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Originally Posted by KellyG
What is the designer house for? Will someone be living in it eventually? We will be up that way on August 9 - 16 and I think that migh be something to go see, which would also help the humane society.
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"Designer Show Houses" are organized that a different designer/decorator will "do" a different room or area of the house. Within guidelines, they will do everything, from top to bottom: furniture, flooring, window treatments, wallpaper/painting, the whole color scheme, literally everything in the room.
To view it will give one ideas for their own home. Many of the furnishings are for sale; your purchases and ticket sales will benefit the non-profit. We assume the designers do it all at their own expense. We understand that the house is for sale, but that is not the point of the show house. It should not be a real estate broker open house. Do not be mislead. It showcases the designers' work.
In past years, home owners have loaned the use of their house for this kind of purpose; there were events to benefit N. H. Music Festival and other non-profits. We remember once, the Pike/Pitou house on the hill top in Gilford. As one wrote, this is the first as a fund raiser to benefit NH Humane Society. As we understand, the volunteers are utilized as guides within the house, to manage the flow of viewers and to answer questions about the rooms/designers, and sort of "security", as if visiting a museum.
Maybe we can encourage uploading a more current panorama photograph of the view, when trees and foliage are more green.
If we are off base, we are not offended if committee ads comments.