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Northshore October 2025
There can be hidden benefits to waiting for your child at school pickup time. Abbey Frattini, for instance, learned that a fellow mom, Samantha Arak, is an interior designer. “I overheard her mention it, looked her up on Insta, and loved her style,” Frattini says.  Soon, Arak was collaborating with Abbey and her husband, Will Frattini, on finishes, fixtures, and furnishings for the home they were building in Lexington. Abbey’s mother was also part of the enterprise. “I presented [my schemes] to Abbey and her mom, who used to be an interior designer,” the founder of Samantha Carey Interiors says. “I had to bring my A game,
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