2022 Pasadena Showcase House of Design | Oaklawn Manor Transformation Begins

400 guests celebrate and tour through Oaklawn Manor in South Pasadena

PHOTO: Jamie Pham | South Pasadenan.com News | Empty House Party at Oaklawn Manor in South Pasadena.

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Nearly 400 design enthusiasts, patrons, and members of Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts attended the Empty House Party on Friday, January 21. The annual tradition celebrates the night before designers begin their work transforming a mansion that will debut as the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. For the first time in over 40 years, the 2022 Showcase House will be held in South Pasadena at Oaklawn Manor, a stately 1905 English Tudor.

The soiree, chaired by Marybeth Rehman-Dittu, Kerri Terrill, and Shari Domenghini, treated
guests and media to a sneak peek of the mansion which features baronial-sized rooms, historic stained glass windows, and floor-to-ceiling travertine fireplaces. During the evening, guests mingled among the 20+ design spaces viewing various design concepts and installations while enjoying an impressive selection of culinary offerings from local favorites Fish King, Kogi, Mijares Mexican Restaurant, and Porto’s Bakery. A lively jazz trio entertained guests during their tour.

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“We were thrilled to open this lively event to the public for the first time, welcoming guests for a sensory experience with music, food, and design,” said event chair Marybeth Rehman-Dittu. “It was important to us to make this event about the community and to support local vendors. We will continue that spirit when the Showcase House opens in April with programming planned to highlight local musicians, speakers, special tours, and more.”

Following just four short months of renovation, over 25,000 guests will tour through the 20+ interior and landscape design spaces highlighting cutting-edge trends in high-style living. Guests can expect the famous Shops at Showcase, offering a variety of boutique and craft merchants, as well as several on-site restaurants.

The 2022 Pasadena Showcase House of Design will be open from April 24 – May 22, 2022 (house tours are closed on Mondays). Tickets ($40-$50) go on sale on Wednesday, February 9 with a Premiere Week Presale beginning January 26. Tickets are available at pasadenashowcase.org.

PHOTO: Jamie Pham | South Pasadenan.com News | Empty House Party at Oaklawn Manor in South Pasadena.

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, has been supporting local music and arts programs since 1948. With the hard work and dedication of its 200+ members, the organization raises funds from its major benefit, the Pasadena Showcase House of Design—one of the oldest, largest, and most successful home and garden tours in the country.

Throughout its history, Pasadena Showcase has given more than $23 million to nonprofit organizations, particularly through its Gifts & Grants program, in support of music education, scholarships, concerts, and music therapy, while continuing to support the LA Phil and its learning programs for which the organization was first founded. Pasadena Showcase also nurtures the study and appreciation of music among young people with its three annual music programs: the Music MobileTM, which has introduced orchestral instruments to more than 125,000 third grade students; the Instrumental Competition, which has awarded more than $650,000 in monetary prizes for exceptionally talented young musicians; and the Youth Concert, which has brought nearly 250,000 fourth graders to Walt Disney Concert Hall for exuberant performances presented by the LA Phil.