SHOWHOUSE - The Reveal and the Goodbye

The magic is gone.  The "Secret Cove" Designer Showhouse closed its doors on Thursday for the last time.  Today was the breakdown.  You spend so much time in your space that you come to think of it as your own, so to see it all stripped of its finery, is like losing a friend...or leaving home for the last time. (Big sigh....)

As promised, if you didn't get to experience "Secret Cove" in person,  here are the before and after photos of the spaces my Trio Design cohorts and I transformed.  Premier interior and architectural photographer, Eric Roth, took two of the "after" photos.  Thank you Eric for your beautiful work!

                                                                           " THE MUDROOM" - Before

                                                    The transformation to "THE POOLSIDE PORTAL"

"Poolside Portal" - Photography By Eric Roth

                                                                            Before...

                                                                        After!

"Poolside Portal" - Photography by R. Palazola

"Poolside Portal" - Photography by R. Palazola

                                                                       Before...

                                                                        After!

"Poolside Portal" - Photography by Eric Roth

                                                                        Before...

                                                                        After!

"Poolside Portal" - Photography by R. Palazola

Yvonne Blacker designed the Petite Powder Room, or the "Jason Wu Loo" as I like to call it!  It's a tribute to the style of designer Jason Wu - very glam!!  Yvonne changed a extremely small, non-descript space into one of the most dramatic areas of the Showhouse!

                                                                        Before....

                                                                and  TA DA!!!!

"Petite Powder Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

 

"Petite Powder Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

"Petite Powder Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

Yvonne also worked her magic on "Syrena's Bath" - every teenage girl's dream!  A bath she doesn't have to share!

                                                                        Before.....

                                                

                                                                         After!

"Syrena's Bath" - Photography by R. Palazola

 

"Syrena's Bath" - Photography by R. Palazola

And last, but certainly not least - "Syrena's Bedroom" - designed and styled by Katherine Hawkins - The perfect bedroom for a teenage girl with a love of mermaids and the sea!

                                                                          Before...

                                                                        And the finale.....!

"Syrena's Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

"Syrena's Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

"Syrena's Room" - Photography by R. Palazola

And so, like all good things, it must end.  The clock has struck midnight and my Poolside Portal is once again a Mudroom.  As I close the door for the last time,  I can almost hear her say "thank you for taking me to the Ball".