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By design, Ventucci returned to retail with Newport home-décor store

DECOR DUO: Designer Tony Vene­tucci, right, opened AV Home Collection in Newport in June with his sister Lisa Abadie, left, also a designer, after being given the opportunity by manufacturer A&B Home Inc. to design his own home-decor collection about seven years ago. / COURTESY AV HOME COLLECTION
DECOR DUO: Designer Tony Vene­tucci, right, opened AV Home Collection in Newport in June with his sister Lisa Abadie, left, also a designer, after being given the opportunity by manufacturer A&B Home Inc. to design his own home-decor collection about seven years ago. / COURTESY AV HOME COLLECTION

When A&B Home Inc. offered Tony Venetucci the chance to design his own home-decor collection about seven years ago, he didn’t hesitate. Getting back to design meant a welcome break from the retail world for Venetucci, who’d owned a home-accessories store in Connecticut for 15 years and one in Newport for about three. “He made

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