BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:1 House\, 23 Designers\, 37 Days\, 1 Great Cause\nThe DC Desi gn House opens to the public on Saturday\, April 14 and remains open unt il Sunday\, May 13. Times are: Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. and Tu esday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online o r at the door\, $20.\nThe DC Design House is a unique design show house event for the DC Metro area where top designers showcase their talents t o raise funds for Children&rsquo\;s National Medical Center. Situated on a one-half-acre site\, this year's home\, also known as the Blue House\ , boasts 10\,000 square feet\, seven-bedrooms\, and seven baths.  \; The designers\, along with rooms they&rsquo\;ll be designing in the orde r of the flow of the tour\, are below:\n\nSpace 1 outside entry - D&\ ;A Dunlevy Landscaping (Barnesville MD)\nSpace 2 foyer and staircase - M atthew Moore of John Matthew Moore Fine Art (VA) \nSpace 3 parlor - Anne tte Hannon of Annette Hannon Interior Design (Burke VA)\nSpace 4 ballroo m/L'Orangerie - Kelley Proxmire of Kelley Interior Design (Bethesda MD)\ nSpace 5 music room - Marika Meyer of Marika Meyer Interiors (Bethesda M D)\nSpace 6 back terrace - Botanical Decorators Landscape Architecture ( Olney MD)\nSpace 7 dining room - Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey of SCW Interior s (Alexandria VA)\nSpace 8 family room - Dan Proctor of Kirk Designs (Ba ltimore MD)\nSpace 9 bedroom 2/Modern Nursery - Elizabeth Krial of Eliza beth Krial Design (VA)\nSpace 10 bath 1 - Allie Mann of Case Design/Remo deling\, Inc. (Bethesda MD and Falls Church VA)\nSpace 11 master bedroom - Sharon Kleinman of Transitions (Potomac MD)\nSpace 12 master deck - S haron Munn of Ambi Design Studio (McLean VA)\nSpace 13 master sitting ro om - Tricia Huntley of Huntley &\; Co Interior Design (DC)\nSpace 14 hallway - Carolyn Wilson &\; Elizabeth Boland of Design in a Day (Bet hesda MD)\nSpace 15 bedroom 3 - Wendy Danziger of Wendy Danziger Interio r Design (Bethesda MD)\nSpace 16 bedroom 4 - Lorna Gross of Savant Inter ior Design (Bethesda MD)\nSpace 17 bedroom 5 - Susan Nelson of Susan Nel son Interiors (Great Falls VA) \nSpace 18 bath 2 - Christopher Patrick o f Christopher Patrick Interiors (DC)\nSpace 19 bedroom 6 - Nancy Twomey of Finnian's Moon Interiors (Alexandria VA)\nSpace 20 kitchen - Nadia Su baran of Aidan Design (Bethesda MD)\nSpace 21 media room - Victoria Sanc hez of Victoria Sanchez Interiors (Alexandria VA)\nSpace 22 guest bath 3 - Brian VanFleet of BVF Design Consulting (DC)\nSpace 23 back hallway - Christopher Boutlier of Christopher Boutlier Inc. (DC)\n\n \;\nThe Spring Valley house\, owned by the Francisco Aguirre Revocable Trust and the Gladys Aguirre Revocable Trust\, was built in 1956 by W.C. &\; A .N. Miller for Dr. Francisco and Gladys Aguirre\, who raised six childre n in the home. The late Dr. Aguirre was an international consultant as w ell as a founder of the Diairo Las Americas newspaper\, still run by the family in Miami. Mrs. Aguirre\, 90\, lives in Washington\, DC. Over the years\, the Aguirres entertained prominent Latin American political and business figures including heads of state from Nicaragua\, Argentina\, Costa Rica\, Panama\, Bolivia and others in the 10\,000-square-foot\, se ven-bedroom\, seven-bath estate. The home became known as the Blue House for the family&rsquo\;s 40-plus year tradition of adorning the exterior in thousands of blue lights during the holiday season. Situated on a on e-half-acre site\, the home is in Washington Fine Properties Private Pla cement Program. For more information\, contact Daryl Judy 202-380-7219\, Kimberly Casey 202-361-3228 or Margot Wilson 202-549-2100 or go to www. WFP.com.