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RUGS AS ART, SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE HOST BASH FOR DESIGN COMMUNITY
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Rugs as Art dresses up for a pre-holiday party.
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SARASOTA, FL-- Rugs as Art, the rug superstore, provided the dramatic back drop for a Nov. 4 pre-holiday cocktail bash hosted by The Sarasota Herald Tribune.
Guests included members of the interior design community, top furniture retailers and other southwest Florida luxury goods merchants.
"The party celebrates one of our great business partnerships," said Diane McFarlin, publisher of The Sarasota Herald Tribune, a New York Times company.
John and Lucy Murse, center, owners of Rugs As Art, with top brass from the Sarasota Herald Tribune. From left, it's Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Herald-Tribune; Dave LaBell, advertising director, and Scott Graves, account representative.
Friendly competitors Bill Bacon, center, of Bacon's Furniture and Thomasville Furniture and Rick Clary, general manager of Robb & Stucky's Sarasota store, talk shop with Irena Yardley, advertising guru for Rugs as Art.
John Murse, of Rugs As Art with Nanette Kellerman, president of the Sarasota chapter of the Interior Design Society.
Interior designer Gail Zinn with Lucy Murse of Rugs As Art.
Sales people from the Sarasota Herald Tribune: Jennifer Tamman, Rick Thurman and Robin Vogelsang.
Gabby Murse, one of Rugs as Art's top sales people, has a chat with mom Lucy Murse.
Family affair: Lucy and John Murse pose with part of their extended family. At left is Buck and Baby Rogers, Lucy's parents. On the right, it's Mary and John Murse, John's parents. Front and center, it's son Matthew Murse.
The Rugs as Art family and staff.
Have YOU got a party coming up?
Take a few pictures and send them to lwyman@rugnews.com. Make sure the people are identified and facing the camera.
(We hate back-of-the-head shots)
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