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With her husband’s hectic schedule, Erin Ravenstahl, wife of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, says she doesn’t have much time for formal entertaining at home.

“Besides, I’m not a very good cook,” she adds.

But for her “dream” formal dining room, the city’s first lady chose some elegant furnishings and her favorite flower, Calla lily, for the table centerpiece. Helping her make the decorating decisions was Karolyn Spagnolo of Spagnolo Designs of Glenshaw, one of the featured designers in this year’s American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Designer Showcase at the 26th annual Duquesne Light Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show.

This year’s Designer Showcase offers a “new twist” on the popular segment of the show, says executive director John DeSantis. Designers were asked to consult with some well-known personalities to create five Pittsburgh Celebrity Rooms. The rooms will be on display at the Home Show, which starts Friday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center , Downtown, after being delayed a week because of structural problems at the facility. “This is a way of showing how a designer works with clients to determine their likes and dislikes,” he says.

For the Ravenstahls, Spagnolo says she met with Erin to talk about her favorite furniture styles and colors, and then she selected some furnishings from which the mayor’s wife could choose.

The couple prefers hardwood floors, she says, over which the designer added an 8-by-10-foot silk-and wool-blend Pakistani rug from London Rug Co., at the Pittsburgh Design Center, Strip District. Furniture from Richard Lawrence Interiors, also in the design center, reflects a “neoclassical style with a contemporary twist.”

For the window treatment in the 12-by-18-foot vignette, Spagnolo created simple long panels of off-white silk with a Grecian flair that accented by wooden cornices and crown molding fabricated by Valeriano Contracting Services of Pittsburgh.

The dining-room table is set with gold chargers from Metropolitan and Haviland china in Tambour Bronze pattern from Contemporary Concepts in Alllison Park. One of Erin Ravenstahl’s favorite colors, sage, comes out in the floral accents and may be picked up in napkins at the place settings, she says. A dome-style chandelier from Cardillo Lighting of Cranberry and Canonsburg will hang over the table.

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