Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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Life is all about design… It's that simple! • Chalk Paint ® decorative paint by Annie Sloan • Decorative Painting Techniques Workshops • Custom Painted Furniture • Interior Design • Home Staging • Furniture Consignment • Sewing Classes for Children & Adults • Custom Upholstery Services Come have a Chalk Paint ® party! 30 Main Street, Topsfield 978-561-1462 • somelikeitoldornew.com Just call Peggy... To make your real estate dreams come true! S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N (decorative paint by Annie Sloan) are a just some of the offerings you will find at SOME LIKE IT OLD, SOME LIKE IT NEW. "I consider my store a design center, a place to go to get inspiration and help for any type of home project," says owner Ida Staffier Bial. She is fanatical about Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint ® and offers workshops, teaching various techniques of painting with this and other paints. Bial also offers sewing classes for children and adults, interior design workshops, mixed media classes, and pretty much anything creative. She has equipment onsite—cutting tables, sewing machines, sewing supplies, fabrics, trims, stencils, and mixed-media paraphernalia. Along with her scheduled monthly workshops and classes, she holds private functions for ladies' nights out, bridal showers, and kids' parties. Bial is a former adjunct professor at North Shore Community College in interior design, sewing, fashion design, and the Kids to College program. She currently teaches in the arts department, offering classes in painting techniques with the paints found in her shop. Just another fun fact about Bial: she was one of three interior designers selected for an episode of "Designers Challenge" on HGTV. For more information, call 978-561-1462 or visit somelikeitoldornew.com. Providing a cozy, fun, and relaxed shopping experience that takes clients away from the noise of daily life is the mission at SWEETWATER & COMPANY, a boutique with locations in Marblehead and Beverly Farms. Every item Sweetwater carries is carefully chosen to create an inspired mix of home decor, accessories, jewelry, art, antiques, thoughtful greeting cards, luxury bath and body products, and quality hand-made goods. Owner Marybeth McBride also strives to support the community, from organizations like Beverly Bootstraps and The Women's Fund of Essex County, to local artists and artisans. "I am passionate about living here on the North Shore, and love having the freedom to share my creativity, while contributing to the communities I work in." she says. "Marblehead and Beverly Farms exude the charm and coastal lifestyle that inspires me, and I am blessed to be able to share that passion with our loyal clients and customers." For more information, call 978-927-9895 or visit sweetwaterandco.com. The all-volunteer, nonprofit WOMEN'S FUND OF ESSEX COUNTY is dedicated to creating social change for women and girls who are in need or at risk. Through its volunteer efforts and its generous donors, it has awarded over $1 million in grants to more than 80 targeted, nonprofit programs in Essex County that are serving women and girls in significant and sustainable ways. In addition, the Women's Fund of Essex County works to raise awareness of the needs and issues impacting women and girls, and of the enormous power of women's philanthropy to create social change. "In Essex County, as across the nation, women and girls bear a significantly disproportionate burden of poverty, abuse, homelessness, employment issues, and other barriers to self-sufficiency and self-determination," says board president Becky Hallowell. "We exist to create transformative social change for women and girls, and by extension, their families and communities." For more information, call 978-777-8876 or visit thewomensfundec.org.