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The Celerie Collection for FRESH® |
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Valley Forge Fabrics, Inc. debuted the second FRESH® collection to overwhelming enthusiasm at the Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition and Conference in Miami on September 18, 2007. This new FRESH® collection was created by New York Designer Celerie Kemble. With this new collection along with the Palm Beach Collection by Mimi & Brooke, the FRESH® line now spans 6 volumes and over 800 sku's of incredible patterns with vibrant colors. |
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Celerie Kemble's childhood was in many ways a design tutorial spent in construction sites, antique stores, and in the unique houses designed by her mother, Mimi McMakin of Palm Beach's Kemble Interiors. After graduating from Harvard, Celerie worked briefly in film production trying unsuccessfully to resist what she calls a compulsion for design and home improvement. As she puts it, "I dove in 1997 and haven't come up for air yet." Since then Celerie has been working primarily in Florida and New York on residential and commercial projects, helping her clients to, in the words of Michael Boodro of House Beautiful, "incorporate the serendipitous and the sentimental without losing clarity or strength." Celerie finds much inspiration in the ever-changing world of New York fashion by ultimately believing design is an expression of individuality, whim, and imagination -- not a product of trends or rules. Celerie believes that it is her most important responsibility to help her clients fulfill particular and often highly varied design dreams. “My style is uniquely suited to each client and, due to the younger age of much of my clientele, that's all over the map. I think what remains cohesive across our body of work is an infusion of colorful vitality and design irreverence. I enjoy a mix of vintage, traditional, and contemporary that’s unencumbered by a fixed formula. Whether I am designing a modern space or a more traditional one, there is always a focus on warmth so the place looks like home, a delightful, exciting place, but home nonetheless.” Celerie has been named as one of the “50 Tastemakers for the Future of Design” by House and Garden, has been listed on House Beautiful’s Top Designer’s list for the past six consecutive years. In addition, Celerie has launched a line of furniture with Lane Venture, printed grass cloths with Zoffany, a fabric and wallpaper line with Schumacher as well as technical surfaces with Valtekz. The work of Kemble Interiors has been profiled in publications such as Elle Décor, House and Garden, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, InStyle Home, Traditional Home, Domino and The New York Times. A recent award includes Interior Design Magazine 2007 Best of the Year Award (Wallcovering category) for one of her Valtekz products (see www.valtekz.com). Celerie was also named one of 25 Best Furniture Designers by House Beautiful in March 2008. When Celerie is not sleeping her three hours a night, or designing fabulous products and spaces, she is enjoying moments with her husband, her son Rascal, her dog Anchovie and new baby daughter Zinnia - who was born on Sunday March 23, 2008. |
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Many of the new designs in The Celerie Collection for FRESH are 100% Post Consumer Recycled Polyester. Vice President of Design and Sales, Diana Dobin explains, "100% Post Consumer Product means what once was your bottle of water, is now your FRESH® fabric." Although FRESH fabrics require no finishes to meet stringent hospitality requirements, those customers still requiring additional 'earth friendly' finishes can now do so with FRESH® finishes. FRESH® finishes are completely recyclable and provide additional stability and durability when needed. |
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In a FRESH® world . . . fabrics live forever. |
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