You might expect Andy Warhol to have filled his home with the funky images that catapulted him to fame in the 1960s and led to him being crowned the Prince of Pop Art. You know -- those giant Campbell's soup cans or equally iconic silk screens of such celebrities as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.

But while he appreciated contemporary artists like Man Ray, the Pittsburgh native also loved to collect antiques. Chief among his obsessions were 19th-century American furniture, colorful Fiestaware dinnerware, and cookie jars gleaned from flea markets and secondhand stores.

Little surprise, then, that the Warhol "kitchen" in a special exhibit created by members of the Pennsylvania West chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers for this year's Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown, is an eclectic mix of old and new.

In homage to Warhol's more traditional side, designer Melodie Schooley of Arrangements With Style started with an imported Aga cooker from England, then added cherry cabinets and laminate wood floors. Translucent glass countertops by ThinkGlass and two spray-painted junkyard tables allude to his funkier "pop" side.

"There are a lot of very interesting things about him that people don't know," Ms. Schooley says of the artist, who grew up in Oakland and studied commercial art at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). "So I hope the room inspires people to look into his life and the way he really was."

The ASID showcase, sponsored by Framework on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill, isn't a new attraction; the concept was reintroduced last year after an absence of more than 10 years. Yet unlike 2007's offerings, which featured rooms designed for such living local "clients" as Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and jazz artist Etta Cox, this year's shines the spotlight on celebs from the city's past. "It's Pittsburgh's 250th birthday," show executive director John DeSantis notes, "and we wanted to recognize that event in an appropriate way."

To that end, the group was charged with picking a half-dozen native Pittsburghers who have influenced not only the city, but also the world. In addition to Warhol, the designers ended up honoring past Mayor David L. Lawrence, environmentalist Rachel Carson, "Coke King" Henry Clay Frick's son Childs Frick, Pittsburgh Steelers' founder Art Rooney Sr., and actor David Conrad of "Ghost Whisperer" fame. (OK. So the up-and-coming Mr. Conrad is still very much alive; just consider him the fun twist on the twist, says Mr. DeSantis.)

Yet if narrowing the choices to just six was difficult, designing a room that accurately reflected the likes and dislikes of each was even more so. With the exception of Mr. Conrad, who maintains a loft in the city, it's not like the designers could make an appointment to sit down with their clients and talk about lifestyle. Instead, they had to rely on books, old photos and other research.

"But that's the magical part of it," says Mr. DeSantis. "It allows speculation on the part of the people who see it. They get to ask, 'Would so-and-so really have had that in their bedrooms?' "

With regards to the period boy's bedroom created for Childs Frick, designer Nancy Sakino Spears of Interiors by Decorating Den is pretty confident the answer is "yes." It's not an exact replica of the room Childs slept in at Clayton, Henry Clay Frick's chateau-like Victorian mansion in Point Breeze. But it's pretty darn close.

Childs, of course, came from an extremely affluent family, and Ms. Spears -- whose research was aided by both published and unpublished photos -- took great pains to show that wealth. Along with embossed wallpaper and period antiques, the room includes a Tiffany humidor, a carved walnut coat rack dating from 1870 from Germany's Black Forest, and a collection of Civil War-era pistols and swords. There's also a small private bath with white subway tile and an antique wall telephone.

Because Childs, who attended Shady Side Academy, had an interest in hunting and taxidermy (he would grow up to become a naturalist and vertebrate paleontologist), the bedroom holds several animal heads. There's also a reproduction painting of a wired-haired Dachshund from J.J. Gillespie, which was Pittsburgh's (and America's) first art gallery -- and a firm that actually helped the Fricks collect art.

What's interesting, says Ms. Spears, is that so many of the things the young Frick held dear have changed so little over the years. For instance, even in 1898, Childs thought it was funny to put a pair of sunglasses on an antelope head over his bed. "It shows you kids are just kids," she says.

Karolyn Spagnolo of Spagnolo Design took a little more license with the luxurious bath she designed for Mr. Lawrence, one of the architects of Pittsburgh's first "Renaissance." While wall-mounted flat-screen TVs are all the rage in today's upscale bath, they didn't exist in the late '40s and early '50s, when he initiated a plan to clean up the city. Nor did they have bamboo floors or glittery stone vessel sinks. Yet the antique claw-foot tub rings true, as does the traditional wall unit that holds family photos and a collection of porcelain.

Mr. Rooney's decidedly masculine study, designed by Chris Jones of Christine Jones Interior Design Studio, also wears bamboo floors but in the contrasting colors of black and gold (Go Steelers!). Additional nods to his beloved football team include a photo of Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception and a signed "Steel Curtain" jersey. And because Mr. Rooney loved cigars, the giant mahogany map desk from Richard Lawrence Interiors holds a humidor.

In creating Ms. Carson's soothing blue bedroom, designer Andrea Pohl went natural -- literally. Every item, from the reclaimed wood flooring and organic bedding to the curly rattan Ibolili desk lamps and 3form resin panel "windows" are eco-friendly. Even the artwork speaks to sustainability, having been created by local artist John Yothers of the South Hills. Mr. Conrad's city loft living room, meanwhile, the product of Drew Designs, is a funky marriage of old and new. Here, a console table made from an old work bench and antique alligator coffee table are joined by a pair of Wassily arm chairs and modern paintings by local artists Barry Shields, Robert Qualters and Fabrizio Gerbino. Cooler still: a working garage door that opens onto an outdoor "balcony."

Other new attractions at this year's show, which opened yesterday and runs through March 16, include an Eli Ferris wheel that was shipped in from Iowa (rides are free and will take you some 50 feet in the air), separate sections devoted to Universal Design and green products and services, and a re-creation of the Crawford Grill during its heyday as a jazz club in the Hill District, complete with live music and food during the course of the show.

In addition, attendees will be able to write a note of encouragement on a giant black board when they make a donation to the Homeless Children's Education Fund. Money raised over the course of the show will help the nonprofit organization build one or more learning centers in a local homeless shelter.

There also will be three additional presentation stages, bringing the total to five, including an entertainment stage on which kids can learn to do the dances from "High School Musical" movies and watch casts from local high schools perform previews up of their upcoming spring musicals.