Design Firms “Decks The Halls” at Van Millwork Design Center To Benefit The Room to Dream Foundation
Wayland-based Annie Rubin, principal of Annika Designs, and Newton resident Janna Sneider, principal of Swoon Design Studio, are two of the distinguished designers participating in Inspired Interiors, a holiday designer show house benefitting the Room to Dream Foundation and taking place at Van Millwork’s award-winning design center.
Inspired Interiors showcases a collection of individually-themed suites, each brimming with holiday décor. The event kicks-off with a grand opening fundraising gala on December 3 and will be open to the public daily December 4- 12. Visitors can stroll through the showroom, gathering holiday design ideas while helping children in need.
Rubin and Sneider are teaming up to decorate the showroom’s Library in a tribute to The Nutcracker. The design duo’s theme “Visions of Sugarplums” has them creating a whole-room vignette based on the color and special movement of the famed ballet. They plan to use pinks, plums and champagnes along with modern furniture to present a contemporary take on this holiday mainstay.
Annika Designs, LLC is a full service residential and commercial interior design studio that prides itself on creating beautiful and functional interiors to meet each client’s needs. From a small residential interior to a large-scale commercial project, the designer’s signature play on color, texture and pattern create dynamic interiors. The firm works closely with each client to understand the space’s function and the client’s design intent. Annika Designs embraces the architecture, color, texture, and elements of style that make each space vibrant.
Swoon Design Studio offers residential design services as well as drafting and rendering services to the design community. Swoon Design Studio was created in 2007 after Sneider graduated from Suffolk University’s New England School of Art and Design with a Masters in Interior Design. Sneider’s experience ranges from time spent in both commercial and residential design, as well as in the field with high-end residential general contractors. Sneider’s love for the technical side of design and CAD has led her to recently gear her business towards drafting construction documents and developing specifications and schedules for architects, designers, and contractors.
The Room to Dream Foundation creates healing environments in hospitals, communities, and homes for children and adolescents who are facing chronic illnesses. Through a caring staff and volunteers the foundation designs and transforms living spaces that give children and adolescent room to dream of a health future.
The Van Millwork Design Center in Needham is a unique and valuable resource that gives builders and their clients the opportunity to preview and select a full range of high quality interior finish; mouldings, doors, stair parts and other millwork products are displayed in nine architecturally themed and fully decorated suites.
Inspired Interiors, located at the Van Millwork Design Center, 65 Crawford Street, Needham, Mass., will kick off the nine-day open house tours with a gala and silent auction on December 3rd. Tickets are $25.00/person or $40/pair and can be purchased online at www.roomtodreamfoundation.org. All proceeds from ticket sales benefit The Room to Dream Foundation.
The Show House will be open to the public daily 10:00am – 4:00pm December 4 through 12. Admission is $5.00. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the rooms as well as enter a raffle for one of twelve wreaths made by the designers. In addition, a number of other designer pieces will be for sale.
For more information on Annika Designs, contact Annie Rubin at 508/259-0366. To learn more about Janna Sneider and Swoon Design Studio, call 956/494-4186. The Van Millwork Showroom can be reached at 781/444-8744 or via www.vanmillwork.com. Room to Dream can be contacted at 617/332-3066.
