Former New Jersey Housewife and Event Planner/Interior Designer Dina Manzo plans a spaghetti western-themed bon voyage party. Anthony, a Broadway actor, wants to surprise his partner, Ron, a news anchor. Ron is relocating for a great new job in Dallas, and Anthony wants Dina to throw him a going-away party at his mother's house in Staten Island. Dina saddles up and wrangles an amazing party, transforming the house into the Wild West by outfitting it with unique western props and facades. The party rooms include a saloon in the dining room, cowboy food troughs on the patio, and an Italian chuck wagon in the great room. The backyard has its own flair, complete with a mechanical bull.
Event planner Dina Manzo and her prom committee have the challenge of throwing a prom party, for adults only! Jim and Antonella O'Day want to throw a nostalgic prom themed party at their home in New Jersey that incorporates their European wedding anniversary trip. Dina creates a memorable prom with extravagant balloon arches, sparkly back-drops, a European outdoor cafe, high school gym dance floor, and the classic photo op area.
Kerry Matlosz forgot to throw her husband Ben a 40th birthday party last year and feels terrible about it. Event planner Dina Manzo will help her make it up to him with a phenomenal high-end Las Vegas themed birthday party. Inspired by the latest in chic Las Vegas luxury hotels, Dina recreates the look with a faux blown glass ceiling installation, crystal curtains, gaming tables, slot machines and poolside cabanas. What happens at this Vegas party stays at the party!
Johnny and Marie San Pietro's original wedding 12 years ago was struck by misfortune; Johnny got food poisoning, an earthquake ruined their wedding pictures at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, and Johnny didn't get to attend his own reception. Event planner Dina Manzo captures the feel of the original wedding venue by recreating the Palace of Fine Arts in their New Jersey backyard! To achieve the look, Dina has a faux dome build in a beautiful tent strung with wisteria vines and elegant flower boutiques. She also rearranges their living room furnishings, creating the perfect party lounge for their family and friends.
Former New Jersey House Wife and event planner/interior designer Dina Manzo plans a Copacabana house warming party for new homeowners Eva De Oleo and Omar Linton. They want an old Hollywood inspired party to show off their new place to friends and family. Dina transforms the home, bringing in the glamour of old Hollywood with over the top Copacabana elements like a walking Carmen Miranda table, feather centerpieces and custom banana trees. As a surprise, she throws a Jamaican after party in the basement with a custom built bar for a house-warming gift.
Sisters Lissa and Claudia want to co-host a fabulous clothing swap party. Event planner and interior designer Dina Manzo transforms Lissa's bland family room into a stylish contemporary boutique. She paints the room's feature wall a bold green with pearlized stencils and has her team design a unique changing room screen. The centerpiece of the room is a custom wall unit that not only displays the clothes for the party but afterwards will be a great addition to the room. On top of this, Dina brings in celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch once she realizes that Lissa needs to purge her closet with a fashion intervention.
Former New Jersey House Wife and event planner/interior designer Dina Manzo throws an unconventional baby shower for expectant parents, Alexis and Kevin. After struggling to have a baby, news of the pregnancy was especially joyful for Alexis and Kevin who decided they wanted to share the event with all of their friends and family... women AND men! Dina's challenge is to please both sexes and make the men feel at home at a baby shower. She converts their basement into a sleek lounge, including luxurious fabric-draped walls and columns of sparkling baby blocks. Dina finishes off the co-ed party with an outdoor "man cave"complete with a whisky bar and cigar roller. Let the toasts begin!
Former New Jersey Housewife and event planner/interior designer Dina Manzo throws a launch party for two stay at home moms, Pamela Schuckman and Denise Goodbar, who started their own handmade accessory line, Oak Lane Designs. At Pamela's home, Dina beautifully incorporates the vintage spirit of their line into the party design that perfectly showcases their products. The home is transformed as Dina clears out Pam's furniture and brings in rented vintage pieces, creating a cocktail area in the living room, a mini ballroom in the dining room, and a buffet/jewelry display in the sunroom. In addition to the elegant party, Dina surprises them by turning an unused attic area into a home office for the women to work on their accessories.
Dina Manzo transforms a backyard into a Moroccan oasis for a wedding anniversary.
Socialite and magazine editor Devorah Rose throws big yet impersonal parties in the Hamptons, and she wants to change it up with a more intimate gathering. Designer and event planner Dina Manzo throws an outdoor dinner party with an organic feel using flowers and produce for the tablescape, a classic Hamptons clam bake, and incorporates Devorah's favorite charity with a canine corral for pet adoptions.
Designer/Event Planner Dina Manzo helps TV personality/philanthropist Joumana Kidd throw a sports themed benefit event in her backyard. This event will host high profile athletes and celebrities, and raise money for an important cause. Dina mixes sports with elegance with a tented dance floor area, club inspired day beds, and sport themed floral centerpieces. And as a gift Dina has a custom giving tree made for Joumana to use for feature benefits.
Designer/Event Planner Dina Manzo is hired by the children of one of her good friends, Diana. The kids want to throw their mom a birthday party she'll never forget. After breaking the news to Diana, Dina decides to create a party that features all of Diana's favorite, iconic New York City people and places. Dina brings the soul of the city with a classic Brooklyn stoop in the foyer, a Studio 54 disco dance club, a Breakfast at Tiffany's dining room and a 5th Avenue Window display. As a special gift, Dina gives Diana a master suite makeover that turns the space into an oasis.
Event planner/designer Dina Manzo creates an elegant winter wonderland holiday party.
Former New Jersey House Wife and event planner/interior designer Dina Manzo plans a backyard wedding for a true New Jersey bride and her Armenian-American groom. Stacy and Avo want to wed at his parent's home, but tight quarters and sloping backyard are only part of the challenge. Dina works hard to overcome the obstacles, while mixing elements of Avo's Armenian culture with Stacy's desire to have a Jersey-style hot pink, gold and leopard-print wedding. Dina's mission is to create a sophisticated version of Stacy's over-the-top vision as well as her traditional, mother-in-law to-be. Dina wins rave reviews from everyone with a reproduction of the Armenian alter, a tent awash in hues of pink and overflowing with flowers, an outrageous Armenian dance group... and a little bit of leopard!
It's all about bold colors, tribal patterns and edgy metallics as designer and event planner Dina Manzo takes on double challenge of decorating the first home of The Biggest Loser contestants, Alexandra and Antoine, and then throwing them an engagement party in their new space. Dina carefully blends the rich colors and glamorous details Alexandra loves with the comfortable and casual feel Antoine is used to to give the couple a home where they can live and entertain. When the space is complete, it's the perfect backdrop for a joyous open house-style party to celebrate the couple with good drinks and a mouthwatering spread of healthy party food.
You've got to stage it to sell it, and Dina Manzo is a former realtor who can not only make any house look way better, but create a party buyers and agents will remember! Homeowners Courtlord and Elodie Michales ask Dina to stage their house and throw an open house party to get the property some buzz. It has been sitting on the market for eight, long months unsold. Dina gets some expert advice over lunch from Selling New York realtors Michele Kleier and her daughters Samantha and Sabrina. Dina starts by giving the kitchen a facelift that makes everything modern and airy. Then she opens up the living and dining room so they tell buyers a story, of a perfect young family who could live here. To seal the deal, Dina caters the party with comfort foods and apple pie for a super-fun feeling of of home. Wait until you see what buyers say about this amazing transformation, when it's done!
Drill Sergeant Dina Manzo and her party planning troops invade Homeowners Kim and John Fio Rito's home to throw a military-themed 40th birthday party for John, a military veteran and graduate of West Point. Dina joins John for an insider's visit to the famous military academy to glean inspiration and ideas for the old-fashioned military ball. Dina and her team accept the added challenge of turning John's home office into a replica of the Academy's historic mess hall and surprise the couple with space-saving storage benches in their kids' playroom.
Designer/event planner Dina Manzo turns throwaway furniture into great stuff to sell for profit at a high-end garage sale for her very own charity, Project Ladybug. The fundraiser happens in a gorgeous mansion owned by Jennifer Law, the founder of a local website Bergen Mama. Dina stages Jennifer's house as a boutique selling donated refurbished furniture and used high-end clothing. The goal: raise five thousand dollars for Project Ladybug, which helps kids with cancer and their families. Will they do it?
Get ready to rumble! In this special episode of Dina's Party, designer/event Planner Dina Manzo and her team bring an over-the-top tailgate extravaganza to the backyard barn of some die-hard football fans. To plan for this unique "homegate" party, Dina tours the New York Jets' state-of-the-art training facility, mingles with some expert tailgaters, and rummages through a gritty junk yard in search of cars that can be cut in two and used as an actual buffet. Creativity and fun are the name of this game as Dina surprises these super fans and their friends with a stadium-like party atmosphere complete with AstroTurf floors, a massive viewing screen surrounded by a goalpost and the rousing cheers of the real Jets' cheerleaders. Grab your jerseys, it's game time!
