DESIGNING FOR CHMil Y The gala black-tie preview party which opened the 1980 ASID show house, Boxwood, dazzled guests and left them full of bright new ideas to design. Created by 35 members of the Potomac chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers, Boxwood was designed specifically for the family who actually lives in the Chevy Chase home, the Paul Anthonys. The benefit showing was sponsored by the American Cancer Society, Montgomery County Unit. r. -
2. Setting an eclectic and formal mood , Reginald Wolfe and Jo Dee Gonzalez furnished a small breakfast room In chocolate brown, _ with an antique armoire, French chairs, a contem路 porary table, balloon shades and white tulips. 3 . ASID Boxwood co chairman Constance Mercer Is seated in the Georg ian style dining room by John Peters Irelan. A mixture of French and English anti路 ques, the room was design路 ed to accommodate eight to forty people for dinner. 4. Taking advantage of the dormer ceiling, Milo Hoots and Marty Cathcart created a softly lit futurist ic entertainment room in the attic. "I 'll never come out of this room, once I walk ln . " remarked Paul Anthony.
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Despite the differences in specialties, taste and techniques of the participating designers, they worked this year (unlike other showhouses) to keep all areas of house compatible with one another. Co-chairing the preview gala were Mrs. James Meers, Stephen Jeffery and Mrs. Daniel Melnick, advisor. Executive chairmen were Mrs. Edwin Semans, Jr. and Mrs. Charles Shaffer, Jr., American Cancer Society; and Constance Mercer and G. Daniel Harben, Jr., ASID. Guests were rewarded with a choice buffet after a 30 room/area tour of Boxwood. -JEANNE RYAN