Small spaces surprise and shine at the 2026 Pasadena Showcase House of Design - BERITAJA

Designers Jeanine Hattas Wilson and Julie Hattas Kennedy’s magical translator of a 4-foot-by-4-foot retention closet astatine this year’s Pasadena Showcase House of Design almost feels for illustration a metaphor for creation showcases themselves: not rather real, but axenic fantasy.

“It was inspired by our dad, who utilized to publication to america successful Woodstock, Ill.,” Wilson says of their immersive storybook escape, which features a delightful hand-painted mural connected the walls and mini lanterns that, erstwhile touched, connection a narrated fairy tale. “We wanted to create a special, friendly abstraction for kids.”

Showhouses are ever extravagant, and this year’s arena takes spot wrong the 8,000-square-foot erstwhile location of Clara Baldwin Stocker, girl of onshore investor and racehorse breeder Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin. Like her father, Stocker was known for her colorful characteristic and emotion of lavish things, including parties that lasted for days. (Baldwin Stocker’s 1929 obituary noted that retired of her $10-million estate, about $1.5 cardinal was jewelry, “the postulation and wearing of which was her hobby.”)

Many of the 30 revamped interior and exterior spaces successful the 1907 shingle-style location see specifications Baldwin Stocker would person loved. The Midnight Garden Dining Room by the House of Pontovi, for example, has an Italian Murano solid chandelier, feminine Art Deco-style swivel chairs pinch flapper-style fringe and a gold-leaf ceiling that has replaced Calico Corners fabric. The Entertainment Room by Studio Joshua features connection lighting by Los Angeles designer Jason Koharik, an 11 Ravens civilization billiards array and a Champagne cooler built into the marble bar.

And the Bloom Lounge by the Art of Room Design is truthful ample that it could accommodate respective different seating areas, a crippled array and a hidden liquor furniture — different motion to Baldwin Stocker, who was besides known arsenic “the Diamond Princess.”

It’s difficult to determine what stands retired much astatine the Baldwin Oaks Estate successful Arcadia: the layered interiors that look fresh for a shelter magazine, aliases the smaller spaces, for illustration the closets, mudroom and hidden powder rooms that person been transformed into thing special.

Here are a fewer examples of what to expect astatine the event, which supports younker euphony programs passim Los Angeles County.

The Enchanted Room by Hattas Studios

Identical twins Hattas Wilson and Hattas Kennedy of Hattas Studios transformed a mini 4-by-4-foot retention closet into a magical wood pinch their hand-painted mural depicting characters from stories for illustration “Cinderella,” “The Little Mermaid” and “The Frog Prince.” A young Clara Baldwin appears pinch her dog, Lucky. You could touch the mini lanterns to perceive a communicative successful each segment aliases simply curl up successful the soft greenish fuzzy chair, adjacent the velvet curtains and fto your imagination wander.

Laundry and Craft Room by Arterberry Cooke Architecture

Architect Barrett Cooke turned laundry into a pleasance successful this beautiful room, which doubles arsenic a trade room outfitted pinch caller rose-colored cabinets, playful information Fireclay Tile, quartzite countertops and stunning views of the San Gabriel Mountains. “I straddled making it utilitarian pinch really beautiful it could be,” Cooke said of the section artists represented, including ceramics by Jen King, stained solid by Molly Miller, lipid paintings by Lareina Holsopple and a people by section creator and Jungalow designer Justina Blakeney. “The creation ties it each together.”

The vault successful the Family Parlor Room by Jamie Loren Home

The family room is the only abstraction pinch a television, but pinch a mah-jongg table, the TV hardly seems necessary. “We wanted to create a room wherever the family could congregate,” said designer Jamie Loren, describing the cozy parlor painted successful the colour Viridian Odyssey by Dunn-Edwards Paints. She besides turned what utilized to beryllium a weapon closet into a “vault” filled pinch family heirlooms, including a typewriter, perfume, photos, jewelry and a flask. “This is an ode to Clara,” she said.

Powder Room by Rebecca J. Hansen Design Studio

Details make each the quality successful the mini powder room by Rebecca J. Hansen, who explains that some the room and the adjacent vestibule are focused connected mixing patterns while keeping a accordant colour palette. Hansen chose patterned terra-cotta tile from Foothill Tile & Stone Co. successful Pasadena for the walls, and conscionable outside, she utilized wallpaper from House of Hackney pinch mythical animals. Brass hardware from Corston Architectural Detail, chalk pastels and bold wood trim painted a marigold colour brought everything together. “It feels for illustration I’m successful a castle successful England,” she said.

The 2nd level landing by Blue Brick Design

Designer Lara Hovanessian has transformed the foyer walls of some the first and 2nd floors into a striking show for section artists Blakeney, Susanna Speirs Ali and Lareina Holsopple. The spaces characteristic the recently released Huntington Collection wall covering by Morris & Co. successful the iconic Strawberry Thief motif, pinkish ceilings and Alberto Giacometti-style lighting from Visual Comfort.

The Mudroom by Gex Designs

Inspired by the shingles of the 1907 home, Noelle Gex Djokovich, known for past year’s playful flower-cutting room, has reimagined this abstraction pinch civilization cabinets, patterned floors and charming specifications specified arsenic a canine bed, a Lewis & Wood cloth skirt and a rag rug from Nickey Kehoe. “Adding layers to a mini room makes you consciousness bully erstwhile you travel home,” she said.

The Magnolia Room by Cordrey Collection

Designer Steven Cordrey says the Magnolia wallpaper reflects his Southern roots and the Phillip Jeffries grasscloth connected the walls is applicable (“It’s easy to clean,” Cordrey says). He besides likes to bring the outdoors in, pointing to the views of the estate’s expansive oaks and excavation from the second-floor bedroom. There’s a hidden touch too: Rock Zehler’s stylish dressing room, inspired by Art Deco and the 1970s, has a concealed closet tucked down a pouch door.