Junior League of Detroit Gives $12,105 in Grants

The Junior League of Detroit donated more than $12,000 in 2012 to a variety of organizations. Deadlines for grant applications have been scheduled for 2013 as well.

Junior League of Detroit Hosts 'Festival of Wreaths'

Start the holiday season with 'Festival of Wreaths' Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

  GROSSE POINTE – The Junior League of Detroit, Inc. (JLD) will be hosting the third annual Festival of Wreaths on Saturday, November 17 at the Alger House of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.  The event runs from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will feature designer wreaths on display and for sale along with many family friendly activities, and a cocktail party and wreath auction that evening from 6:30 – 9 p...  Admission to the Festival is $5 per person and payable at the door; advance tickets are not needed.  Some activities will require an additional charge.  All proceeds from the Festival of Wreaths will support the Junior League’s Centennial Celebration Scholarship Program. The Festival of …

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Books? Designers' Show House Has Them Covered

See how interior designers get clever with books galore in various rooms at the Junior League of Detroit Grosse Pointe Shores' home tour, which opens today.

Books seem to be everywhere. Not only are they in homes and on bookshelves, but paperbacks and hardcovers aplenty are also adorning window displays at apparel shops and boutiques and in fashion designer and home-furnishings ad campaigns. There's even book-page wallpaper.  Books are wearable, too. Kate Spade, in fact, introduced clutches that replicate classic tomes, from Romeo and Juliet to Emma to The Importance of Being Earnest. Is this our way of holding on to physical books in our Nook-ish, Kindle-ized world of “E?”   Perhaps, and that may be why many of the designers at the Junior League of Detroit's (JLD) 2012 Show House used books in a variety of displays. They cherish books not only for design inspiration but also as intriguing …

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Pewabic Tile a Feature in Shores Show House

Want a glimpse of Detroit's artistic past? Check out the stunning, several-decades-old tile work during the Detroit Junior League's stylish house tour in Grosse Pointe Shores. This year's show house is on Webber Place

Soon, the Junior League of Detroit (JLD) will open the doors to its 2012 Designers’ Show House, located at 22 Webber Place in Grosse Pointe Shores. The massive 10,304-square-foot house, which was built in 1928 as the home of Oscar Webber, nephew of Joseph L. Hudson, is undergoing a magical transformation, thanks to design specialists who hail from everywhere from Ferndale, South Lyon, Plymouth, Royal Oak and Birmingham to Rochester, Clinton Township, Grosse Pointe and Troy. For several weeks, dozens of interior designers, painters, electricians, power washers, boutique staff and more have been coming and going at the renowned home, designed by architect Leonard B. Willeke. Open to the public May 5-20, the Show House features seven bedrooms…

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Sneak Peek: Junior League Show House in GP

Metro Detroit interior designers and volunteers aplenty prepare to wow tourgoers this May at the Junior League of Detroit Show House, which is in Grosse Pointe Shores on Webber Place.

In a couple of weeks, the Junior League of Detroit (JLD) will open the doors to its 2012 Designers’ Show House, located at 22 Webber Place in Grosse Pointe Shores. The house will also feature fully landscaped gardens, a boutique, café and a greenery garden area, with items for sale.   For several weeks, dozens of interior designers, painters, electricians, maintenance professionals, boutique staff and more have been coming and going at the massive 10,304-square-foot house, which was built in 1928 as the home of Oscar Webber, nephew of Joseph L. Hudson.  The home will be open to the public from May 5-20; admission funds go toward programs for the JLD. Renowned architect Leonard B. Willeke designed the mansion. Tourgoers can view seven …

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Sara Eaton Martin

4:28 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012

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Junior League of Detroit to Feature GP Home

The Grosse Pointe Shores home is on the market but will receive a makeover in the charitable organization's biennial fundraiser for the Detroit area.

The Junior League of Detroit gained permission this week from the Grosse Pointe Shores city council to host its Designers' Show House at 22 Webber Place in May. The event is a major fundraiser the Junior League organizes every two years and the funds go to a Detroit area charity or non-profit organization. Representatives appeared before the Shores council in November and again this week seeking permission. Essentially a wide variety of contractors will work on the home between now and the first showing, which is May 5--requiring the Shores agreement for permits to do projects in and around the house.  In November, the council had received some concerns from neighbors, so the representatives were told to return after quelling such concerns…

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Junior League of Detroit Names Board of Directors

The group, which has joined the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce, will hold its annual Festival of Wreaths fundraiser on Nov. 19.

The Junior League of Detroit (JLD) has announced this year’s board of directors, along with its decision to join the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce and recommit to the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. The 2011-12 board of director members are Ann Turnbull, president; Therese M. Bellaimey, president elect; Katherine Kerwin, secretary; Dana Zolynsky, treasurer; Kelli Carney, assistant treasurer; Leslie Martin, sustainer director; Chinyere Crutcher, community director; Lisa Spinelli Partogian, community trustee; Michele Tiderington, membership director; Dana Murphy, membership trustee; Jennifer Toole, communications director and Diana Greenwood, sustainer trustee. Turnbull began her volunteer career in 1993 with Today’s Chicago Woman’…

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