Its a New Day at the Symphony Designers Showhouse in Kansas City! Hard to believe isn’t it after 40 years of successful showhouses. But its true. See for yourself by looking at a few of the before and after pictures.
Symphony Designers Showhouse entry staircase
Here’s a picture of the grand entry staircase that I took the first time I entered the showhouse as the new designer co-chair. Since then we’ve had the wood floors stained a beautiful rich dark color and the designer added a gorgeous custom made stair runner in black, white and peridot green, plus had a delightful design hand painted on the walls and a dark color added under the chair rail as you can see. What a transformation!
Symphony Designers Showhouse entry staircase before
Symphony Designers Showhouse landing before
Noticed the custom designed window treatments on the landing in the after picture.
Symphony staircase landing - almost finished
The inspiration for these gorgeous window treatments came from a dress created by a local designer on display in the resource room below.
Symphony Designers Showhouse vintage fashion area
And this vintage fashion area/resource room located in a cedar closet with a look similar to what you might see in the garment district, demonstrates the timely convergence of fashion with interior design and how the lines have blurred between the two industries, creating design a la mode or in vogue design.
Make sure you visit the Symphony Designers Showhouse on May 1st and 2nd for free 10 minute consultations provided by the showhouse designers using gorgeous to the trade fabrics and paint samples in this resource area along with myself on May 1st.
Symphony Designers Showhouse 2nd floor bedroom before
Here’s another great example of the transformation of this showhouse. Check out the before picture of this 2nd floor kids bedroom and then the after picture below. I love the way the designer disguised the radiator and the fully functional ferris wheel/storage unit is to die for. The only thing missing is the cotton candy vendor!
Symphony Designers Showhouse 2nd floor bedroom transformation
I didn’t get a chance to snap photos of the remainder of these incredible rooms so you will have to check them out yourself including a bedroom co-designed by a former HGTV personality.
I did attend the gala of course last weekend and I kept hearing over and over that this showhouse is the best ever from media and homeowners alike. And I believe that this showhouse rocks not only because we have great designers this year, but also because of the amazing volunteers that led the charge this year including Marti Miller (President), Linda Mitchell (Vice President) and Ruth Cousins (Vice President) who caught the vision for a new day at the showhouse and made it happen along with their wonderful team. For more information, go to their Facebook fan page or their website.
Don’t miss this Sunday on Living Large at 10am on News Radio 980 KMBZ because I will be interviewing a couple of showhouse designers in part 3 of a Four Part series on the Symphony Designers Showhouse along with discussing Sustainable Trends and how you can save money by being green with Josh Dorfman, the lazy environmentalist from the Sundance Channel and other local experts.
Plus on Living Large at 10:30am on Classical 1660 KXTR, I’ll be interviewing celebrity designer and author Barclay Butera about how to create luscious living spaces in your home.
