HAMPTON DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE DIARY

 photo by Eric Stiffler

I'm so excited to share with you all my room for this year's Hamptons Designer Showhouse sponsored by Traditional Home. It's such an honor to be chosen to participate and I was thrilled to be asked to design the dining room for the house.

Color inspiration for the room came from the Atlantic ocean and bucolic farmland that surrounds the Hamptons. I chose various shades of ocean blue punctuated by green as the color scheme for the room.  

When it comes to designing a room for a showhouse, it really does "take a village" and I was privileged to work with some fabulous partners. Beacon Hill provided me with fabric for the room and their glamorous Sakura stripe in Neptune was the starting point for my design. I love this print! The awning stripe, a summer classic, is elevated in glamorous silk with shades of ocean blues and white.  

I covered a lucite bench in Robert Allen's Perfect Wave in Calypso blue-- a whimsical print with the perfect beachy vibe.  

The room, shown below in a "before" photo has a large bay window and a pretty coffered ceiling but it needed some color!

Phillip Jeffries Juicy Jute in Tantalizing Teal had just the right pop of color for the walls. 

 The textured grasscloth has a beautiful sheen that reflects the rooms natural light and adds depth and texture.

 Pratt and Lambert's November, a subtle blue-gray paint color with a slight glaze added dimension to the coffered ceilings. 

There's so much more to go over! Next post will feature furnishings, lighting and art-

  

HAMPTONS DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE...AND ME!

I'm excited to share with you all some very exciting news-I've been chosen to design a room for this year's Hampton Designer Showhouse!  I am beyond thrilled that my firm,  Barbara Page|home, will be participating in this year's Showhouse with the venerable Mario Buatta serving as Honorary Chair and design legends Alexa Hampton and Jamie Drake as event co-chairs. (Pretty fabulous company!) With Traditional Home magazine and LX+TV Open House as this year's Showhouse sponsors, the event is sure to be spectacular.

Our firm has been hard at work designing a chic Guest Bedroom retreat with a glamorous, modern vibe. While I have to keep things under wraps for now, here's a design direction hint...luxe silk, touches of gold and spectacular grasscloth wallcovering. Stay tuned!

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT

 Yesterday, I was thrilled to have a chance to preview Holiday House 2012, the first designer showhouse held in New York City to benefit The Breast Cancer Research Organization. Housed in a historical limestone townhouse on the Upper East Side, the preview, presented by Traditional Home had room after room of gorgeous design inspiration. My first stop was Girls Night Out, a petit space off the main entrance that was transformed into a glamorous ladies vanity room.  Designer Claudia Giselle took me through the stunning space pointing out the knockout vanity drawers which were cleverly lined with Maya Romanoff's gilded paper.  Soft seafoam walls paneled in a sophisticated damask set the tone for this seductive enclave, with glittery crystal lighting and a dark velvet bergere, perfect for applying your lipstick. Bring your ostrich topped slippers and a glass of champagne to this fabulous boudoir!

COCKTAILS WITH TRADITIONAL HOME

Christina Murphy-Blackjack Queen!

 I had the pleasure of attending Traditional Home's cocktail party celebrating the 10 New Trad Designers of 2012. What a fun evening!  The room was packed to the gills with fabulous design talent and lots of well wishers and I couldn't resist trying my luck at the blackjack table.  I had the pleasure of sitting next to one of the New Trad Designers, Christina Murphy, who seemed to be having a big dose of beginners luck, closely followed by Traditional Homes publisher Beth Brenner. Of course, it was all in fun, and don't we all play better when the money isn't real? I was admiring the cleverly designed playing cards when I realized that the deck featured both Brenner and Murphy, as well as other favorite designers of the magazine. Perhaps I needed to have my own playing card too--just for a bit of luck! 

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