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Junior League selects designers
for Show House to open May 1

A few new designers along with many Show House veterans have begun work transforming the French Normandy house at 78 Lake Shore for the Junior League of Detroit's biennial fundraiser. Built in 1928, the 6,500-square-foot home includes five bedrooms, five full and three half baths and two outdoor terraces. Nearly every room in the house will be redone, from the living and dining rooms to hallways and closets.

New to the 2010 Show House are:

  • Leanna Haun, Mural & Mosaics – kitchen hall
  • Irene Kossak & Gail Anderson, IG Interiors (Dearborn) – back foyer
  • Jeanine White-Haith & Loretta Crenshaw, Showhouse Interiors – main hall guest bedroom

New as designers (participated in 2008 as students) are:

  • Laura Stanley, Vicky Johnson and Jennifer Huffman; Laura Stanley & Associates – nursery

New as a contractor is:

  • Tanya Woods, Xstyles Bath Designs (Birmingham) – guest retreat bathroom

Designers who have participated in previous years but haven't been involved recently:

  • Linda Axe, LVL Enterprises – master bedroom closet
  • Rick Carmody, Au Courant (Ferndale) – loggia
  • Gail Urso, Urso Designs Inc. – gentleman’s washroom
  • Phyllis Whitehead, P.J. Whitehead Interiors (Birmingham) – front and side terraces
  • Kathleen McGovern, Kathleen McGovern Studio of Interior Designs Inc. – kitchen and family room (new construction working with Mutschler Kitchens and The Blake Co.)

Other designers returning this year:

  • Charlene Blondy, Posterity: A Gallery – upstairs back hall
  • Brian Clay Collins, Brian Clay Collins Designs – master suite library and bath
  • Jacquelyn Cutright and Cynthia Dameron, Elegance by Design (Ferndale) – back hall guest bedroom
  • Jennifer Imamura, The Velvet Plum (Plymouth) – dining room
  • David Michael Johns, Jennifer Johns Miller and Melissa McDonald Vincent, DMJ Interiors (Rochester) – ladies’ sitting room and bath
  • Kristi Karimpour and Kevin Allen Shaneyfelt, Birmingham Design Studio (Birmingham) – living room
  • John Kline, Broken Color Design – vestibule and upper curved hallway
  • Renea Lewis and Susan Phillips, Design by Choice (Troy) – grand foyer and upper hall
  • Elisabeth Meda, Elisabeth Meda Interior Design – ladies' powder room
  • Jane Shook, Jane Shook Painted Interiors – linen room and upper laundry
  • Diane Woolsey and DJ Kennedy, Diane Woolsey Interiors – master bedroom and bath
  • Lynnette Zaner and design students, Baker College of Design and Technology (Clinton Township) – upper hall bath

Harry Limauro of Inspired Smart Technologies (Pontiac) and Archie K. Lytle of Barton Malow Co. (Southfield) are wiring the house for audio and video. 

The Show House will be open from Saturday, May 1, through Sunday, May 16, weekdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. All visitors with cars must park in the lot at Neff Park on Jefferson in the City and take a shuttle to the house. No tickets will be sold or accepted at the door. Advance tickets are $15. Day of event tickets will be available at the shuttle location for $20.

Advance tickets are available at: 

  • Anton Art Center, 125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens, 586-469-8666 
  • Birmingham Design Studio, 808 S. Old Woodward, Birmingham, 248-723-8888
  • Calico Corners, 23240 Greater Mack, St. Clair Shores, 586-775-0078
  • Cavanaugh’s Office Supplies & Gifts, 16837 Kercheval, 313-884-6880 
  • Charvat the Florist, 18590 Mack, 313-881-7800
  • Conner Park Florist, 21480 Greater Mack, St. Clair Shores, 586-773-1500
  • East English Village Association, Detroit; contact Bill Barlage, 313-884-0554
  • Elegance By Design, 231 W. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale, 248-582-0090
  • Junior League of Detroit Office, 32 Lake Shore Rd., 313-881-0040
  • La Belle Provence, 185 W. Maple Rd., Birmingham, 248-540-3876
  • The League Shop, 72 Kercheval, 313-882-6880 
  • McQueen’s Carpets, 4066 W. Maple Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 248-647-5250
  • Michigan Design Center, 1700 Stutz Dr. Suite 25, Troy, 248-649-4770 
  • Posterity: A Gallery, 17005 Kercheval, 313-884-8105
  • Sole Sisters Shoes, 87 E. Canfield, Detroit, 313-831-9013
  • Sundance Shoes, 6915 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 248-737-9059
  • Wild Birds Unlimited, 20485 Mack Ave., 313-881-1410 

For more information or group reservations, contact the Junior League of Detroit at 313-881-0040 or visit www.jldetroit.org. 

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