HEADBOARD WEEKEND
July’s edition of Window Fashions featured an article about Northfield’s “Headboard Weekend,” telling the story of 46 drapery workroom owners who banded together to create items to donate to the Northfield Foundation. The women donated their time and talents to create rooms full of upholstered furniture and bedding for this Virginia non-profit organization designed to provide a safe haven for young women in need. Here’s even more information about this weekend event.

By Judy Soccio

A Tree for Strickland
Attendees at the Northfield weekend honored Custom Home Furnishings (CHF) Academy founder Cheryl Strickland by planting a Jamestown red maple on the property. At the memorial service, Christine Shepard, event organizer, praised Strickland as “a woman with a dream and a vision—a wonderful example of how, as we go through life, we are touching people’s lives, often in ways unbeknownst to us. Cheryl’s legacy of the Custom Home Furnishings Academy and online Forum has touched thousands of businesses and lives. This weekend was a testament to that legacy, and the fact that the Northfield girls who come to live in this house will no doubt feel the love and compassion with which every headboard, every ottoman, every pillow was made.”

Vendors Join In
Many vendors supported the “Headboard Weekend” at Northfield Plantation, including:

  • Rowley Co., which donated the materials needed to fabricate the headboards and ottomans. rowleyco.com
  • Hamblin Fine Furniture Frames, which donated three custom-made ottoman frames and four custom ottoman/bench frames. hamblinfurnitureframes.com
  • Foam-to-Size, for donation of all the foam, Dacron and tufting twine. foamtosize.com
  • WCAA, for sponsoring Beth Hodges’ keynote speech to the group on Saturday. wcaa.org

To find out more about the Northfield “Headboards Weekend,” read “Good Business” in the July edition of Window Fashions magazine.