Maison de Luxe – Greystone Show House

Special fundraising event at Greystone Mansion. Held on three consecutive weekends in November. We attended this past Saturday with my niece, who’d just flown in from college to spend Thanksgiving week with us.
Interior designers from all around the U.S. came in to take on spaces throughout the historic Doheny Greystone Mansion. A long list of TV shows and films were shot here, most famously, «Batman & Robin». At 46,000 square feet, one can wander for quite some time through the various rooms of the manor hours.
We attended on a gorgeous day when the Santa Anas had cleared the air. From the upstairs balconies and garden terraces we gawked at the stellar views from Downtown LA, to Beverly Hills, past Century City, and out to the Pacific, sparkling in the sun.
The eclectic designs varied from room to room; some worked better than others to our tastes. But the quality of the imagination for the interior scapes, plus the materials used were certainly high-​end.
Hard to believe, but after the closing day on 11/​22, trucks would be coming in to take away all the furniture, artworks, accessories, area rugs, and even peel down the wallpapers that were applied specially for the event. The mansion will return to a stripped-​down glory.
Docents and design associates were available to answer questions about the mansion and the designs. We were allowed to explore at our own pace, which made for a leisurely tour.
Would plan to come again to help benefit the Friends of Greystone Mansion, and to enjoy new interpretations of the possibilities available in such a large historic estate.