Mansions and Millionaires(R) Designers' Showcase(R) 2015

Debra Ann Kasimakis is a participating Long Island artist bringing her miniature art to the showcase this year when “Art & Design Merge into Signs of Spring!” With painstaking attention to every detail, Debra Ann brings this fable of Pinks to life in the small room known as the Flower Room in the Mill Neck Manor House (showcase Room 7). Captured as if in a photo, a frozen moment of the transformation by one the garden’s enchanted creatures, we are privileged to observe the result in the tiniest of rooms at Mill Neck Manor known as the floral center of the house. It was here that fresh flowers were taken from the garden and prepared for display in every room. The room contains a sink, countertops, cabinets and a small floral refrigerator where the staff would create magic for the manor. There was this one time, however where the magic of the garden entered this tiny room...

It is the story of Pinks, a magical creature who dwells on the grounds of Mill Neck, enjoying the beauty of her surroundings. She noticed that some of her flowering friends would go missing from the gardens but she would see them through the windows of the big house. Pinks wondered why they would leave the open air and go inside. So one day, using her magic, she turned herself into a beautiful flower and jumped into a basket laying on the ground with some of her flowering friends and they were swept away, “Inside” thought Pinks, “we’re going inside!” The basket was placed in the refrigerator of Room #6. “Well it sure is dark in here. We need some lights my friends!” and suddenly, like a million stars the darkness became light. Pinks noticed that outside looked a little sterile so she opened the door and ventured onto the counter. “This looks like it could be a very cozy place”, she thought and with a magical burst of energy, grass began to creep across the counters. “That’s much nicer”, she thought. She jumped over to the window and threw it open wide. “Elves, fairies come join me. Let’s Party!” And in a flash, all of Pink’s garden friends came inside, helping turn the counter into a garden and the walls into a selfie art gallery. These moments of horticultural revelry happen in seconds of human time, which is hours of fairy time, and Debra Ann Kasimakis has frozen such a party for you to view.

Come in to Pinks Party and let your “Mind Spring” into this miniature fantasy. Mill Neck manor magical miniature garden.