Home For the Holidays: A Designer Showhouse at Orchard Hill

Vince Kish

Join design enthusiasts through Sunday, December 18th, to view the 2011 Designer Showhouse at Orchard Hill, the former home of Old Westbury Gardens founder, Peggie Phipps Boegner. This charming, 1856 farmhouse will be opened to the public for only the second time in its history. Embracing a “Home for the Holidays” theme, the beautiful rooms will be individually decorated by some of the most talented and creative designers in the New York area. $25.00, $15.00 for Old Westbury Gardens members; $20.00 in advance online - click HERE for tickets. Click HERE for a list of the designers.

The Showhouse is open every day except on Mondays and on Thanksgiving day. Hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information please call 516.333.0048. The Charles II-style mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.