Design Calendar: April 27–May 17, 2012
Go antiquing at the New York Botanical Garden, stay smack dab in the modern world with furnishing finds on the West Coast and more
Whether a sale or a show house is your thing, our roundup of five things to do and see this spring has something for you.
SHOWCASE — April 28–May 13, 2012
St. Margaret's Hospital Guild Decorators' Showhouse and Gardens
Tobias House
5 E. 71st St., Indianapolis
See how more than 50 designers transformed a sprawling 20,000-square-foot Northside residence and three acres of gardens in this year's show house. Highlights include a creative yoga room, a gift-wrapping station and even a secret safe room. You'll walk away inspired to refresh your own home or start thinking about own dream space.
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 12–5 p.m.; closed Monday
Cost: $20, 12 and younger $5, 2 and under free
Purchase tickets online
St. Margaret's Hospital Guild Decorators' Showhouse and Gardens
Tobias House
5 E. 71st St., Indianapolis
See how more than 50 designers transformed a sprawling 20,000-square-foot Northside residence and three acres of gardens in this year's show house. Highlights include a creative yoga room, a gift-wrapping station and even a secret safe room. You'll walk away inspired to refresh your own home or start thinking about own dream space.
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 12–5 p.m.; closed Monday
Cost: $20, 12 and younger $5, 2 and under free
Purchase tickets online
Riemann Chair in Mirror-Polished Stainless Steel
SALE — May 3–6, 2012
Spring Show NYC
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York City
Now in its second year, the Spring Show showcases the finest in English, continental and American furniture, including paintings, decorative arts, manuscripts and autographs, tapestries, clocks and more. The four-day event is a vetted show: Every item in every booth is looked at by panels of experts for authenticity and comprehensive labeling.
If you're interested in learning the history of the curated items, attend a lecture on power decorators Dorothy Draper and Elsie De Wolfe, or on Empress Eugenie’s outré Oriental Chamber at Chateau Fontainbleau. See the full lecture schedule
Hours: Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Cost: $20 one-day pass, $40 five-day pass
Purchase tickets online
Spring Show NYC
Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York City
Now in its second year, the Spring Show showcases the finest in English, continental and American furniture, including paintings, decorative arts, manuscripts and autographs, tapestries, clocks and more. The four-day event is a vetted show: Every item in every booth is looked at by panels of experts for authenticity and comprehensive labeling.
If you're interested in learning the history of the curated items, attend a lecture on power decorators Dorothy Draper and Elsie De Wolfe, or on Empress Eugenie’s outré Oriental Chamber at Chateau Fontainbleau. See the full lecture schedule
Hours: Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.–7:30 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Cost: $20 one-day pass, $40 five-day pass
Purchase tickets online
SALE — May 4–6, 2012
Los Angeles Modernism Show and Sale
Barker Hanger at Santa Monica Air Center
3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, California
If you're looking for that special midcentury seating piece or decorative wall sculpture, browse offerings from more than 40 exhibitors. The entrance tent this year features a tribute to Ray and Charles Eames, with the participation of their daughter, Lucia Eames, and granddaughter Llisa Demetrios.
Hours: Saturday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: $15
Los Angeles Modernism Show and Sale
Barker Hanger at Santa Monica Air Center
3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, California
If you're looking for that special midcentury seating piece or decorative wall sculpture, browse offerings from more than 40 exhibitors. The entrance tent this year features a tribute to Ray and Charles Eames, with the participation of their daughter, Lucia Eames, and granddaughter Llisa Demetrios.
Hours: Saturday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: $15
SHOW — May 12–13, 2012
Unique LA Spring Show
The California Market Center
110 E. Ninth St., Los Angeles
If independent design is your thing, save the date for Unique LA to shop products from 325 hand-selected designers and artists, including Foundation Landscape Design (photo). The two-day shopping event encourages you to buy locally and support community artisans. And if you're not in the mood to pick up a new thing or two, you can play at Caine's Arcade and meet the very special 9-year-old who created the elaborate arcade.
Hours: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Cost: $10 at the door
Purchase advance tickets online
More design events: April 12–May 3, 2012, April 19–May 20, 2012
What's on your calendar? Let us know in the Comments.
Unique LA Spring Show
The California Market Center
110 E. Ninth St., Los Angeles
If independent design is your thing, save the date for Unique LA to shop products from 325 hand-selected designers and artists, including Foundation Landscape Design (photo). The two-day shopping event encourages you to buy locally and support community artisans. And if you're not in the mood to pick up a new thing or two, you can play at Caine's Arcade and meet the very special 9-year-old who created the elaborate arcade.
Hours: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Cost: $10 at the door
Purchase advance tickets online
More design events: April 12–May 3, 2012, April 19–May 20, 2012
What's on your calendar? Let us know in the Comments.
Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale
New York Botanical Garden, tent behind the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, New York
Whether you're on the hunt for an early-20th-century metal weeping willow tree or woven wicker furnishings, you'll find the perfect antique garden ornament at the 20th annual New York Botanical Garden antiques sale. More than 30 exhibitors will offer objects dating from the late 18th century through the mid-1950s. The oldest object in this year's show is a massive terra-cotta oil jar reputed to have been discovered at an excavation at the church of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls in Rome. Enjoy tours and booth talks offered by specialists as well as complimentary tea and chocolate tastings.
Hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: $20 adults, $18 students and seniors, $8 children, free for members
Purchase tickets online