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Tera If you would like to have your event featured in the DesignIntuit Calendar, please send submissions to: Tera@designintuit.com SHOWHOUSE 2005-2006 Calendar ALABAMA Volunteer Council of the Alabama Symphony Decorator Showhouse Birmingham, AL Wofford-Clark Italianite Villa www.alabamasymphony.org/showhouse.html (205) 970-0031 April 28 - May 14, 2006 Junior League of Morgan County Inaugural Decorator Showhouse Chapel Hill Estates Highland Drive Decatur, AL (256) 350-1917 October 29 - November 13, 2005 Mobile Historic House Tour Mobile, AL (251) 432-6161 www.historicmobile.org/homestour.htm May 17 - 18, 2006 ARIZONA Tucson Designer Showhouse Villa Poggio Catalina Mountains (520) 624-2333 info@tucsonarts.com February 26 - March 27, 2005 ARKANSAS St. Mary's Hospital Foundation Designer Showcase House Bentonville, AR Call for information: (479) 936-2934 May 5 - 21, 2006 CALIFORNIA The Coyote Museum Auxiliary 2005 Decorator's Show House 41 Lowery Drive Atherton, CA (650) 566-8175 www.cpmashowhouse.org/history.php April 2 - 24, 2005 Sunset Magazine's Green-Built Idea House Hamilton Park Menlo Park, CA (800) 786-7375 October 7, 2005 - January 22, 2006 Orange County Philharmonic House of Design 2006 Philharmonic House of Design Covenant Hills in the community of Ladera Ranch Old World Spanish Elegance Meets High Tech Extravagance 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (last entry 4 p.m.), Closed Mondays www.philharmonicsociety.org/show60.htm April 25 - May 21, 2005 42nd Annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design Complimentary Parking & Shuttle service At Pasadena Rose Bowl-Lot 1 360 N. Arroyo Blvd. www.pasadenashowcase.org April 23 - May 21, 2006 Junior League of Sacramento 5th Annual Designer Showcase House 3821 T Street Sacramento, CA www.jlsac.org April 29 - May 8, 2005 San Diego Historical Society Showcase Judge Alfred Haines House 2470 E. Street, Golden Hill San Diego, CA www.sandiegohistory.org/showcase/showhouse.htm April 30 - May 30, 2005 The Junior League of San Francisco, Inc. 11th Annual Home Tour: 'Seascapes 2005' Sea Cliff neighborhood San Francisco, CA (415) 775-4100, ext. 34 www.jlsf.org October 15, 2005 San Francisco Decorator Showcase 3701 Washington Street (near Spruce) San Francisco, CA www.decoratorshowcase.org April 22 - May 22, 2006 Marin Designers' Showcase Hacienda de las Colinas San Rafael, CA www.marindesignersshowcase.com/ September 27 - October 16, 2005 Annual Kitchen Tour Featuring Six Homes in Tiburon Tour begins from San Francisco Yacht Club Tiburon, CA Tickets $35.00 advance purchase 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. February 7, 2006 COLORADO Junior Symphony Guild 2006 Designer Showhouse "High Society" 160 High Street Denver, CO www.jrsg.org April 29 - May 21, 2006 CONNECTICUT Green Chimneys Kinderwood Showhouse West Mountain Road Ridgefield, CT Admission $25.00, pre purchase $20.00 Call for information: (845) 279-2995 ext. 103 September 25 - October 23, 2005 Junior League of Hartford Show House 2006 9 West Hill Drive West Hartford, CT Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door Open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Friday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Closed Monday (860) 233-4300 www.jlhartford.org/showhouse2006/sh_Splash.html May 2 - May 21, 2006 YMCA and Talent Resource Center Designer Showhouse Summer Days at Merrywood www.gwymca.org/news_showhouse06.html June 4 - July 9, 2006 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Women's Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra NSO Decorators' Show House 2005 Washington, DC (202) 416-8149 www.kennedy-center.org/nso/support/auxiliary/showhouse October 2 - 31, 2005 Washington Design Center Washington Spaces Design House 300 D Street, SW Washington, DC Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call for information: (202) 646-6108 www.merchandisemart.com/dcdesigncenter/designhouse/news.html April 7 - June 24, 2006 FLORIDA American Lung Association Annual Designer Show House 2006 West Palm Beach, FL Call for information: (800) 330-5864 Open to the public Wednesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets $25, Students $20 February 25 - March 29, 2006 2005 SunTrust Symphony Showhouse XXX Villa Riva 2358 Riverside Avenue Jacksonville, FL www.waters-edge.com/showhouse/2005 May 7 - 29, 2005 Florida West Coast Symphony Showhouse