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Against the picturesque background of the Lake Forest, Illinois-a Tony suburb of the north kan of Chicago-, the 20-year anniversary of the two-year Lake Forest Shouse & Garden offers the perfect marriage of architectural history and future-oriented design. This year's house is open for tours and is the Pembroke Lodge, a limestone villa in Georgian style that is penetrated in history.
The house was built in 1895 by the well -known architect Henry Ives Cobb (which also designed the legendary Chicago Athletic Association) and contained the original landscape architecture by Frederick Law Olmsted. In the late 1930s, the interior on the first floor was revised by architect David Adler and his sister, the famous interior designer Frances Elkins.
This year's milestone event reveals the breathtaking transformation of almost 50 interior and outdoor spaces that the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago benefits, which medically changes medically under -sector communities.
When designers and architects honored the famous past of the house – while the brilliant future of decoration also wanted – here are the best three trends that we noticed during a little insight into the house shortly before the opening.
Warning: curves ahead.
The first trend that noticed was how curvy everything was, from a wave -like headboard to rounded sofas and arched doors.
In the kitchen by Abaze Design Group (above), an arched and island -dining tables with rounded corners soften the edges of a room, in which sharp edges are often the norm. This unique design-hop design leads to the Scullery (also above), which was decorated by Jennifer Decleen.
In the winter garden next to the primary bedroom, an en suite bar from Studio W Interiors (below) achieves a similar effect with its rounded end, a curved neckline for chair and the reedront.
Ryan McDonald Photography
Playful curves also appear in furniture silhouettes throughout the house. A wavy headboard anchor a girl's bedroom (below) from Robbins Architecture and interiors, while in Sarah Dippold's hallway on the second floor (also below) organic shapes prevail in the custom -made sofa and in the mirror.
The wavy furniture is continued in the Mahjong area of White Couch Design (below), where a custom -made sofa and a gossip chair bring to an adorable playroom for two moods, which the designer does not refer to as “feminine”.
Heather Talbert
Finally, in the living room on the upper floor of Unpustered (below), a bookshelf and a serpentine side table in a wave sheet in this garden-inspired reading room give a playful touch.
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Trees climb the walls.
While flowers are nothing new, designers at Lake Forest Showhouse bring the garden indoors with larger lifestyle, which literally climbed the walls. Throughout the house, walls are covered with tree inspired wallpaper, murals, plaster relief sculptures and even pearl-3D wall cladding.
Ryan McDonald Photography
The first floor and the staircase (above), which is referred to by its designer Lauren Collander as a “essential garden path”, are inspired by the beautiful terrain of the estate itself. The star that calls the joy of going through a Parisian garden is a glittering, handmade wall covering of wags (Lala-Curio), which indicates a canopy hanging fern.
In the architecture of Robbins Architecture and Interiors (above) and the reception room of Rebel House Design (top and top in articles) turn into oversized plaster flowers into delicate trees and act as wall treatment and art. According to the designers of the reception room, this is False wood Gips was inspired by Frances Elkins and served as a “antidote against wallpaper, a statement in texture and form”.
Ryan McDonald Photography
That means there is also a lot of beautiful wallpaper inspired by tree. In the Mudroom of Jen Marie Interiors (above), a monochromatic scene from Schumacher watches over a custom -made marble work desk.
In the back staircase and reading nook by R Titus Design Studio (above), a Plantasia Wallpaper from House of Hackney gives a feeling of size in a narrow space. In the meantime, a leafer from the wall cover of Joey lights Salon (also above) is conceived in beautifully hand -painted and embroidered silk.
Aimée Mazenenga
A room in a tree -like canopy is an ongoing topic in the whole house. In the formal library of Kipling House Interiors (above), a tailor -made Gracie wall picture covers the ceiling in a hanging garden of flowering flowers and also appears in a subtle way like the bookshelf.
Fruit trees also rule the top at Lake Forest Showhouse. In Kaylan Kanes Rotunda -Flur (top), which leads to the primary bedroom, a citrus tree wallpaper from Kravet represents this detection area as an orchard. A similar motif continues in the pantry hallway by Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors (also above) when a Harlekin wallpaper suggests a summer day surrounded by peach trees.
