extreem.  Our favorite selection was the found in the Lio Collection.

These molded designs are all created with small squares of glass.  Colors can be matched to enhance your current interior decor.  Many of the designs come in multiple sizes so you can transfer your these throughout the room.

There are a number of towers that also had a striking appeal.  While we are only showing a few here, numerous styles are available.  These are great for lighting hallways or foyers.

These ideas have been provided to you by Dot Reinstrom.  Dot has been decorating fine homes thorough out the world for over 20 years.  Her office resides in Indianapolis and she can be found online at www.indydeco.com.

One popular way to award people is with logo’d jewelry.  OK… You may say, who wants a piece of Jewelry with the place that I work on it?  Well, if you were part of an elite team, perhaps the only team that met 125% of their sales goals, how would you like to be wearing that piece for the next year?

 

There are a number of ways to use these high quality items.  As a sales award, you would want to be sure that you keep the salespeople motivated year after year.  In this case you can add on stones of your choice.

 

There are numerous styles ranging from collgiate styles in both ladies and mens designs.  Next time you are looking to reward your top performers, contact sales@caseandtote.com