Spring Awakening At Le Beau Chateau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXRf61CT94u_-9hCGfZcT5o7NSASWUQ9WWW0svFSHCW3-M2naB-ntGJwdiaIQewollry6EzLUQ4fa6ELpXegKIgkd_97OrxEJpFqZx538jp3vc6SvABme7N6y7DdYwlFrBg3NSP6fZR9b/s1600/0000063745_0012238759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXRf61CT94u_-9hCGfZcT5o7NSASWUQ9WWW0svFSHCW3-M2naB-ntGJwdiaIQewollry6EzLUQ4fa6ELpXegKIgkd_97OrxEJpFqZx538jp3vc6SvABme7N6y7DdYwlFrBg3NSP6fZR9b/s400/0000063745_0012238759.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Beau Chateau, built in 1937,<br />was the location for the Spring Awakening <br />event I attended last week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had NO idea that this private Baronial estate even existed...</div><div style="text-align: center;">never mind that it was literally<br />only four miles from my front door!<br />{I mapquested it.} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnPKn4-L07scFgv0huRH7xtl8R5JafdRpQknsOpT0KrDsq7wDN0QqM2yPSD2K-IKrZXJTSAwom3dUSL5a2SUTfvAbLzuzgYorWA2193-4ftb6IGOUNtFb6mkAEng9I5L0pYmwAkrGwdCj/s1600/0000063745_0009975303-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnPKn4-L07scFgv0huRH7xtl8R5JafdRpQknsOpT0KrDsq7wDN0QqM2yPSD2K-IKrZXJTSAwom3dUSL5a2SUTfvAbLzuzgYorWA2193-4ftb6IGOUNtFb6mkAEng9I5L0pYmwAkrGwdCj/s400/0000063745_0009975303-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This elegant manor is situated on 52 acres<br />in New Canaan, Connecticut,</div><div style="text-align: center;">  {to find out more about Le Beau Chateau, click <a href="http://www.christiesgreatestates.com/properties/view_63745">here</a> } <br /><br />Last week, The Summer Theatre of New Canaan<br />presented<br />Spring Awakening-A Broadway Inspired Table Top Show.<br /><br />Twenty leading interior designers were asked to interpret their<br />favorite shows or musical comedies into table top vignettes.<br />Artistic license prevailed here, the term "table top" was given<br />a very broad and open meaning....<br />Here are a few of my favorites:<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KSZYGgRPFAZ9ozlkDLR6EH6VuWFCXhBuEdk_MioyGuI5RMUTJSA3iTqwlknMYHvRsIrm26avg4rC2nfNxnSP0szVqE8VIXt4yQMhoWnv_Nz-B143XmAT1DiGLegl4gSKVknYV9gfRXwg/s1600/DSCF2481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KSZYGgRPFAZ9ozlkDLR6EH6VuWFCXhBuEdk_MioyGuI5RMUTJSA3iTqwlknMYHvRsIrm26avg4rC2nfNxnSP0szVqE8VIXt4yQMhoWnv_Nz-B143XmAT1DiGLegl4gSKVknYV9gfRXwg/s400/DSCF2481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">{The Secret Garden: Peter Lentz Design} <br /><br />This table really caught my attention.<br /> The Secret Garden was one of my favorite childhood books. <br />Faux flowers were adhered to the wallpaper,<br />creating a surreal three dimensional effect.<br />In addition, both a black bird<br />and a key, were incorporated into the table top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6gz8YBcBuQb-C9xAv1UAd_TIj0yMDtdtPm1mwFzvnZjlNHmgXSTmVFsf7Lr7xe-22vqaFr9EtF2rSM-K3YrtaUxjnLAL3ev3Mqa9vrRauAOO_guHfm4pq6gYnoH5y0C1fcg4hiWiyHwI/s1600/DSCF2486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6gz8YBcBuQb-C9xAv1UAd_TIj0yMDtdtPm1mwFzvnZjlNHmgXSTmVFsf7Lr7xe-22vqaFr9EtF2rSM-K3YrtaUxjnLAL3ev3Mqa9vrRauAOO_guHfm4pq6gYnoH5y0C1fcg4hiWiyHwI/s400/DSCF2486.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> {Mame: Barbara Bell Interiors}<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This next vignette really captured<br />the joie de vivre that is Auntie Mame.<br />(one of my favorite movies) <br />I was ready to call it a night,<br />and sit down and have a martini<br />right then and there! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JJC_BuSsCYmyN-skpjjH0xIWaB3a-1ggMRTwII8ke0vC36MEZP6hfFTu2NhTRRBiO-d9AOnqv8HtrQkfwYPiFNs41ZN_bacVcCPZCyw1R5Yqt1umpq9d1z9zqEFagb1p4Ker8zb3txK2/s1600/DSCF2488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JJC_BuSsCYmyN-skpjjH0xIWaB3a-1ggMRTwII8ke0vC36MEZP6hfFTu2NhTRRBiO-d9AOnqv8HtrQkfwYPiFNs41ZN_bacVcCPZCyw1R5Yqt1umpq9d1z9zqEFagb1p4Ker8zb3txK2/s400/DSCF2488.