{"id":2326,"date":"2025-05-08T09:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paskutineszinios.lt\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/10-very-good-design-ideas-were-mentally-bookmarking-from-the-pasadena-showcase-house-a-fun-fact-you-probably-didnt-know\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:16:35","slug":"10-very-good-design-ideas-were-mentally-bookmarking-from-the-pasadena-showcase-house-a-fun-fact-you-probably-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paskutineszinios.lt\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/10-very-good-design-ideas-were-mentally-bookmarking-from-the-pasadena-showcase-house-a-fun-fact-you-probably-didnt-know\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Very Good Design Ideas We’re Mentally Bookmarking From The Pasadena Showcase House (+ A Fun Fact You Probably Didn’t Know)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raise your hand if you spent your weekends as an adolescent being towed around town from model home community to model home community by your parents? ::raises both hands:: I\u2019d be lying if I said I didn\u2019t like it. While your family pastime might have been something like playing sports together, going on long bike rides, or having family movie nights, mine was hunting down the Parade of Homes, or at the very least, the newest Pulte or Lennar Homes development. <\/p>\n
For my parents, I\u2019d guess they were able to imagine a life of tidy kitchens and rooms built for conversation, even if just for 20 minutes; but for me, I was in awe of the *design*. This is where I learned that walls could be colors other than white, and curtains could match bedspreads. It was my Architectural Digest before I ever cracked open a magazine.<\/p>\n
Well, design showhouses are like a bouquet of model homes all together under one roof, where each room is dreamed up by a proper interior designer. It\u2019s a place where designers get to really dream; where they don\u2019t have a client telling them to turn down the dial on the drama. It\u2019s a true showcase of their vision and taste, and boy, is it fun to see as a spectator. Like living the dream of touring that open house for the fanciest house in the fanciest neighborhood of where you live. Looky-loos, unite!<\/p>\n
This past weekend, Jess and I visited the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (which benefits many music programs and grants locally), and if you\u2019re in the area, it\u2019s definitely worth a visit\u2014be sure to catch it before it ends on May 18. Our inner design voyeurs loved roaming through the expansive house; I remember the number 15,000 coming before \u201csquare feet\u201d when a volunteer was scanning our tickets. We saw over 20 rooms by two dozen designers, but in the dizzying smorgasbord of ideas, there were definitely a few that stood out to me. Whether as reminders of tricks of the trade I often forget about, or totally new-to-me concepts I had to share. <\/p>\n
Come along with me as I break down the best 10 ideas I\u2019m saving in my mental bank (plus a bonus little detail that made both me and Jess go \u201chow cute!\u201d). <\/p>\n