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San Francisco Decorator Showhouse, Estate of the Day

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Decorator showhouses are often a mixed bag. Beautiful but sometimes a hodge podge of decorator styles. This one, the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2006 manages to maintain a uniformly luxe look. Perhaps because they had such a post framework to start with. The Beaux-Arts Mansion was originally built in 1902 for Nelly Mason and was totally rebuilt in 1928 by George Wagner, whose firm built San Francisco City Hall. The home has six bedrooms, an entry foyer with a sweeping three-story staircase, living room, a formal paneled dining room, gourmet kitchen with adjacent family room, a master suite with sitting room, a home office, a recreation room with adjacent media room and a wine cellar. There is also a carriage house and garage on the property. The home has views of the Golden Gate Bridge and has been 'smart-wired', with a Lutron lighting system, a monitored security system and cabling in comtemplation of whole-home audio, video and CCTV capabilities. It is listed at $14.25 million. After the jump, for once too many decorators don't spoil the pot.

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Le Chateau Renaissance, Estate of the Day

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Like the Kips Bay showhouse, the 2006 Decorators' Show House in Carmel, Indiana is a beauty you can make your own. Le Chateau Renaissance is the former home of Stephen and Tomisue Hilbert. St. Margaret's Hospital Guild, the volunteer group that operates the show house made an agreement with Conseco, which now controls the property of their ex CEO, Hilbert. The estate was valued at $25 million several years ago and has been on the market since July (it's now listed at $20 million). An auction of the household possessions raised more than $750,000 in February 2005. The show house will run from April 29 to May 14 and is the first time the whole house has been open to the public. The pool house and sports area which includes a replica of Indiana University's basketball court, will also be on the tour. The show house raises money for programs for Wishard Hospital. The house will have 47 interior design areas and 17 landscape areas. Daily tours are $20 at the door and the opening night party is $100 per ticket so even if you can't afford this elaborate home you can at least go in and check it out.

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