By Donna CorneliusWhen Jean Clayton of Christine’s on Canterbury designed an upstairs bedroom and bathroom for the Decorators’ ShowHouse, she brought along another complete dwelling place – for dolls. The three-story dollhouse has been in her family for quite a while, she said. “I bought it in Atlanta about 40 years ago for my oldest daughter,” Clayton said. “A lot of … [Read more...]
Forty and Fabulous: Decorators’ ShowHouse Celebrates Anniversary With a ‘Showstopper’
By Donna Cornelius The Decorators’ ShowHouse turns 40 this year, and it’s showing no signs of aging. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra fundraiser started in 1976. The first ShowHouse was a stately Mountain Brook house modeled after George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This year’s event, set for April 9-24, opens the doors of a Mountain Brook house that was built by Katherine and … [Read more...]
Imagination Station: Lesley McRae’s Upstairs Bedroom Is a Haven for Creativity
By Donna CorneliusLesley McRae’s muse for the design of her Decorators’ ShowHouse room is someone she knows very well. “With this room, I had my own daughter in mind,” McRae said. Charlotte McRae, an 18-year-old Mountain Brook High School student, writes poetry and paints, her mother said. That’s why the designer’s ShowHouse space – an upstairs bedroom – has places … [Read more...]
Remembrance of Things Past: Libby Greene’s Living Room Holds Antiques – and Memories
By Donna Cornelius Like other designers participating in this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse, Libby Greene has been spending a lot of time in the room she’s designing. And she’s not the first member of her family to do so. Greene had a special reason for choosing the living room as her ShowHouse space. Her grandmother, June Henderson, was in the room many times when Katherine … [Read more...]
Sweet Memories: Kate Millhouse Recalls Fun, Family Life at the McTyeire House
By Donna CorneliusVisitors to this year’s Decorators’ ShowHouse will see a stately house with notable architecture and wander through rooms artistically created by designers. For Kate Millhouse, the house was more than a beautiful place. It was home. Her parents, Katherine and Bill McTyeire, were both busy and successful business owners. Katherine McTyeire’s father, … [Read more...]