{"id":57140,"date":"2019-05-06T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=57140"},"modified":"2019-05-06T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T16:15:04","slug":"kips-bay-decorator-show-house-a-treasure-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/kips-bay-decorator-show-house-a-treasure-in-manhattan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kips Bay Decorator Show House: A Treasure in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Annually, famous interior designers remodel a luxury Manhattan home into an elegant exhibition of fine furnishings, art and technology. We bring you\u00a0<\/span>Kips Bay Decorator<\/em>\u00a0Show House 2019<\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong>in an event that started on May 2nd and will end on the 30th.<\/p>\n\n \"BB_Book2020\"<\/a>\n

See also:\u00a0MADE IN ITALY: THE AFTERMATH\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jim Dove Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen the house was built, this was always a wet bar,\u201d Dove explains of his assigned space, which he has transformed into a glamorous champagne bar. But in creating this new design, Dove channeled the 1970s, and specifically the likes of Truman Capote and Lee Radziwill, whom he could easily imagine attending functions at this type of house. Dove used a\u00a0Kohler\u00a0faucet and sink in amber\u2014which he selected to align with his palette of blue and golds.<\/p>\n

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Sheila Bridges Design, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis room was actually the reception room to the house,\u201d Bridges says, noting that before deciding to create her \u201cLe Salon des Chiens,\u201d as she calls it, she was faced with a series of challenges. \u201cThey\u2019re all these dog walkers that kept going by,\u201d Bridges, a dog owner herself, explains of how she first came up with the idea to create a room that celebrates dogs. The room is indeed a temple of sorts to the canine species, in that it\u2019s an area in which any pet owner could happily play with, feed, or bathe his or her loyal companion. \u201cEveryone who worked on the space was a dog owner,\u201d Bridges adds.<\/p>\n

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Christopher Peacock Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is a fully working kitchen\u2014there\u2019s nothing fake about it,\u201d\u00a0Christopher Peacock\u00a0stated. Peacock, whose company specializes in custom-built cabinetry of all types, continues on to add that this time around, \u201cI wanted something that was a little bit more personal to me, and that really tapped into family experience.\u201d The most notable homage to Peacock\u2019s parents comes in the form of the kitchen island, which on its far side reads, \u201cIt is what it is,\u201d his father\u2019s signature saying. The kitchen island was, like all of the cabinetry, custom-built by Peacock. \u201cI\u2019m all about quality and detail\u2014that\u2019s my thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Vicente Wolf Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When most people think of a breakfast room, frazzled family mornings likely spring to mind. But\u00a0Vicente Wolf\u2019s took an opposite track, when transforming the house\u2019s breakfast area into \u201cThe Dreaming Room,\u201d as he calls it. Instead of a table well-equipped to send kids off to school, you\u2019ll find\u00a0Kohler\u2019s large Ceric bathtub at the center of it all. The paneled walls have been painted a deep purple\u2014offsetting the marble mantel and lush green plants installed.\u00a0In a sense, the dichotomies depicted, which include Wolf\u2019s intended sense of yin and yang, perhaps sum up the room best.<\/p>\n

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Topher Delaney Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delaney was in part inspired by the magnolias that can be seen up above the space. This then prompted her to work with Bay Area ceramicist\u00a0Jessica\u00a0Abbott\u00a0Williams\u00a0to create custom ceramic plates and resin hangings that depict the same type of flowering plant. The resin hangings are unusual in that pieces of this sort aren\u2019t generally used in exteriors. The plates, which depict the same style of line-drawn artistry, are offset by\u00a0Chilewich\u00a0place mats. \u201cWe\u2019re riffing on people who put chargers up on their walls,\u201d Delaney explains. \u201cExcept this is about nature.\u201d\u00a0Nearby, a heated seat is apt to set guests at ease, while down below the deck, Delaney\u2019s composition really takes off. \u201cWe\u2019re builders,\u201d First, there is a trompe l\u2019oeil wooden log that makes for its own fireplace.<\/p>\n

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Brian Gluckstein Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis carpet was shipped to Alaska instead of New York.\u201d These are practically the first words to come out of\u00a0Brian Gluckstein\u2019s mouth, when explaining the unexpected journey that the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance of his spiral staircase took before ending up on the Upper East Side. However, the custom rug by The Rug Company arrived just in time, magically transforming the space with a fan-inspired design that appears to unfold as it spreads out over four stories. The archival estate of\u00a0Jeremiah Goodman, the American interior studio portrait painter, supplied the works hung on the walls, whose faux paneling was inspired by that of\u00a0Jean-Michel Frank. Vintage sconces add light, while the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance is arguably the central chandelier. Suspended from above, 4,000 brass cherry blossoms hang\u2014each of which is secured by a single crystal.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Lincoln Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jeff Lincoln\u00a0took on a stately window-clad room on the house\u2019s second floor to create an expansive living room design. It was the perfect setting to show off works from his gallery, which specializes in new design pieces made by living contemporary artists. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to do any kind of mix,\u201d Lincoln says. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to do a French \u201940s console with a contemporary painting. That\u2019s just been done, and done really well.\u201d While Lincoln does do that sort of interior in his own practice, he was most interested in contemporary design for this space.\u201cThe room is meant to show for collectors the connection between contemporary art and collectible design,\u201d he says.<\/div>\n
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Cullman & Kravis\u2019 Lee Cavanaugh, Alyssa Urban, Katie Sutton, and Dani Mazza Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To create the \u201cRhapsody in Blue\u201d dining room,\u00a0Cullman & Kravis\u2019 Lee Cavanaugh, Alyssa Urban, Katie Sutton, and Dani Mazza all came together to work in collaboration. The four women were drawn to the rooms\u2019 height, as well as its round and square elements. On one wall, an antique mantelpiece from\u00a0Maison Gerard\u00a0serves as an anchor, while bay windows frame an adjacent side. A\u00a0Fred Brouard\u00a0piece draws its own aura of attention at the center of the room, while gold paillettes help lighten the room\u2019s purposefully dark palette\u2014made possible in large part thanks to Dedar\u2019s fabric.<\/p>\n