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3foXPMmI-QK_Ovck__UrAFE8f3HwViN_9lP8tJNXcHwpw4ewx6KAxjvr0XdxyKxODYqv8hY47wGEGioNKZMvIQY_8iUtEMt12P7w618XPbjt7ArDTko7OERhZ3aUCrqZHp0QVqQ1nFBG/s1600/DSCF2491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3foXPMmI-QK_Ovck__UrAFE8f3HwViN_9lP8tJNXcHwpw4ewx6KAxjvr0XdxyKxODYqv8hY47wGEGioNKZMvIQY_8iUtEMt12P7w618XPbjt7ArDTko7OERhZ3aUCrqZHp0QVqQ1nFBG/s400/DSCF2491.JPG" width="365" /></a></div>{Beehive: Trevor LaMarche}<br /><br />Apparently, Beehive was a 1960's off Broadway hit musical.<br />I've never heard of it,<br />but that didn't stop me from absolutely loving<br />this interpretation.  The execution was amazing here!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOv2Igx4ceV1LllTKjgCBZXp_RKXF_9QKc-UOyryBkIbIjw39H5lK9_WpGR2sJKyQaHvgWkKxr8nzFYf9x-EnDz4DLWDm-AuPWwtDhFUHhQnM-aQbT-wa6_Gem9qDHe53ksp_ttt29_ZP/s1600/DSCF2499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOv2Igx4ceV1LllTKjgCBZXp_RKXF_9QKc-UOyryBkIbIjw39H5lK9_WpGR2sJKyQaHvgWkKxr8nzFYf9x-EnDz4DLWDm-AuPWwtDhFUHhQnM-aQbT-wa6_Gem9qDHe53ksp_ttt29_ZP/s400/DSCF2499.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>{Breakfast at Tiffany's: Irwin Feld Design}<br /><br />According to the "playbill" from the evening,<br />Breakfast At Tiffany's was slated to <br />be a musical on Broadway, with music by Edward Albee.<br />The show never made it past previews.<br />I can absolutely see Holly Golightly living here.<br />The center sconces in the background<br />represent the doors to the famed<br />jewelry store.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZrP7zyjseBfknaSHv3QdZQ2-2KFOTeLEBlyLDIb6SnIfOYqf6iPi27q7u9TGhcB4HzQoHGwyxuHqsZd4WOkoxxjeuaCIz2EJEUCjO92e3gccg4XoD8q-UCAYyYMhJKb-3ZX_5ctMWFKO/s1600/DSCF2502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZrP7zyjseBfknaSHv3QdZQ2-2KFOTeLEBlyLDIb6SnIfOYqf6iPi27q7u9TGhcB4HzQoHGwyxuHqsZd4WOkoxxjeuaCIz2EJEUCjO92e3gccg4XoD8q-UCAYyYMhJKb-3ZX_5ctMWFKO/s400/DSCF2502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>{Next to Normal: Ondine Karady Design}<br /><br />There was nothing "normal" about this table top!<br />If the name Ondine Karady sounds familiar,<br />it's because she was one of the finalists<br />on Bravo's Top Design.<br />In addition, Ondine has a background in set design<br />and has worked on several commercial sets<br />including HBO's Sex And The City.<br />The attention paid to detail here was astounding!<br />The entire tabletop, table base AND chairs<br />were covered with empty prescription pill capsules!<br />Ondine, who couldn't have been more<br />lovely or gracious in person,<br />said her name showed up on a government list for ordering<br />so many empty pills online!<br />The bowl of pill bottles in the center contained mints,<br />made to look like prescription pills.<br />Ondine was handing these clever vials out.<br />The labels contain her business information and the following:<br />"USE: vastly improves the most boring decor...<br />take two and call me!"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHeWwvmV5YM4aEJiQXTRGpjPyFIB_Hu4F5kpQZs0I-hxN6YtkWwz_b6kr33-A4KRbQnko44XNXHqgA98ii8k1_tYQadkfZ6nTykW4GEdAcQBejNFEwn2koO20F64OuMQ3HfEWO1WGaPr_/s1600/DSCF2509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHeWwvmV5YM4aEJiQXTRGpjPyFIB_Hu4F5kpQZs0I-hxN6YtkWwz_b6kr33-A4KRbQnko44XNXHqgA98ii8k1_tYQadkfZ6nTykW4GEdAcQBejNFEwn2koO20F64OuMQ3HfEWO1WGaPr_/s400/DSCF2509.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>{A Little Night Music: Charles Pavarini Design Associates}<br /><br />The "set" lighting here really made you feel <br />like you were about to dine in an enchanted garden.<br />A local architect and designer, it was Mr. Pavarini<br />who spearheaded and conceptualized<br />this entire creative event for<br />The Summer Theatre of New Canaan.<br /><br />There were many, many more fabulous table tops and vignettes.<br />For more coverage, head over to <a href="http://thebuzz.dianejameshome.com/">The Buzz Blog from Diane James Home.</a><br /><br /></div>

Spring Awakening At Le Beau Chateau

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