Still Time to Visit the 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse

Irwin Weiner ASID - Showhouses are fun to visit. Come on, admit it! Each room is a POP of color, a DARING experiment, something FRESH, and GLAMOUR up to the gills. Unlike your home or mine, a showhouse is meant to be theatrical, with each room's design team trying to visually and viscerally hit you between the eyes. And best of all, showhomes are meant to be specatator sports: "Oh, I love that bed." "Isn't that hideous?!" "We could do that in our home." "What were they thinking?" "Wow!"

As a showhouse veteran, I can tell you that designers put their hearts and soul into staging a good show (and it costs designers a great deal of time and money as well), all to raise funds through sponsorships and ticket and merchandise sales for good causes. So please do attend the 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse this year - running through Labor Day Weekend - and enjoy today's featured video house tour of the 2011 home.

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Designer Raji Rm and Her Elegant Hamptons Showhouse Room

Irwin Weiner ASID - Having participated in the whirl of activities at the 2010 Hamptons Designer Showhouse, I know what it's like to find a bare room and face the task of turning it into a special place through raw materials, architectural details, furnishings, and accessories. I wanted to see what fantastic Washington DC designer Raji Rm did with her "lady's bedroom" or the Salon des Femmes - and the following video shows that she really rocked her space. Well done, Ms. Rm; a beautifully-thought-through design and an elegant execution of your vision.

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