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We are window fashions and fabric specialists – uniquely qualified to handle all of your decorating needs for custom draperies, shades, blinds and reupholstery. As a third generation family-run business, we are fortunate to have a staff that averages over 16 years of experience. We have over 20 hard-working associates to serve you.

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Managers

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Bruce Heyman

OWNER

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Kenny Bisgaard

STORE MANAGER

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Betsy Olsen

CUSTOM DEPARTMENT MANAGER

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Lois Croce

DIRECTOR OF DESIGN/
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Loren Fitzgerald

HOME FURNISHINGS MANAGER

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Ruthie Jimenez

CONTROLLER

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Nancy Kerr

PARAMUS SHOWROOM MANAGER

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Isaac Prince

SHIPPING AND RECEIVING MANAGER

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Heather McCarthy

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Jennifer Tessieri

Lebanon Showroom Manager 

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Decorators

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Suzanne Cipparulo

DECORATOR

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Karen Newhouse

DECORATOR 

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Paul Ippolito

DECORATOR

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Janet Webster

DECORATOR

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Holly George

DECORATOR

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Laryssa Nahnybida

DECORATOR

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Beth Jones

DECORATOR

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Christie Fewer

DECORATOR

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Katie Dobias

DECORATOR

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Customer Service

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Ann Landeo

Customer Service

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Jonathan Hress

Customer Service

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Installers

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Chris Strandberg

INSTALLER

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Marshall Stoklos

INSTALLER

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Scott Lombardi

INSTALLER

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Suzanne Cipparulo

DECORATOR 

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Suzanne Cipparulo loves decorating dollhouses for her three granddaughters, but she is not satisfied with simply sourcing miniature furniture to drop into empty rooms.
Inside her dollhouses are elaborate window treatments: cornices, shades, swags, and fabric details, all carefully designed the same way she would approach a real home. Tiny rooms become fully finished spaces.

The instinct to notice those details started early. Suzanne always had an artistic side and went to school for graphic arts, where she developed an eye for composition, balance, and pattern. After college, she worked in a wallpaper store, where her understanding of repeats and scale came naturally to her. She could look at a wallpaper pattern and immediately understand how it would move through a room and how it could best be used within a space.

While working there, she met the sister of Metropolitan Window Fashions’ owner, who encouraged her to come work for the company. That introduction led to a career that has now spanned more than forty years in the industry.

For many years, Suzanne went directly into clients’ homes, working hands-on with measurements, layouts, fabrics, and installations. Today, her role has evolved. She no longer travels to homes herself, instead sending installers out to measure while she continues focusing on the design side of the work at Metropolitan.

She loves what she does, and describes Metropolitan as a wonderful family. Decades into her career, she continues to bring the same artistic eye to every project, whether she is designing for a client’s home or creating miniature window treatments for her granddaughters’ dollhouses.

Outside of work, she enjoys trips to the beach and arts and crafts project

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Karen Newhouse

DECORATOR 

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As a child, Karen Newhouse remembers standing in Fabricland with her grandmother, choosing fabric together for a home economics project. Her grandmother was helping her design a romper, and they took their time looking through colors and patterns, considering what would work best.

This simple school assignment became one of her earliest experiences working with fabric in a hands-on way, selecting materials and seeing them turned into something finished.

Many years later, she returned to Fabricland in her professional life, now known as Metropolitan Window Fashions.

Her appreciation for fabric continued to shape her story. When she decided to wear her mother’s wedding dress, a Chantilly lace gown, her mother suggested she modernize it and shorten it. Instead, she chose to wear it as it was, reflecting an appreciation for the fabric itself and what it represented. She applies this philosophy to creating rooms for her clients.

Karen now works as a designer out of the Lebanon showroom in Hunterdon County.

Her background spans retail merchandising with a focus on textiles, roles in buying and brand representation, formal interior design training, and eight years working alongside a high-end decorator who mentored her. She later ran her own decorating business, working directly with clients in their homes and offering shop-at-home services.

She meets with clients to talk through what they are looking to do in their space, then works through fabric and material choices with them. This includes custom window treatments, upholstery, and fabric-based projects.

When she’s not working, she enjoys traveling and is an active member of two book clubs. She lives in Chester, NJ, has been married for 35 years, and has two children.

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Paul Ippolito

DECORATOR 

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Paul Ippolito started “working” beside his mother in a drapery and curtain store when he was just seven years old. He watched how she spoke to customers, how she helped them make decisions, how she moved through the store. He grew up around fabric and color, becoming infatuated with the rhythm of the business.

In high school, he took a part-time job in the industry, and still remembers his first sale after graduating, which brought in $3,000. Not too shabby in 1985!

He has now been a part of the Metropolitan Window Fashions family for more than three decades.

