Making a Difference

You know some of us spend our whole lives wondering why are we here and how can we make a difference. This month has been such a rewarding experience for me not only as a Private Quarters Consultant but as a women.


April is Share the Comfort Month. For every party that is held in the month of April 2010 with guest sales of $500, or more Private Quarters will donate PQ merchandise with a retail value equal to 15% of the total value of the total guest sales to a battered or homeless women's shelter.


As a young women I experienced first hand what it is like to be in a relationship that I could not get out of. Fortunately for me it did not get to the point of having to go to a shelter I was lucky. But not all women are, thank god there is places for them to go with their children.


There is still time for you to make a difference. If you would like to purchase items to donate to a battered or homeless women's shelter I can take those orders until the end of the month.


Private Quarters was recently featured in "By a Thread", a short documentary by Free Wind Films that highlights the donations that Private Quarters is providing to women's shelters all across the United States. Watch by a Thread on line

PQ products you can donate


If you were a women who had to leave your abusive spouse or boyfriend and pack nothing or a small suitcase and flee to a shelter, wouldn't you want a soft blanket or pillow to lay your head on?








How about a towel to wrap around you after taking your first hot shower in safety because you never knew what might happen when you were in the shower at home. I know because I have been there.


Maybe a soft cozy robe is just the thing to put a smile back on your face that has been missing for a long time.



These are the little things you can purchase to donate that helps make a difference to the women in need.

Charity Work

I want to state that it is not my intention to offend anyone with what I am about to say it is just my opinion. As an Interior Designer and Private Quarters Comfort Consultant I must build relationships to grow my business. One of the tools I use to do this is my weekly e-mail news letter. This let's you get to know me better and tell you a little about my product. What I like about e-mail is that you can delete or unsubscribe. It is not like sending unwanted mail or calling on the phone. a person has a choice if they want to learn more or not.

Last week at my charity committee meeting I was asked not to use the rooster for business e-mailing. Now I am all for Charity Work and giving back to the community but I believe they have to work with us as business owners also. I am there giving of my time and money so I can help support the work they are doing. I believe that all the volunteers that are helping should be able to teach us about what they do so that we may help them get more business. After all I am trying to get to know more people so that I may pass them on to my friends and family. If I don't know what they do I cannot refer them to people I know. That is just the fact.

Staying Motivated

Even with the hope of a New Year it isn't easy to stay motivated. This week I lost a very big design project, they gave it to the contractors designer. Wow what a surprise that was when I didn't even know the contractor had a designer bidding for the job. It is not necessarily about your ideas or how well you connected with the client but it is about who you know, that is just the cold hard truth.

So you pick yourself up dust yourself off and move on to the next potential client. For me it is not trying to figure out what I did wrong which is always my first thought, but it is about how I can stay motivated.

A few of the things I do is stay current with new design materials, styles and trends. Anytime I can attend seminars on information or education in the design industry it is important to me to fit that into my already busy schedule. I show up to my weekly networking groups it is an opportunity to build those relationships, remember it is not what you know but who you know.

I find new way's to better myself as a person, by doing at least one charity project. giving back is very important you will find the more you give the more you get back.

Any questions or comments please feel free to contact me at valeriepugliese@yahoo.com