NEX and William C. Paige

Today I had an open house at the factory. Spencer from NEXsystems was also a host. And our special mixologist, Paige. Paige is starting a new business producing organic small batch  syrups. Which you can add to quite most everything. Today we had it with champagne.  Mmmm, yummy, champagne!  The syrup was raspberry pomegranate. It was delicious.  It was a beautiful sunny day, and with organic raspberry flavored champagne, was not a bad way to spend the day! We had a very fun mix of designers, at the open house. That is probably my favorite part, just sitting back with friends and talking. Or I guess it is called networking now!
There were some colleagues from ASID that came, some old friends, some new clients, and some  new friends. I had a great time. And tried to keep away from the raspberry syrup!  I gave a quick tour of the factory, which always turns out to be a longer tour. I get started talking and forget about time. We also had a demonstration by Spencer for NEXsystem. Both the cleaning product and the fabric protection. I learned that his product can also be used on tile and stone. Learn something new every day! Speaking of Tile. I met Claudia from the Tile Shop. ( What is the protocol for naming people in your blog? I am not using any last names at least. )  the Tile Shop is located in Berkeley, near a couple of other home furnishings  businesses.  Gee, I wish there was a spot for one more retail space in their area.  I think I will go in and talk more with my new friend Claudia!
Well, it was a long day, and  have not had dinner yet. And tomorrow is Friday, which is the our early day, so I need to get to bed! 4:30  comes awfully early. Oh, and Bart is on strike tomorrow, so you know traffic will be a joy!

New and exciting!

Well, At least I have not gone another entire year without posting! So in that regards I am getting better at keeping a blog. I knew I would have a hard time finding time to keep up with this.  Cypress has had a great year and it just keeps getting better.

Recently we built a sofa for a women's shelter located here in Hayward. We built it for the Emergency Shelter Program. It was a beautiful large sofa in a dark woven fabric. We applied the NexSystem stain treatment to it as well. We received a really thoughtful handwritten thank you from the staff. It really made us feel good. We have been so lucky to have had a busy year, that it was nice to take a little time to do something for our community.

We also participated in the West Valley College Design Club Designer Sample Sale.  It was a very fun day! I ran into a lot of people I know and met some great new designers. We sold some stuff, but brought back more that I was hoping. Still, I thought it was a great event and I hope they do it again next year!

We added a couple of new upholsterers this year as well. One is more seasoned, and the other is our "newbie".  Both guys are really learning fast and will both be a great part of our team.

We have also been working to make some new frames for the showroom. We are going to have an open house next week at the factory. We are planning music and food and drinks. I wanted to have a fun get together. I am having it with Spencer from NexSystem. Actually, it was his idea, I just jumped on board with it, and now have quite a party planned.

We are looking forward to finishing out the year. It is looking like it may be the best year we have had so far! We still have a lot of work to complete, but it is nice to be busy.

Cheers,
jim