\nDC Design House Inc. is comprised of all volunteer corporate o fficers Skip Singleton\, Sandy Steele\, and Taylor Wells who work in con cert with an all-volunteer Executive Committee including Susan Hayes Lon g (chair)\, Karen Beiley\, Terry Castellani\, Diana DellaVilla\, Jenny D eSanto\, Christina Emmerman\, Christi Perez\, Stephanie Robinson\, Jean Seline\, Kim Summerville\, and Jill Watson. This year&rsquo\;s design ad visors include Seline\, Wells\, Beiley\, David Mitchell\, Skip Sroka\, A nn Lambeth and Nancy Colbert.\nBoutiques will be set up on the lower lev el with a percentage of sale proceeds donated to Children&rsquo\;s Natio nal Medical Center. Sponsors to date include PhRMA\, Home &\; Design\ , MoKi Media\, Loft at AI\, Product Non Product\, DC Living Real Estate\ , Farrow &\; Ball\, Foxcraft Design Group\, Robert Radifera Photograp hy\, Child Health Center Board\, Tobin\, O&rsquo\;Connor and Ewing\, Hor izon Houseworks\, and Supon Creative.\nFor Media Inquiries:  \;Conta ct Sherry Moeller\, principal MoKi Media\, sherry.moeller@mokimedia.com\ , or 301-807-0910.\nAbout the DC Design House\nThe Washington\, DC Desig n House\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity\, began in 2008 as a unique design show house event for the DC Metro area in which top area designers showc ased their talents into a &ldquo\;flowing design home&rdquo\; to raise f unds for a local charity. What began as a single event goal to raise fun ds for Children&rsquo\;s National Medical Center has developed into the region&rsquo\;s foremost annual residential design attraction and as a l eading annual fundraiser event for Children&rsquo\;s National Medical Ce nter. Established by business partners and husband-and-wife founders Ski p and Debbie Singleton\, Principals of DC Living Real Estate\, LLC\, in partnership with an all-volunteer team of sponsors\, organizers\, region al media\, design industry manufacturers and some of the nation&rsquo\;s most awarded and widely recognized designers. The DC Design House quick ly earned a following with more than 30\,000 visitors and close to $600\ ,000 raised for Children&rsquo\;s National Medical Center over the last four years. The tradition continues with the 2012 DC Design House. For m ore information\, visit www.dcdesignhouse.com\, Facebook and Twitter.\nA bout Children&rsquo\;s National Medical Center\nChildren&rsquo\;s Nation al Medical Center in Washington\, DC\, has been serving the nation&rsquo \;s children since 1870. Home to Children&rsquo\;s Research Institute an d the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation\, Childre n&rsquo\;s National is consistently ranked among the top pediatric hospi tals by U.S.News &\; World Report and the Leapfrog Group. With 303 be ds\, more than 1\,330 nurses\, 550 physicians\, and seven regional outpa tient centers\, Children&rsquo\;s National is the only exclusive provide r of pediatric care in the Washington metropolitan area. Children&rsquo\ ;s National has been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Cen ter as a Magnet®\; designated hospital\, the highest level of recogni tion for nursing excellence that a medical center can achieve. For more information\, visit www.ChildrensNational.org\, receive the latest news from the Children's National press room\, or follow on Facebook and Twit ter. URL:http://takomapark.patch.com/events/2012-dc-design-house-6930216f SUMMARY:2012 DC Design House LOCATION:4951 Rockwood Pky NW\, Washington\, DC 20016: 4951 Rockwood Pky NW\, Washington\, DC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR