If there seemed to be a few more great deals at the Southampton Fresh Air Home Decorators-Designers-Dealers Sale, Auctions and Cocktail Party Gala, perhaps it was because Aida Turturro had slowed down. For years, Turturro has shopped her way through the sale, furnishing friends and family homes when her own was filled. Why not this year? โMaybe itโs my allergies,โ she said. No worries, spending cohort Carolyn Sandoval showed off a handful of receipts. โIโll have to put it in storage,โ she laughed. Thatโs okay. โItโs for the kids,โ Aida stressed. And besides, โDonโt you love this auction?!โ
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Celebrity chef Eric Ripert. (Photo: PatrickMcMullan.com) |
Yes we do. Each year, designers comb through donated furniture and accessories to create their own rooms. Prices are insanely low. Rare wines are a signature of the live and silent auctions, which also feature trips, fashion and services. It all goes towards giving a camp experience to physically challenged children.
We also spied chef Eric Ripert, Radio and TV Sports Personality Ann Liguori with Scott Vallary, Melanie Wambold, Kim White, Debbie Bancroft and Will Bancroft, Jean Shafiroff and Marty Shafiroff, Donna Soloway and Dick Soloway, and Francesca Beale.
Turturro does the heavy spending. But this year, not the heavy lifting. โMy friends told me no more armoires, couches, or dressers!โ she said. โBut maybe next year with my new decorating business I can buy more furniture and get a storeroom, so when I decorate Iโll stuff to decorate with.โ
She calls her new business Home Coach. Sheโll get your domicile organized, functional and beautiful. โItโs something I always did in my life when I was younger. I miss it and Iโm going back to it.”
She also likes getting back to her โSopranosโ family. โItโs really nice to stay friends with people from the show,โ she said. โI helped Edie (Falco) decorate her new brownstone in Manhattan. And Steve Schirripa invited me to a screening of his great film from Nickelodeon, โNicky Deuce.โโ
She just wrapped filming โRob the Mobโ with Michael Pitt. โAnd my cousin (John Turturro) is working on some new TV show heโs putting together, so weโll see how that goes.โ
A longtime Montauk resident, she laughs. โItโs getting to crowded. Soon, Iโll have to move.โ You canโt get any farther East, we reminded her. Where will you go? โTo the MOON,โ she cried. New real estate to furnish!
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Annelise Peterson, Carola Jain, Brent Nicklas, Laura Nicklas, and Sandra Ripert shopped at D-D-D. (Photo: PatrickMcMullan.com) |











