STAFF


Stephanie D’Ambrosia, C.I.D. President / Certified Interior Decorator and Stager

Stephanie has her Bachelors Degree from Pepperdine University in Business and Communications. She had a thriving career in marketing for many years before starting a family and becoming a full time mom.

After the design and decorating of her own home, she was asked to do many different projects for friends and family. She decided to make a personal passion into a profession.

Stephanie has a great eye for color and fabrics and knows how to bring a room together. She prides herself on her professionalism, organizational skills and ability to give the clients what they want. Many people are tired of their white walls and yet they are afraid of color and do not know where to start on their rooms. Stephanie sees it as a vast canvas of creativity and possibility and enjoys bringing warmth and life into each room she creates with each client’s personality in mind. Her passion for design and decorating are fueled by her need to be surrounded by objects and interiors that inspire and please the senses.

Stephanie has completed the program at The Decorator Training Institute where she was certified as an Interior Decorator. She is also a member of The Certified Interior Decorators International, Inc.

Carolyn Hayward, C.I.D., Certified Interior Decorator and Stager

Carolyn has a Bachelors of Science degree from St. John's University, and has spent most of her working career in the fast-paced financial services industry.  She managed this career along with being a mother for her first child, until her commitment to her child’s growth brought her to be a full time mom.  Carolyn now has three wonderful children.

Carolyn’s aptitude for color matching started early in her life as she took specialized art classes that have improved her skills in understanding the importance of color and how color is represented in our lives.  She used these skills to take on the large project of decorating her own new-development house.  It was through this process where she discovered her passion for decorating and a focus for detail.

Her skills in listening to clients, project organization and professionalism that were developed in her financial services experience provide Carolyn the astute ability to ensure her client’s needs are consistently met. Carolyn brings a warm and charming breath of fresh air to her work and finds every client to be fully satisfied and enthralled with her work.

Carolyn has completed the program at the Decorator Training Institute where she was certified as and Interior Decorator.  She is also a member of The Certified Interior Decorators International, Inc.


Melanie Stewart, Interior Decorator Specialist and Stager

Melanie Stewart has worked in the design field for fifteen years. Melanie ran a successful decorative painting and mural business for eight years. She has worked as a design coordinator and has specialized in kitchen design. Melanie has worked as a stylist on photo shoots for various decorating magazines. Her accomplishments also include recognition in Design New Jersey and Florida Design Magazines. Her work also appeared on the Today Show when she did a home make over for a Hurricane Katrina survivor in Palm Beach County Florida. Melanie's proudest accomplishments are her two boys Alex and Jude and her marriage to her best friend David. Melanie grew up in Red Bank where she developed her love for art and design. She lived in Fair Haven and Rumson for many years before moving to Palm Beach County Florida where her world was opened up to many new styles of design. Melanie is happy to be back home in New Jersey working as a successful Interior Decorator.

Melanie's years of decorative painting not only bring a trained designers eye, but an artists eye to detail on every project. Because of her experience working with clients on large scale jobs she understands the importance of communication and follow through. Melanie loves to decorate and has a contagious enthusiasm and passion for her work. She knows that a beautiful home makes us happier people. A sense of well being is achieved when our surroundings have balance and harmony. Melanie's mission is to create a feeling of warm inviting beauty in her clients homes while enjoying bonds of friendships as well as repeat clientele.        

Alison Kaye Thaller- Color and Staging Consultant

Alison has her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Kingsboro Community College in Brooklyn NY. She has been a resident of Monmouth and Middlesex County, N.J. for the last 26 years. She has raised three wonderful and successful children, while always being gainfully employed.

It was her love of decorating and design as well as compassion and patience that lead her to becoming a real Estate Associate for the past 10 years. It became very apparent to her clients, friends and family that she had a great sense of color and design. She could always envision what a room or a house could look like after she applied her designing touch and sense of style.  She has a true passion for decorating and therefore, it was a natural transition for her to start staging houses for sale utilizing her design and color consultations.

Alison is taking a program to become a Certified Interior Decorator and will receive that certification by the end of this year.

Sondra Allen – Custom Window Treatments – Real Estate Stager

Sondra Allen has had a creative talent working with fabrics for many years.  As a young mother of two daughters, she would design window treatments, bedding and other fabric accessories for their rooms.  Eventually, as her daughters grew up and moved on with their lives, her passion for working with fabric became a full-time career.  Sondra enjoys finding fabrics, trims and accessories to create fabulous designs for that special window treatment or bedding ensemble that puts the finishing touch on any room.

Sondra is a large part of our team at Classic Creations Consultants.  She works with our team to design and create beautiful window treatments for our clients.  She is extremely talented, creative and well organized and always gets the job done remembering all the little details that truly make the final product spectacular.

Sondra also works with our staging clients in helping them design a good marketing plan for their home so that the selling process is a successful one.




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