Once upon a time princesses lived in castles, but nowadays, most of us just want a penthouse with a magical view. One enchanting room we wouldn’t mind crashing is Elle Decor's Showhouse, which opened its doors in Miami last week. The Showhouse is actually a show-penthouse that has been decked out by a superstar team of interior and landscape designers hand-picked by the magazine to create inspired spaces out of a 10,000-square-foot condo located on the 43rd-floor of the soon-to-open Paramount Bay building. So, yeah. Think Design Star on steroids.
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Around the same time Lenny Kravitz was tapped to complete the condo building’s overall creative direction, the installation opened (during Art Basel as an official satellite of Design Miami/), but only to a select few. But starting today, we can all experience the fantasy abode. Tickets are $25, and the proceeds will, fittingly, benefit Design Architecture Senior High (DASH) since many of the designers involved (Juan Carlos Arcila, Vincenzo Avanzato, Wade Allyn Hallock, James Wall, and Deborah Wecselman) have a direct tie to South Florida.
You really have to see it to believe it: textured wallpaper, limited-edition furnishings, a covered terrace (the size of some of our apartments, easily), and a master bedroom fit for, well, a queen.
When: Thursday, December 8th - Sunday, December 11th, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Thursday, December 15th - Sunday, December 18th, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Where: Paramount Bay, 2020 N. Bayshore Drive.
Where: Paramount Bay, 2020 N. Bayshore Drive.
Photo: Courtesy of Elle Decor.