The Cashiers NC Showhouse opens this Saturday. First, I must confess, I have never been, so I don’t know if this is a great showhouse or just a good excuse to grab some friends and shop the mountain stores. Either way, the trip is worthwhile. [note, just in case you were thinking of staying overnight at the Old Edwards Inn, nope. Totally booked.]
Remember the good old days when we had our CLT version of an H&G show with the Mint….I know it was a nightmare to coordinate but we all so enjoyed that…wistful sigh.
The annual Cashiers Designer Showhouse benefits the Cashiers Historical Society, and this year’s chosen house is “The Goodman Cottage,†a large home in the iconic Cashiers style located in Wade Hampton Golf Club.
15 regional and area design professionals along with 5 area landscape professionals have created this year’s showhouse on the three acre cottage estate. The bones of the home sound lovely – soaring, peaked and beamed ceilings, wormy chestnut paneled rooms, pine and flagstone flooring – all framed by natural light from floor-to-ceiling mullioned, cathedral windows.
The Cashiers Designer Showhouse is open to the public on Saturday, August 22nd through August 30th, with an opening day, (Saturday 8/22) luncheon at Country club of Sapphire Valley with Clinton Smith, Editor in Chief of VERANDA magazine. Mr. Smith will discuss flowers as the perfect accessory for a gracious home with a presentation of rooms published in VERANDA’s 28 years of publication.
(Also on Saturday 8/22, the annual The Laurel Garden Club Kitchen Tour = so you can really make a decorating day of it)
Ticket Info
Daily: Daily Tickets – $35; Available on-site or may be (possibly) purchased at the following locations; Cashiers Community Center, Cashiers Farmers Market, Cashiers Chamber of Commerce, Vivace of Cashiers, Acorns at Old Edwards Inn & Spa, The Summer House, Vivace of Highlands and Sapphire Valley Community Center.
Where to Stay
Normally, we would say TOEI. Best. But in checking, there is ‘no room at the inn.’ You can grab a room at a nearby hotel/motel/holiday inn type, or rent a gorg home thru VRBO. Our picks that were available at publication time:
Where to Eat
The Old Edwards Inn Wine Garden, with its outside patio, great wine & food & people watching
On The Veranda in Highlands
Cornucopia in Cashiers
Cyprus in Highlands
Buck’s Coffee Cafe in Cashiers
Where Else to Shop
Acorns at The Old Edwards Inn.
Ryan and Co Antiques / The Catbird Seat