Symphony Designer Showcase A Gershwin Songbook Phillippi Landings South Tamiami Trail, 1840 Phillippi Shores Drive Tickets: $20 ($15 in advance) www.fwcs.org/perf_tick/specialconcerts.htm February 3 - 26, 2006 Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Show House 1905 E. Strong Street Pensacola, FL (850) 435-2533 March 19 - April 10, 2005 Boys' and Girls' Club ASID Designer Showhouse Two historic homes on St. Armands Key Sarasota, FL Open Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Call for information: (941) 926-7794 January 22 - February 19, 2006 Designers Showcase Home Fort Myers, FL (239) 541-3182 March 2005 American Red Cross Designer Showhouse 1920's Mediterranean home West Palm Beach, FL Open daily 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tickets $25 Call for information: (561) 833-7711 January 12 - February 4, 2006 GEORGIA Atlanta Symphony Associates 36th Annual Decorator's Show House and Gardens 4270 Harris Trail Atlanta, GA Open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sunday 12 - 5 p.m. Thursday Evenings 6 - 8 p.m. Early Bird tickets for the first week $20 Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door Call for information: (404) 733-5374 www.atlantasymphony.org/support/showhouse.html April 22 - May 14, 2006 St. Vincent's Annual Historic Tour & Tea St. Vincent's Academy Savannah, GA www.stvincentsacademysavannah.org October 22, 2005 ILLINOIS Traditional Home Building Exhibition and Conference Chicago's Navy Pier Chicago, IL Visit hundreds of exhibitors featuring historically accurate products and services, World-class seminars, workshops, panel discussions and tours. www.traditionalbuildingshow.com/index.shtml April 5 - 8, 2006 2006 Grace Episcopal Church of Hinsdale Decorators' Show House Hinsdale, IL www.hinsdaledecoratorsshowhouse.org/ October 2006 Oak Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Society's 34th Annual ASID Design Showcase House ASID Illinois Chapter 1647 Merchandise Mart Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 467-5080 www.asidillinois.com/showhouse.html September 11 - October, 2005 INDIANA St. Margaret's Hospital Guild Decorator Showhouse Indianapolis, IN www.decoratorsshowhouseindianapolis.com (317) 767-0390 April 23 - May 8, 2005 IOWA Des Moines Symphony Alliance Designers' ShowHouse (515) 279-3025 September 2006 KANSAS XXXI Homes of Note The 2005 Holiday Homes Tour to Benefit The Kansas City Symphony Kansas City, KS www.kcsymphonyguild.org November 16, 2005 Topeka ERC 25th Designers' Showhouse "Palace Plaza" 709 S. Kansas Avenue Topeka, KS www.ercrefer.org April 9 - May 8, 2005 Wichita Symphony Showhouse Wichita, KS (316) 267-5259 Next event planned for Spring 2006 MAINE Portland Symphony Orchestra Designers' ShowHouse 2005 The Rectory at St. Mary's Episcopal Church Portland, ME www.portlandsymphony.com June 3-June 25, 2005 Old York Designer Showhouse Agamenticus Avenue York, ME Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday until 7 p.m. & Sunday 1 - 4 p.m., CLOSED TUESDAY www.oldyork.org/events_pages/show_house.htm July 15 - August 12, 2006 MARYLAND Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Decorators' Show House Villa Vista estate in Green Spring Valley Baltimore County, MD www.baltimoresymphony.org/seasontickets/showhouse2006 April 23 - May 21, 2006 Historic Ellicott City, Inc. Decorator Show House "Longwood" at 3188 Rt. 97 Glenwood, MD (410) 461-6908 September 24 - October 23, 2005 MASSACHUSSETS Junior League of Boston 2006 Decorators' Showhouse Dana House 4 Berkeley Street Cambridge, MA www.jlboston.org May 2006 This Old House Designer Show House Carlise, MA www.thisoldhouse.com May 19 - May 29, 2005 The Mount: Edith Wharton's Estate and Gardens Showhouse 2 Plunkett Street Lenox, MA (near Stockbridge) (413) 637-1899 May 1 - October 31, 2005 Edith Wharton 2006 Garden Conference The Mount banderson@edithwharton.org May 19 - 21, 2006 The 2005 Pilgrim Hall Museum Designer Show House Daniel Webster Estate Marshfield, MA www.pilgrimhall.org May 21 - June 12, 2005 Newton Spring House Tour Newton, MA www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson May 22, 2005 MINNESOTA Minnesota ASID/Minneapolis Jr. League Designer Showhouse Kenwood estate 2231 W. 21st Street Minnesota, MN www.jlsp.org/ASIDgala2005.htm Opening May 13, 2005 MISSOURI Kansas City Symphony Designers' Showhouse XXXVI Kansas City, MO April 23 - May 15, 2005 St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles