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Shannon K Semmerling, Director of Marketing & Communications
Boston Inc d/b/a Furniture & ApplianceMart and Ashley Furniture HomeStore
715.321.0551 (cell) or 715.254.1251 (office)
Shannon.semmerling@bostoninc.net

Create inviting spaces with Ashley’s free design seminar March 19 & 20

(March 6, 2008) – On Wednesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Appleton will host Furniture Arrangement – Building Around Your Focal Point for Maximum Enjoyment, a free design seminar open to the public. This seminar will repeat in the Green Bay Ashley Furniture HomeStore on Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m.

Presented by Sandra Dahlke, visual merchandise manager & accessory buyer for the eastern Wisconsin Ashley Furniture HomeStores, this interactive evening will begin with a 30-minute seminar followed by hands-on demonstrations and one-on-one design consultations from Ashley’s professional design team. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms to share with the design professionals.

“Furniture arrangement is number one in creating an inviting and comfortable space,” explains Dahlke. “If your room has too much furniture, the traffic flow is limited leaving you feeling cramped. Conversely, if the room has too little furniture or items are widely spread, it will convey a vacant feeling with no warmth or intimacy. Creating the right balance and arrangement is crucial to a successful space. We’ll teach you how to do this.”

In addition to one-on-one design consultations, participants can expect to learn how to select a focal point based on their style, new ways to use old accessories in defining space, creating optimal traffic flow through multiple arrangements and more.

“With the size of rooms increasing, it is necessary to create two to three different areas within the same room in order to be visually appealing and comfortable for the entire family,” Dahlke adds. “This means pulling your furniture off the walls and working with different angles to achieve a look and feel that is both functional and visually appealing. The days of lining up your furniture along the walls are over!”

Each month, Ashley will feature a new design seminar from local experts on topics requested by HomeStore Guests including color selection, faux painting, furniture arrangement, decorating for the holidays, converting your empty nest bedroom into a home office and more. There is no cost to attend these seminars, but space is limited. Refreshments will be served.

To register, call Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Green Bay (920.965.6640) or Appleton (920.968.0013). Mark your calendar for April’s seminar entitled Finding Your Personal Design Style, to be held April 23 in Appleton and April 24 in Green Bay.

ABOUT BOSTON INC (Furniture & ApplianceMart and Ashley Furniture HomeStore)

The Green Bay and Appleton Ashley HomeStores are owned by Boston Inc. Established in 1969 by Vince Fonti Sr., Boston Inc. is independently owned and locally operated by the second-generation Fonti family. In the past 39 years, Boston Inc has grown to become one of Wisconsin’s largest independent retailers of furniture, electronics and appliances with eight retail locations and a centralized Distribution Center housing the corporate headquarters in Stevens Point. Today’s team is more than 320 professionals strong, working in the company’s two brands – Furniture & ApplianceMart and Ashley Furniture HomeStore. Visit www.furnitureappliancemart.com to learn more.

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Delivery - Furniture & ApplianceMart operates stores in Wisconsin. We do NOT deliver beyond WI and the immediate surrounding areas at this time.

Furniture and ApplianceMart has furniture and appliance stores throughout central and eastern Wisconsin which feature an impressive selection of name brand furniture, appliances, mattresses, and home electronics. Our in-store home furnishings galleries include: a dining room furniture store, bedroom, living room furniture such as sectional sofas, leather, and reclining chairs, home office furniture collections, youth furniture, mattresses, as well as home electronics and appliances. We have an extensive in-stock furniture, appliance, and home electronics inventory in our Rhinelander, Wausau, Plover, and De Pere/Green Bay, WI stores for quick delivery and we also specialize in custom order furnishings. We can help you find the perfect appliances, electronics, and furniture for your home, and we offer affordable prices as well as low cost solutions. View recent additions to our online furniture gallery.

If you are decorating, remodeling or just looking for the perfect chair, table, desk, cabinet or sofa in WI, we can help. We offer the finest selection of brand name discount home electronics, appliances, and furnishings in Wausau, Plover, Rhinelander, De Pere, Green Bay, Wisconsin. We can help you design your interior, plan your space with our room planner, coordinate colors and styles and create the perfect room. Shop online at FurnitureApplianceMart.com - where you can shop for your home from your home. Furnature, funiture, and applience are common mis-spellings of our products and our name. If you see something you like or if we can be of assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Furniture and ApplianceMart has been serving Eastern Wisconsin, including Green Bay, De Pere, Appleton, and Oshkosh, WI, as well as Central Wisconsin, including Rhinelander, Wausau, and Plover, WI. with furniture, appliances, and home electronics since 1969.