St. Margaret's Hospital Guild has held annual Decorators' Show Home for more than 60 years
This mansion at 4356 North Meridian Street, seen here in November 1971, served as the 1972 Decorators' Show House. A few months later, a realtor advertised this home, which sat across the street from a home that had been the governor's mansion, for sale for $70,000.
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The family living in the 1980 Decorators' Show House at 4160 Washington Blvd. moved out of the 1924 English Tudor for several months.
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A before image of the 1985 Decorators' Show house home. The home at 4270 N. Meridian, once owned by Booth Tarkington, received a grand makeover. The two pianos in the music room remained.
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A before image of the 1985 Decorators' Show house home. The home at 4270 N. Meridian, once owned by Booth Tarkington, received a grand makeover. The home's owners had decorated the living room with stained glass and intricate antiques.
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Even a bath designed for a housekeeper receives special treatment in a Decorators' Show House. The 1993 home, 4333 Sylvan Road, housed former President Richard M. Nixon as a guest for a night. This picture depicts stenciled walls and a swag curtain, the vision of Janice Heffelmire Interior Design.
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One of two 1997 Decorators' Show Homes, the residence at 4050 Washington Blvd., included a sitting room off the master bedroom area, designed by Diana Chastain Interiors.
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Decorators' Show houses pay attention to the finest of details. The half-bath downstairs in the home at 4053 Pennsylvania St., one of the two homes featured in 1997, included hand-painted walls to make the room feel more spacious.
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