Professional Designers Create BIG IDEAS / small spaces Showhouse.
Ten professional designers are collaborating on Columbia County Habitat for Humanity’s first Designer ShowHouse which opens to the public on Saturday, March 24. Kristin Knickerbocker of Spring Line Design is the architect of record for the newly completed Habitat townhouse in Hudson. The house has a small building footprint, 20 feet wide by 30 feet long, and includes three bedrooms with a total volume of 1250 square feet.

“This is our first Designer ShowHouse event,” saysJanis Smythe, president of Columbia County Habitat for Humanity. “We are teaming up with local designers who are eager to support Habitat by doing what they do best. Each designer has taken on the creative challenge of designing a room (or in one case a garden) for the newly constructed home.”

BIG IDEAS / small spaces will focus on smaller, more efficient living spaces typically found in affordable houses but more recently seen as an emerging trend. “As leisure time, sustainability, maintenance and energy costs are factored in the purchase or construction of a home, homeowners are moving towards smaller more efficient homes,” says event chairperson Timi Bates, allied ASID. “Homes that more closely reflect their lifestyles, concerns for the environment and resources.” >more.

Don't miss the upcoming Designer Showhouse starting March 24
Many local designers will participate in one of the recently built houses at 240 Columbia Street in Hudson. Many events planned. >see details