When he walks into a client’s home, he offers to take his shoes off and says what he’s actually thinking if he likes something about the space. It’s not something he was taught to do. It just comes from years around old-time merchants.

He pays attention to how people live. If someone is planning to move in a few years, he approaches the space differently than he would for a long-term home. Budget is part of the conversation, and he gives people options that make sense for them.

He knows the quickest way to win someone over is to make friends with the family dog, which comes naturally since caring for his beagledoodle, Wendy, is one of his favorite things to do.

Outside of work, Paul enjoys working out, a healthy lifestyle, and what he calls “culinary delights.” His two children are grown and living on their own.

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Janet Webster

DECORATOR 

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Janet Webster was walking through a castle in Italy when she stopped to really look at the window treatments.

They weren’t practical. They were grand, layered, and detailed in a way that felt intentional. She remembers thinking, I could do that.

At the time, she already knew how to sew. When she got home, she had her “aha” moment and started her own business, designing, measuring, and installing window treatments herself. She did all of it, and she loved the work.

Over time, she realized that her favorite part of the business was the design work, not the business side of things.

So, she joined Metropolitan Window Fashions, where she could focus on what she loved most, and has been there for 25 years. She spent 16 of those years working out of the company’s Manhattan locations, working on everything from penthouses to large homes. After COVID, she moved to the Livingston showroom, trading a long daily commute for more time doing the work she enjoys.

When Janet walks into a room, her eye still goes straight to the window. Whether it’s a hotel, a restaurant, or a home, she notices the details, the layering, and the use of color, and she uses her years of hands-on experience to shape her creative approach to each distinct project.

Before design, Janet worked as a medical assistant and took time off to raise her son before starting this second career.

Outside of work, she loves to travel. She has been to Africa, Italy, and Spain, and enjoys river cruises with her family.

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Laryssa Nahnybida

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Laryssa Nahnybida pays close attention to color.

When designing a room, it’s usually where she starts.

From there, she begins to build, pulling in fabrics, upholstery, and pillows in a way that feels right without forcing it. She also looks at how everything will function within the space, thinking through layout and flow before anything is finalized.

That way of seeing goes back a long way.

As a child, she spent her summers sewing with her mother. Every June, they would go into New York City to choose fabric, then come home and work through projects together at a Singer machine. They took their time with it. Fabric, lining, pattern. Nothing rushed. Her mother was clear about that.

She placed second in a sewing contest at Singer Sewing School and can still recall the outfit she entered: an orange linen suit with a purple, orange, and white lining, all carefully coordinated, as well as the turquoise velvet dress created by the girl who won.

But it was never just about sewing. It was about understanding how colors work together and what looks right.

She studied at Parsons School of Design and is now a designer at Metropolitan Window Fashions, where she has been for the past six years.

At Metropolitan, she brings that same vision into her work. She meets with clients, talks through how they use their space, and helps guide decisions from there. Projects move forward through a series of conversations, making sure each step feels right before moving on.

She also keeps projects grounded. Budgets are respected, timelines are managed, and nothing gets too far off track.

Outside of work, she enjoys reading, cooking, traveling with her husband, and playing Mahjong. She has two children and two grandchildren.

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Beth Jones

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Beth Jones was a stay-at-home mom when a neighbor called and asked for some interior design advice. She loved the style of Beth’s home and knew she had a degree from F.I.T. Could she help her pull her home together?

Beth worked through the space—nothing formal, just conversation, fabric, and decisions. It was enough to make her realize she could begin a career in interior design that would fit in with her family life.

She and a friend started a business together, working from home and taking on projects.

She later worked in an interior design store but found her client load was controlled by the owner, so she eventually left and started her own interior design business.

Moving over to Metropolitan Window Fashions was a logical next step—she had known Bruce for years. She came full circle, choosing to focus on the design work she loves instead of chasing leads or networking.

As a designer, she visits clients’ homes and works through their spaces with them. It always starts the same way: How do they live? What do they like? What feels right to them?

She does not push clients into something that does not fit. “You do not need to sell someone a Mercedes if they are happy with a Honda,” she says.

“A room without window treatments is like a dress without shoes,” Beth also says. She looks at rooms holistically—how the light comes in, the room’s purpose, and what it needs. Layering makes the biggest difference, with shades doing the heavy lifting through light filtering or room darkening, then building from there with color, texture, and pattern. Pillows, too, pull everything together.

Metropolitan Window Fashions feels like family to her. She appreciates its long-established, family-run history. The team is small, and everyone supports each other.

She has two daughters in Brooklyn and a granddaughter who, as she says, brings color to her world. She plays pickleball, enjoys swing dancing, and makes time to exercise every day.

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