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Three show house dazzlers

The season begins with designer events in Mill Neck, Old Westbury and Nissequogue

Entering someone else's house can satisfy secret voyeuristic desires. How does this stranger group the pots and pans, which books are displayed and which are hidden at the back of a shelf, what artworks hang on the walls and which family photos have edged out other relatives on the piano? All these details accumulate into a subliminal story.

Show houses, on the other hand, offer a different...

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