In this year’s Decorators’ Show House designers show us creative ways to hang collectibles, vintage collections, wallpaper, and everyday items in unique style.

Bryan Alan Kirkland, Michael Grant Jones and Lesia Denise King of Bryan Alan Kirkland Designs tackled the grand staircase by showcasing the homeowner as a modern collector and display a collection of electric guitars against an abstract orange and white wall.

Clay Snider, Clay Snider Interiors, LLC, took his inspiration from a vintage globes and map collection. The room also includes an array of clear jars filled with colorful candies. Amusingly enough with napkins next to them cause every kid uses a napkin when they eat candy.

Jillian Pritchard Cooke, president of DES-SYN and Founder of Wellness Within Walls and Katie Kitchens, director of design of DES-SYN will introduce you to a beautiful room using sustainable products. The bathroom off the Pied-A-Terre features removable wallpaper. So if and when you're tired of it and ready to change it's super easy to peel away.

Do you love coffee, espresso and cappucino? I'm mean REALLY love it? If so, you'll be inspired by Janice Dietz with Ritu Bansal of The Consulting House's espresso room. It incorporates coffee bean dispensers and a glass art collection on the wall.

The 2013 Atlanta Symphony Decorators' Show House & Gardens on Old Plantation Road in Buckhead features more than 30 design spaces.

It’s that time of year again. Spring has sprung, azaleas are in full bloom and some of the area’s finest  interior decorators have come together to show off their talents while supporting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its education and community engagement program. They’ve done it in grand style with the 2013 Decorators’ Show House & Garden. This year’s William T. Baker-designed chateau opened Saturday, April 20 and runs through Sunday, May 12.

On Thursday area media and bloggers like me were able to tour the William T. Baker-designed home called Tuffeau. I think if the Downton Abbey family had to downsize in the 21^st century they might be perfectly content in this over 15,000-sq.-feet chateau with over 30 decorated spaces including a grand staircase and living room, a large kitchen with all the modern conveniences, a butler’s pantry, media room, wine room, espresso room, cigar room and pied-a-terre, to name just a few.

It’s so hard to give all the decorator their due for their talent and time but this week I’ll featured a few of my favorites as well as decorating that catch my eye that you might find of interest. But I’d recommend that you go buy a ticket, tour this breathtaking home in the heart of Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood while supporting a great local cause.

Decorators’ Show House & Gardens

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Decorators’ Show House and Gardens, 3495 Old Plantation Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327, April 20 – May 12, 2013. Beneficiary: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and its Education and Community Engagement Programs

Tickets can be purchased online at www.decoratorsshowhouse.org. $20 – Tickets purchased before April 20 and $25 – Tickets purchased at the door or online after April 20.

Hours of Operation

Tuesday – Wednesday 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (last entry); Thursday 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. (last entry); Friday – Saturday 10 a.m. – - 3:30 p.m. (last entry); Sunday 12 p.m. – 4: 30 p.m. (last entry); Closed Monday.

The living room or as this chateau would call it the grand salon was designed by Patricia McLean, Patricia McLean Interiors, is one of the largest rooms in the house. McLean manages this large space by breaking it down into various seating arrangements and creates a luxurious room by mixing silk and velvet, French accessories and personal touches.

This antique French gilded barometer in the grand salon designed by Patricia McLean, Patricia McLean Interior, is a complementary accent piece that reminds us that adornments like this were originally functional as well as beautiful. The carved details and the blue border make this a breathtaking French barometer.