Each year I look forward to Rooms With A View (RWAV) and this year is no exception. Now in its 22nd year, RWAV is the premier design event in Fairfield County created by the Dean Of American Design, Mr. Albert Hadley, and now with Honorary Chairman, Thom Filicia. Each year, 12 designers are invited to create 6’ x 8' vignettes. These mini-rooms (8-foot ceilings and three walls) are staged in the library and great hall of the historic, stone, Gothic Revival-style Southport Congregational Church in Southport, CT.
RWAV is unique in that it is not a showcase in the traditional sense. It is a sound bite version of a designer show house. The designers are challenged to get an idea across in a small amount of space.
The show opens to the public on Friday, November 11 at 10:00
a.m.
Some of the highlights of the
weekend include the Gala Party Friday evening, featuring cocktails and fabulous
hors d’oeuvres by the top restaurants of Fairfield County, with an entertaining
live and silent auction, as well as Gingerbread People decorating from 10:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for the kids in the tent. For $10, your child will receive a home-made gingerbread person,
frosting and candy to decorate with as well as 1/2 hour of babysitting while
they do it!
Saturday, November 12th, the
doors will open at 10:00 AM and features two special events. Our popular Luncheon by Festivities has a new
element this year, "The Sinatra Songbook" (a live performance by Paul
Whitmore and Peary Spaght) and the evening will feature an exceptional
Champagne Tour of the Vignettes and Gourmet Dinner by Paci Restaurant. On Sunday, November 13 at 2 p.m., a
Gingerbread House Workshop will be held in the main tent.
RWAV is open to the public on Friday and Saturday
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM and Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00 PM.
The Shops at RWAV have more than 30 vendors
from around the country who are selling their crafts, antiques and decorative
accessories. A Marketplace Café, as well
as other exciting events, are planned to fill out the weekend.
Over the last 22 years, RWAV has raised more
than $1,500,000.00 Proceeds support the
work of the church and its many local and international missions, including
Alpha Community Services, Bridgeport Council of Churches, Bridgeport Rescue
Mission, Burroughs Community Center, Center for Women and Families, Eagle Hill
School Scholarship Fund, Emerge, Inc., Family Re-Entry, FSW, Grasmere by the
Sea, Homes For The Brave, Horizons, Janus House, The Kennedy Center, Operation
Hope, The Pilot House, Project Learn, Prospect House, Simply Smiles, St.
George’s Soup Kitchen, and Visiting Nurses of Connecticut.
This year’s designers include:
·
Hannah Childs for Hannah Childs Interior
Design
·
Joss Citrone and Beth Sheridan Schoenherr for
SHERIDAN INTERIORS
·
Tyler Constanda for TC Designs
·
Ken Gemes for KEN GEMES INTERIORS
·
Douglas Graneto for DOUGLAS GRANETO DESIGN
·
Michelle Morgan for MORGAN HARRISON HOME
·
Jhon Ortiz and Scott Falciglia for THE TAILORED
HOME
·
Stephanie Rapp for STEPHANIE RAPP INTERIORS
·
Christina Roughan for ROUGHAN INTERIOR DESIGN
·
Jonathan Savage for SAVAGE INTERIOR DESIGN
·
Alexa van Batenburg for HAUTE CINQ
·
Sarah Weiland for TUSK HOME & DESIGN
·
PARKER & COMPANY (chapel design)
Nearby restaurants include the Grey Goose and Artisan at The Delamar Hotel.
National Sponsors:
CIRCA LIGHTING FARROW
& BALL
Media Sponsors:
atHome/Moffly CT
Cottages & Gardens New England
Home
Serendipity
Retail Sponsors:
Millie Rae's Walin
& Wolff
Liquor Sponsor
Asylum Disillery
Narthex Designer
Geoffrey Walsky for Fairfield Co. Antique and Design Center
For more information,
please call 203-255-4538
Southport Congregational Church
524 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CT 06890
For more information, contact Christine Finch Oleynick at Christine@ChiltonAndChadwick.com.
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