The blue-bootie brigade can now mark their calendars with the lineup of spring and early summer designer showcase houses. Here’s a sneak preview of the houses, which will be reviewed before they open:
Kicking off the season is the Parenthesis Parent Child Center’s 17th Annual Kitchen Walk April 27. This tour of a dozen Oak Park and River Forest high-end residences is consistently one of Chicago’s best, offering superb examples of new and recently remodeled kitchens in architecturally significant homes in a national historic district. A highlight: a meticulous reproduction of a turn-of-the-century kitchen in the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home. Tickets: $30 in advance. Call: 708-848-2227.
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Next is Stag’s Crest, a circa 1928 Colonial residence that serves as the Barrington Junior Women’s Club ‘s 2002 Designer Showcase House, April 28 to May 19. More than 20 interior designers and landscape professionals will style the estate. Tickets: $15 in advance. Call: 847-604-4583.
The American Society of Interior Designers’ 2002 Showhouse takes place May 4 to 19 at The Redfield Estate at The Grove, a National Historic Landmark at 1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview. Nine ASID Illinois interior designers show how to incorporate “eco-friendly” design into your home. Tickets: $17 in advance through May 3. Call: 312-467-5080 or visit www.asidillinois.com.
Not to be missed is Shaker Grove, Midwest Living magazine’s Idea Home 2002 in Antioch, open May 15 to 31. Inspired by Shaker design, this house is being built to offer practical interiors balanced by dramatic open spaces and comfortable furnishings. Cost: $2 donation. Times to be announced. For more information, visit www.midwestliving.com.
If you can only go to one tour this year, visit the Lakefront SRO 9th Annual Home and Garden Benefit Tour June 15. It signs up some of the most fantastic, original and beautiful homes and gardens in southwestern Michigan. This year’s participants will be announced April 13. Tickets: $75 in advance, $100 at the door. Call: 773-561-3800.