Campbell Museum Foundation

Holiday Open House 2009

Every year, the 15 rooms in the Ainsley House get decorated by local merchants and volunteers. Every year, they surprise and delight us with their wonderful creations.

Join us on a photographic tour of some of the rooms from the 2009 Holiday season (and mark your calendars to come join us at the Holiday Open House in 2010 so you can see these beautiful decorations up close and personal.)

Ainsley House

The tour starts at the front of the house which has been decorated and lit for the season. A friendly greeter will meet you at the door and hand you a program if you don’t already have one.

Lower Foyer

Lower Foyer of Ainsley House

The bannister in the foyer (copyright Kay Robinson)

The banister in the foyer

The lower foyer was decorated by Nicole Lisanne Weddings and Events by Design and Precious and Blooming Floral Designs. Hues of purple and green adorn the christmas tree and banister swag.

The Living Room

Living Room

Piano in the living room

The decorators did a lovely job on the living room, bringing the warmth of the room out, making it look opulent but still a family friendly area. Imagine a house full of family enjoying a traditional Christmas.

Sunporch

Sun Porch Chaise

Sunporch tree

Megan Sempek from Just Junk worked her magic on the sunporch and gave a a room that was festive but natural, well suited to an area where the outdoors and indoors meet.

Dining Room

The dining room

Detail on the dining room table

Artfully put together by Not Just Cheesecakes and Mamma Mia’s Italian Restaurant (Traci DiMiceli), the dining room is full of surprises, from the table centerpiece, to the mini cheese platters used as decorations.

Breakfast Room

Breakfast room

Detail on the tree

Angela Grilli, Staging Consultant used stunning colors, textures and lighting in the breakfast room giving it an opulent feel.

Kitchen

: Kitchen and stove

Kitchen table and sink

Julie DeVere and Paula Allen have been busy decorating this year! This is one of several rooms the pair have decorated.

The kitchen has a crisp feel to it, still festive with plenty of gingerbread men and women.

Maid’s Room, Bathroom and Service Porch

The maid's room

Decorated by Jeannie Duncan, Derek Ives and Marjorie Moore the Maids room has a Nordic feel.

Study

Copper fireplace in the study

Radio and christmas tree in the study

Decorated by Julie DeVere and Paula Allen, the study has a classic feel which works well with the English Oak and Copper in Mr Ainsley’s study.

Upper Foyer

Upper landing with christmas tree

Upper landing at the Ainsley House

Julie DeVere and Paula Allen decorated the upper foyer in shades of blue and gold to give the area a rich, warm feeling.

Master Bedroom, Writing Room and Dressing Room

: The Ainsley’s master bedroom

The master bedroom

Also decorated by Julie DeVere and Paula Allen, the master bedroom was decorated with a colorful nutcracker theme. Gold ribbon swirled richly round the tree complement gold accents throughout the room.

Mrs Ainsley's dressing room

Part of the master bedroom suite is Mrs Ainsley’s dressing room - a room any woman would love attached to their bedroom. Decorated in pink to bring out the little girl in all of us.

Green Bedroom

Guest or green bedroom

Guest bedroom

Susan M Vieira, Mary Kay Consultant shows us that beauty is not skin deep - it extends to Christmas decorations too. Shades of pink complement the bedroom nicely.

Green Bathroom

Family bathroom

Frosty Christmas tree

Frosty feels right at home here in the family bathroom. Hope no-one turns on the hot tap!

Blue Bedroom

Holiday Boutique

The blue bedroom and sleeping porch are turned into a winter wonderland of treasure. Christmas decorations, toys, books & more adorn these two rooms which make up our Holiday Boutique. Proceeds from the boutique go to support the educational programs of the Campbell Historical Museum and Ainsley House.

Carriage House

Holiday Tea tables (copyright Kay Robinson)

Holiday Teas

This year, the carriage house was beautifully decorated in miniature by the Mini-Cal Club of Santa Clara (brought to you by Barbara Debenedetto, Marie Grattis, Phyllis Hedman, Ruth Heisch, Jan Hendersen, Marge Johnsen, Karen Laisure, Diane Piziali, Chris Torres and Liz Wright).

Here you see the Carriage House set up for the popular Holiday Teas.

Lighting the Magnolia Trees

A thank you also to Cary Stover, CPA, Padgett Business Services and A-Tool Shed for lighting the Magnolia trees so beautifully.

Objects on Loan

Thank you also to Erik Walberg Family and Helm of Sun Valley for loaning objects for use in this years decorations.