KUDOS TO THE FLUTE LADY
SAXOPHONE PLAYERS.
>> YEAH MY DAUGHTER PLAYS WITH
THAT.
SHE'S LIKE LIZZO UP IN HER
ROOM.
YES WE LOVE MIZO.
LISTEN THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN
ACTUALLY GO ON TOUR INSIDE
THREE OF INDIA'S MOST HISTORIC
MANSIONS AND CHECK OUT SOME OFHO
THOSE VINTAGE RIDES AS WELL.
YEAH, IT'S A TRADITION KNOWN AS
THE MIDTOWN HOLIDAY HOME TOUR
AND NEWSOME IS LIVE INSIDE THE
TURKINGTON HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
AND I RANDALL, HOW IS THIS TOUR
GOING, LADIES?
>> THIS TOUR IS GOING PRETTY
PRETTY COOL.
OK, SO I'M HERE IN THE BOOTH
TARKINGTON MANSION.
WE'RE HERE IN THE MERIDIAN
STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH
JENNY NOW.
JENNY, I'M ALREADY IMPRESSED
YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN DONE YET.
WE'RE JUST STARTING.
HOW'S IT BEEN GOING SO FAR?
I MEAN YOU'RE THE LOCAL
DESIGNERS VOLUNTEERING TO DO
THIS AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE.
YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT HISTORIC
HOUSE BOOTH TARKINGTON MANSION
AND HE'S RIGHT HERE.
HE LIVED HERE FOR 20 SOMETHING
YEARS AND IT REALLY IS A KNOWN
HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT
HERE ON MERIDIAN STREET, ONE OF
THE THREE HOUSES ON THE TOUR.
BUT WE JUST STARTED DECORATING
YESTERDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE
WEEKEND AND OF COURSE THE
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR
WE'VE GOT A THEME GOING ON OVER
THERE WHERE WHERE THE FIREPLACE
THE MANTEL IS AN ODE TO THE
AUTHOR THAT WAS HERE BUT ALSO
TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHO LOVE
BOOKS AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL,
WONDERFUL COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS
HERE IN THE LIBRARY AT THE
HOME.
>> WOW.
WOW.
TO BRING THIS PLACE BACK TO
LIFE SO TO SPEAK IN THE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
YOU GUYS AS LOCAL DESIGNERS?
LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK INTO
YOUR PROCESS OF PUTTING
SO WE
REALLY LIKE TO TELL A STORY
EVERY YEAR WITH THE HOUSES.
>> THIS IS THE FIFTH HOUSE
WE'VE DONE WITH MIDTOWN FOR THE
HOLIDAY HOME TOUR.
AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE
STORY HERE IN THIS ROOM IS THAT
OF BOOTH TARKINGTON BUT ALSO
THROUGHOUT THE HOME JUST HOW WE
USE THE SPACES, THE HOLIDAYS,
WHETHER IT BE ENTERTAING OR
PREPARING FOOD AND THEN ALSO
JUST INSPIRING THE PATRONS THAT
COME THROUGH JUST MAYBE GET AN
IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT THEY
WANT TO TRY AT HOME.
>> YEAH, WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE
AS A DESIGNER TO TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN EACH
HOUSE?
>> YEAH.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A
HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THIS HOUSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOMEOWNERS
HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL COLLECTIONS
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY HONING IN
ON WHAT THEY HAVE AND TAKING IT
TO THAT NEXT LEVEL AND AGAIN
TELLING A STORY FOR EXAMPLE IN
THE DING ROOM WE ARE GETTING
A DINNER PARTY READY AND DINNER
PARTY IS GOING TO FEATURE ALL
OF THE CELEBRITIES AND FAMOUS
FOLKS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE
COME AND VISITED THIS HOUSE SO
WE CAN PRETEND WE CAN JUST
ACCENTUATE WITH THE HOMEOWNER
ALREADY HAS AND THEN WE ALSO
BRING OUR OWN PROPS IN TO
CREATE THE STORY AND MAKE IT
EVEN BETTER.
WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST WHEN
PEOPLE GET READY TO COME IN
HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SEE
WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE?
>> YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU CAN
DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND
THAT IS MIXED WITH THE HISTORY
OF THESE THREE HOMES ESPECIALLY
THIS YEAR.
IT IS WONDERFUL AND JUST WHEN
THEY THINK THEY'RE FINISHED
SEEING ALL THE GREAT IDEAS AND
WAYS TO INCORPORATE COLLECTIONS
AND HOLIDAY TRADITIONS INTO THE
DECOR, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO
WALK OUTSIDE HERE AND SEE SOME
HISTORIC CARS THAT I'VE NEVER
SEEN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
THE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER KEVIN IS
GETTING THE TREE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT
TREE WAS NOT LOOKING LIKE THAT
WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE.
I MEAN YOU GUYS WERE MOVING ON
THAT THING.
IT JUST GOT TO SHOW THAT YOU
GUYS YOU'RE ON THE MOVE BEFORE
SATURDAY.
>> YES.
HERE WE ARE GOING TO BE
DECORATING THIS TREE HERE.
THERE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
COLLECTION OF GLASS ORNAMENTS
THAT WILL BE FEATURED ON THIS
TREE SO IT WON'T LOOK LIKE THAT
BY THIS TIME TOMORROW AND
CERTAINLY FOR THE WEEKEND IT'S
GOING TO HELP PUT PEOPLE IN THE
HOLIDAY.
>> YOU KNOW, JENNY, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO GET TO
THANKSGIVING FIRST BUT YOU
KNOW, I COULD USE A LITTLE
HELP.
YEAH, I SAW A CHOCOLATE
WOODCHOPPING DO WITH THE TREE
AND THEN SOME OF SOME OF THIS
BACK.
YOU REALLY RECOMMEND BUYING PRE
TREE THREE FOR PEOPLE?
I FEEL LIKE CALLING ME
DANGEROUS.
>> I FEEL LIKE SHE'S CALLING ME
DANGEROUS BECAUSE LIGHTING A
TREE HAS LED TO MANY ARGUMENTS.
YES.
RESTARAUNT FRELICH SHE'S A
GENIUS.
I LIKE FIGURE YES.
I LOVE THAT IDEA BECAUSE I'M
DIFFERENT.
I ALWAYS I HAVE TO GET PERFECT
AROUND THERE.
I LIKE A TREE I'M GOING FOR