Get ready to raise your glass as designer/event planner Dina Manzo brings a wine country feel to a New Jersey dinner party. New to the neighborhood, Annette and Greg want to get to know their neighbors over a decadent meal with expert wine pairings. Dina carefully blends a rustic feel with Annette's contemporary style by mixing wooden farm tables with metallic place settings. She completes the vineyard look by topping the tables with trellises festooned with grapes, ivy and tea lights. And for a special gift, Dina remodels the powder room with marble tile, new fixtures and custom wallpaper.
Romance and surprise are the themes of this 15th wedding anniversary party as designer/event planner Dina Manzo brings her design and event planning expertise to the home of Ileana and Angelo Cascio. Dina transforms their living and dining rooms into an elegant party space spilling over with yellow roses. Outside, Dina surprises the couple with a whimsical, nature-inspired tent dripping with wisteria vines and moss where Ileana and Angelo tearfully exchange their vows. Dina's final surprise for the parents of three is hotel-inspired bedroom makeover where the couple can enjoy a romantic retreat in their very own home.
Barbara Anderson's lower level was completely destroyed in a flood. It's her childhood home, full of memorabilia, all swept away by the raging waters. Designer/event planner Dina Manzo gives Barbara a beautiful, brand new family room and she throws a Polish-style family reunion to celebrate the new space. There will be a fantastic kid's area, sleeper sofa, and Mexican tiled fireplace. And the party will bring Barbara's sisters all home from afar to be together for the first time since the flood damaged their house. It's an emotional and fun journey back to the childhood home this family loves so much.
Jaimie and Steve are getting married and it's the second time for both of them. She's moved in his home with her children and the house isn't quite 'home' for her yet. Designer/event planner Dina Manzo transforms their family room into a comfy Tuscan oasis that's new to them both and throws an engagement party to celebrate their future together.
If you love playing pool or darts or just enjoying your neighbors, this is the episode for you! Jordan and Marcie Salit live on one of those idyllic blocks where all the neighbors hang together. Designer/event planner Dina Manzo turns their under-used "great room" into an awesome game room where everyone in the neighborhood can get together for a fabulous game night. Dina creates a fun casino feel with a metallic checkerboard wall treatment, a custom bar, and a pool table. And as a special treat Dina takes Jordan and Marcie to world-renowned Mr. Chocolate Jacques Torres to learn how to make chocolate treats for an amazing chocolate buffet.
Melissa Moorehouse is coming off a tough year, which has included a divorce and imminent sale of her home. She has come to terms with it all, and wants to start this next year on a positive note, Designer/event planner Dina Manzo has an idea: a starting over celebration to kick things off. First, Dina pampers Melissa with a trip to the hair salon and a new party dress. The party itself will have a Hollywood red carpet theme and Melissa's name in lights on the marquee. And, since Melissa's young daughter is about to leave the only home she's ever known, Dina builds a her a playhouse, the same color as the house she's leaving, to take to her new home.
Brian Diamond wants to throw a surprise 40th birthday party for his wife, who is a yoga instructor. He also wants to give her an incredible home yoga studio as a present. His wife will know nothing about any of these plans, if Brian and designer Dina Manzo can keep it all secret. Dina feels the pressure of making over this yoga space because she hasn't even met its owner! Dina brings in a Feng Shui expert for a hilarious lesson in space planning. For the surprise party itself, Brian sends his wife out of town, and Dina has a short amount of time to sneak in and create a beautiful evening worthy of this special birthday. It's going to be a huge transformation and an even huger shock to this deserving homeowner.
When the Van Why family lost their mom to cancer a year ago, she was planning to throw a huge graduation party for her son, William. Now the family wants to celebrate the good things that have happened in the year since Sarah died, not just the sad, so designer/event planner Dina Manzo steps in. Since the family loves Paris, Dina creates a gorgeous vintage Parisian event and redesigns the family's den, a room Sarah meant to get to. Dina helps this family heal, by giving them a gift that means a lot and that keeps their loved one present and accounted for in the design. It's a heartfelt and happy party and a beautiful den makeover!