Heidi Lancaster
Finally, in the three different areas of which the stately pool house consists, in the three different areas are continued. In the main pavilion of Mandarine Home Design (above), a wallpaper from Thibaut anchors the room in the surrounding gardens.
In the Ladies Lounge of the Pool House (below), Courtney Petit uses a flower pattern from Schumacher to remember the vintage feeling of the Summers of the 1970s in Lake Forest – in the hometown – how her mother played cards with friends nearby.
This nostalgia continues in Meghan Jay's Pool House Cabana (also below), where a wallpaper by Isidore Leroy spoke by a trumpe l'oeil Curtain -Wand painting by Julie Lawrence and the charm of the Behachide Hotel of the 1920s with its own memories of the designer of childcare, which was issued in a connectic beach, in one Connecticut beached in a Connecticut beach.
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As neutral of nature, the color is green here to stay.
A strong preference for the color green in all its many colors is also an ongoing topic in the entire Lake Forest Showhouse. Like the wall cladding inspired by tree, it helps a bit of nature, which is particularly helpful in rooms with less natural light.
Green dominated the three eating areas of the main house, starting with the dining room and the breakfast room (both above). In the main pee room by Maggie Getz Studio, Chartreuse's accents serve as an energetic film for rich chocolate brown gypsum walls. In the breakfast room and the adjacent hallway by Nora C. Marra, coin and green apple can offer a happy start to the day.
Perhaps the most dramatic use of green is in the garden room (below), where designer Amy Kartheiser dark green wood lanterns use Casamidy and a blanket from Voutsa Brillant to compensate for the light blues and yellow ones that are used in the entire room.
Werner Straube
Green was not only in the dining rooms, but also in the food. While the main kitchen uses blue -green cupboards for the lower cupboards and the island, the pantry (below, also from the Ablaze Design Group) goes everything with a dark green that covers the space from top to bottom.
On the upper floor, North Shore Nest (above) brings the appearance of an English garden to interior over a coffee tea station with Cushing Green from Benjamin Moore, while a cooler blue-green blue green creates an atmospheric moment in a kitchen diving meets cocktail lounge from Mason & Brass Design (below).
Sarah Crowley
One of the most surprising rooms in the house was the washroom by Suzanne Sykes Interiors (below). Custom Cabinetry, inspired by ancient Louis XVI chests, hide the front washing machine and the dryer on both sides of the marble washing basin, while Gartengrüns reflect the outdoor view, as can be seen in this Brunschwig & Fils fabric and the Thibaut wall cover.
The use of Seafoamgrün in the primary dressing room from forward fruit design (below) was also unexpected. The Grömer drawers anchor the curved vanity, while a mixture of green and blues dance via a Paisley wallpaper handmade designer.
Heather Talbert
Although Green fully captures many rooms, it acts in other cases a more subdued focus. In The Gentleman's Retreat by Anthony Michael Interiors (below) Olive Green Millwork draws an ancient secretary in the eye at the end of the room, while a tailor-made sofa, which is covered with a emerald-Schumacher fabric, takes on a leading role in the wood-worn office of Birkman Interiors (also below).
In the gallery by Michael Del Piero and Randy Heller is on the back of the house (below). A neutral range of browns and gray tones is interrupted by two individual green: in a single tree shown in the wall painting, which reflects through a similar real tree and flower installation that extends over the room.
Aimée Mazenenga
Finally, the three trends we watched in the house come together in the playroom of the little girl from Theresa Hansen Interiors (below). A pale green by Benjamin Moore makes the straight edges of the bookshelf tired, while a wavy valance and a wavy window skirt create a magical reader. Finally, a sparkling tree and a doll's house – a replica of the Pembroke Lodge – combine the enchanting ambience.
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While all of these rooms can deliver endless inspiration, there is nothing to see when they are seen personally. Another advantage of personal participation is that you can buy the rooms because almost all furniture, works of art and accessories are available. The 2025 Lake Forest Shouse is open until May 25th. So buy your tickets today.
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