Natalie Weinstein, Allied ASID, IDS, is an accredited designer, acknowledged business leader,

entrepreneur, author, media personality and motivational speaker. Her interior design firm,

Natalie Weinstein Design Associates , has been creating lifestyle changes in homes and

public spaces, decorating for countless clients since 1973. In 2001, the Natalie Weinstein Home Decorating Club was launched to guide "do-it-yourselfers" with a little help from a pro. Uniquely Natalie , a quality furniture and accessory consignment boutique was opened in 2014 to give

every shopper an opportunity to create a beautiful home no matter what the budget. For

questions, please call 631.862.6198.

SAVE THE DATE

for the first in a series of webinars hosted by

Natalie Weinstein with her very special guest

Vinnie Giacolone, The Organized Guy.

Clutter Control & Organization - Webinar

Join Us on Sunday, April 26 @ 1:00PM

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This space is for your photo!

Natalie's grandmother, Yetta

& Natalie age 5.

Last week I shared our "gefilte fish" story with all of you which is published on the home page of natalieweinstein.com.

Suzanne's mother Jean,

age 83 and Suzanne.

My smart Suzanne on the right

and her mother Jean, present day.

At 83 years of age, she still

remains the 'steering wheel' in

the family.

My smart Suzanne, offered up an idea to connect our extended online family. She suggested that we look forward to celebrating Mothers Day (and later, Fathers Day, as well) early with photos (she said selfies) of you and your Mom or someone who feels like your Mom. They don't have to be current, but they could have memorable stories that cheer you at this time when we certainly need a little cheer. The best by product is that I encourage you to get out those old albums (if you still have albums) and put them in some order for your family and future generations. I know that's one of my projects for this week. I think it will help me look back on happy memories while our future is still so uncertain.

If you'd like to share them with us, along with a little story we will happily post them, as well as offer an interior design consultation from Natalie Weinstein Design Associates or a gift certificate from Uniquely Natalie Quality Consignment each week from now until Mothers Day for you or as a gift for someone you love .

Please send your photo formatted as a jpeg file and your short story to info@natalieweinstein.com. We will be happy to post them to our social media sites on your behalf. Or, feel free to post directly to our Facebook. Twitter or Instagram pages.

A Personal Mother's Day Reflection -

I often feel the loss of my mom but especially on Mother’s Day.  I recall what made my mom so special with mixed feelings of loss and love and why she is so dearly missed.

My dad would be the first to tell you that my mom was no great “ bahlehboosteh” (homemaker). She went to work and ran a clothing manufacturing company for her boss while my grandmother, who lived with us, cooked the chicken soup and my Aunt Sylvia made the pot roast.  She didn’t have a lot of time or money to entertain guests, either, but my earliest recollections of our first apartment and subsequent homes were one of style, order, and beauty. My mother had a “knack,” as people would say, of putting things together. They were never really expensive things, except my Spinet piano which was the only new purchase in our first home in Queens. Perhaps that is why I always try to include, whenever possible, a piano in my design projects. I know how much music brings to a home, and today, pianos can play even if the people who own them can’t.

So when Donna Reed and Beaver’s mom were the norm, my mother wasn’t there to give me milk and cookies after school, which is true of many working moms today. Yet, she set the tone and the routine, creating the backdrop for a well-run household with love and encouragement. Grandma was the disciplinarian, Aunt Sylvia was the big sister I never had, but MOM was the final word, always.

So, what made our house a home? What was the secret my mother knew that all moms seek to discover to bring love and beauty to their families? How did she create order before Feng Shui, even if we think that living then was less hectic and complicated? Her life wasn’t easy by any means – a child of the depression, along with my dad, responsible for a widowed mother, mother-in-law and much younger sister. Perhaps it was old fashioned common sense mixed with a fierce determination that her family would live the American dream. One thing for sure, her priorities never wavered in good times and bad – family & home – and my mother always kept her eye on the ball. Until a year before she died, she was interested, involved and supportive of everything in the lives of her four generation brood.

As an interior designer, my mission and passion have been to bring these same values to those whose lives I touch.  I have had the advantage of training and the blessing of being able to boast of years of experience, but I know, now, as never before, how much of my life and work have been influenced by the love, inspiration and encouragement of a truly wonderful mother. Thank you, Mom.  I hope you know how many people, whom you’ve never met, I have left with a little part of you.

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