South Lyon decorator in Junior League’s Show House

By RUTH FREEMAN Special to The Oakland Press

Photo courtesy of Sharon Holton South Lyon interior decorator Sharon Holton participated in the Junior League of Detroits Designer Show House at the historic Webber home in Grosse Point Shores. She redecorated a breakfast room in the English tudor house, which will be open for public tours in May.

Local fans of Masterpieces Downtown Abbey wont have to travel far to tour a great house. The Junior League of Detroit will present the Webber home in Grosse Pointe Shores from May 5-20, during its biennial Designers Show House.

To raise money for grants and community programs in Detroit, the group chooses local interior designers to redecorate a historic home and opens it for public tours.

This year, South Lyon designer Sharon Holton decorated a breakfast room on the first floor of the Webber home and said it was an honor.

The 10,000-square-foot English Tudor home was built in 1928 for Oscar Webber, nephew of J.L. Hudson, who later helped run the J.L. Hudson Co.

It features seven bedrooms, Pewabic tile bathrooms and fireplaces and a ballroom on the third floor. It also has hand-carved wood, such as timber from the Black Forest in Germany and a view of Lake St. Clair.

Landscape architects also redecorated the garden, which includes a fountain.

Holton called it a piece of Michigan history.

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South Lyon decorator in Junior League’s Show House