Magazine 2005 Designer Show House St. Louis, MO www.stlouishomesmag.com September 24 - October 9, 2005 NEBRASKA 2005 Omaha Symphony ASID Designer Showhouse Omaha, NE www.omahasymphonyshowhouse.com April 16 - May 15, 2005 NEW JERSEY Cape May Designer Show House Mid Atlantic Center for the Arts 725 Franklin St. Cape May, NJ (609) 884-5404 www.capemayshowhouse.com June 1 - August 16, 2006 Designer Showhouse of New Jersey Englewood Cliffs, NJ www.designershowhousenj.com/ (212) 980-1711 April 17 - May 30, 2005 The Virtua Health Foundation 2006 Show House Moorestown, NJ Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door (609) 914-8680 www.virtua.org April 22 - May 21, 2006 Junior League of Greater Princeton Designer Showhouse XIV 50 Hodge Road Princeton, NJ Call for information: (609) 924-6842 www.jlpg.org April 23 - May 21, 2006 The Junior League of Montclair-Newark The Anniversary Showhouse & Gardens 4 Stonebridge Road Montclair, NJ www.jlmn.org/mn/index.jsp May 2 - May 29, 2006 Lourdes Health System Designer Show House Haddonfield, NJ (856) 482-4953 September 17 - October 9, 2005 NEW YORK 4th Annual Kips Bay Downtown Tour Visit contemporary lofts and pied-a-terre in New York Tickets are $125 before October 18th; $150 after October 18th Price includes light breakfast and self-guided tour of homes Call (718) 893-8600 x245; Space is limited October 25, 2005 9th Annual Kips Bay Uptown Tour Visit East Side New York townhouses, duplexes and apartments Tickets are $125 before September 20; $150 after September 20 Price includes light breakfast and self-guided tour of homes Call (718) 893-8600 x245; Space is limited September 27, 2005 34th Annual Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Showhouse New York, NY Call for information: (718) 893-8600 ext. 245 www.kipsbay.org/show_info.html April 25 - May 23, 2006 2005 International Designer Showhouse for The American Hospital of Paris Foundation 9 East 67 St. New York, NY (212) 838-0157 October 20 - November 20, 2005 Mark Hopkins Performing Arts Center 1st Annual Designer Showhouse Henderson Harbor, NY To benefit The Mark Hopkins Performing Arts Center July 14th Gala Preview Party at 6 p.m. Tickets $35.00 per person Open Tuesdays and Fridays 10:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m., Saturdays - 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays 12 noon to 5 p.m. Tickets $10 (315) 938-5193 July 15 - 23, 2006 Top of Form What's Hot North Fork Designer Showhouse An 1860's Victorian mansion 400 South Jamesport Avenue Jamesport, Long Island, New York (631) 722-5392 September 18 - October 30, 2005 Hamptons Designer Showhouse Long Island, NY www.hamptondesignershowhouse.com June 26 - August 14, 2005 Vanguard-Albany Symphony Showhouse www.albanysymphony.com/vanguardshowhousefactsheet2005 May 3 - 22, 2005 Junior League of Buffalo Decorator Showhouse www.jlbuffalo.org April 30 - May 22, 2005 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's Symphony Showhouse Rochester, NY (585) 454-7311 x243 June 2006 The Scarsdale Women's Club and ASID New York Metro Chapter Scarsdale Show House www.westchestermagazine.com/scarsdaleshowhouse/ May 7 - May 22, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA 34th Annual Charlotte Symphony Guild ASID Showhouse 911 Ardsely Road Charlotte, NC www.symphonyguildcharlotte.org/html/showhouse.htm October 2 - 23, 2005 Edenton, North Carolina Decorator Showhouse Four historic homes will be decorated to benefit the Childrens' Room and NC room in the new library. Tickets are $20.00 and include admission to other activities in town. (252) 482-4112 Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday 12:30 - 5 p.m. www.visitedenton.com/EventDetails.asp?ID=141 May 4 - 7, 2006 Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties Designer Showhouse An English Tudor home circa 1920 Durham, NC April 30 - May 14, 2006 OHIO The Junior League Of Akron Designer Showhouse 2006 Summit County Historical Society properties 550 Copley Road www.juniorleagueakron.org (330) 836-4905 June 2006 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Designer's Show House and Garden www.dpva.org May 2006 OKLAHOMA Symphony Designers Show House 2006 The Grand Manor 1504 Huntington Nichols Hills, Oklahoma City Sundays, 12 noon to 5:00 p.m.; Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m www.okcphilharmonic.org/DesignersShowHouse/p/1051/Default.aspx April 30 - May 21, 2006 |