What: The 40th
Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House is the ne plus ultra of all show houses, a
show-stopping tour-de-force of design trends, art history and timeless
craftsmanship created by a team of the industry’s best designers in less than
five weeks.
Who: This year’s show house features 31
designers and standout rooms by Jamie Drake, Todd Alexander Romano and Raji
Radhakrishnan.
Where: Two
duplex apartments at the Aldyn Residences, 60 Riverside Drive between 62nd
and 63rd Streets were combined to create one large residence for the
show house. This is only the
second time in its history that Kips Bay takes place in a newly constructed
high-rise rather than in a townhouse or single family residence, and one of the
very few times it has not been held on the Upper East Side.
When: The show house was
created from empty space in less than five weeks, and there are just three
weeks left until it closes on June 14.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.kipsbay.org.
Why: “I love decorators.
I love the idea of their odd, now struggling profession, with its famous
lineages (Parish-Hadley, McMillen Inc., Colefax and Fowler) reminiscent of circus
dynasties (think Flying Wallendas). I admire their skills, their professional
lore, their gifts as psychologists and mind-readers called on to enter
strangers’ houses and help those strangers feel somehow more at home. It must
take moxie to convince others you have better taste than they do, since taste,
after all, is little more than habit and can be acquired.” – Guy Trebay
Images: 1: New York Times; 2, 5: Habitually Chic; 3, 4: So Haute.
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