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Corey Damen Jenkins Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Corey Damen Jenkins stated\u00a0\u201cI thought, why not flip it, and make it a lady\u2019s lair or a lady\u2019s library?\u201d. All around, the evidence of Jenkins\u2019s efforts is clear. A Valentino gown inspired the custom curtains by\u00a0The Shade Store, while\u00a0Benjamin Moore\u2019s Pink Swirl paint was used in some areas. Beautiful late-19th-century antique Asian screens are incorporated, as is an antique writing desk that dates back to 1926. There\u2019s also a white-leopard-print rug, of which Jenkins jokes, \u201cNo snow leopards were killed in the making of this room.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Moss Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It came at me from different places,\u201d\u00a0Charlotte Moss\u00a0says of her design inspiration for the house\u2019s master bedroom. \u201cThen I found this fabric on Instagram,\u201d she says of the bed\u2019s lavender palampore hangings, which ultimately gave Moss her palette. Moss\u2019s palette was further confirmed when she saw Lady\u2019s Gaga\u2019s periwinkle dress at the Golden Globes. After that, she set out looking for periwinkle gingham, which appoints the room\u2019s walls, and ultimately had to be woven in the U.K. \u201cSo many of the things in this room are things that I own,\u201d Moss continues, citing the Suzani textiles as one example. Some of the furniture seen are also her own designs from her\u00a0Century collection, such as one particularly useful petite end table. Other brands were included as well (Antonio Articulating Easel provided a floor lamp designed by Thomas O\u2019Brien.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eve Robinson Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eve Robinson\u2019s room \u201cpays homage to Virginia Woolf\u2019s\u00a0A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>,\u201d as the designer herself puts it. \u201cThe soft gentle curves are meant to evoke a women\u2019s sensuality,\u201d she adds, saying too that the room is intended to support a woman\u2019s responsibilities, in terms of work and family. A\u00a0Miriam Ellner\u00a0fireplace and new plaster crown moldings easily catch the viewer\u2019s eye. Robinson designed the room\u2019s desk and had the couch custom-made. \u201cIt\u2019s a mixture of contemporary and vintage furnishings,\u201d she explains, noting that the chairs were borrowed from\u00a0Donzella, while the cocktail table is vintage. The rug is from\u00a0Crosby Street Studio,\u00a0Jeff Zimmerman\u00a0created the lights, and the end table was sourced from\u00a0KGBL. Last, but certainly not least,\u00a0Alpha Workshops\u2019 beautiful and textural wall coverings unite the space.<\/p>\n

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Peter Pennoyer Architects Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Out of all the rooms in this year\u2019s Kips Bay Decorator Show House, only one was made to look like a guest bedroom.\u00a0Peter Pennoyer Architects\u00a0took on their design with gusto, with the firm\u2019s design director Alice Engel saying, \u201cWe imagined this as a really fun guest room for a Parisian houseguest.\u201d However, as serene as the space feels, it was not without its fair share of challenges. When asked if there were indeed any, interior designer Engel laughs that there were \u201ctons.\u201d For starters, sourcing enough of\u00a0Schumacher\u2019s Le Castellet fabric, which makes up the room\u2019s walls and curtains, as well as the\u00a0Pierre Frey\u00a0fabric used, proved to be somewhat difficult.<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Pappas and Tatyana Miron Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The preexisting brown terrazzo floor and chimney couldn\u2019t be ignored in\u00a0Pappas Miron Design\u2019s designated Kips Bay room. For designers Alexandra Pappas and Tatyana Miron, that was the good thing\u2014as was the room\u2019s adjacent bathroom, for which\u00a0Stone Solutions\u00a0in Yonkers, New York, fabricated the gorgeous sink. Flos\u00a0lights counterbalance an antique chandelier, for starters. Elsewhere, a rug, which the duo happened upon while visiting a dealer in Stanford, New York, plays off the room\u2019s dominant use of stone. A Venetian beaded mirror, which Miron stumbled upon while on a run on New Year\u2019s Day, perhaps has the best backstory, however. (Four trips to the shop later, and the mirror was hers.) It\u2019s now hung against a backdrop of\u00a0Ressource\u00a0paint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jennifer Cohler Mason Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMy clients are a New York family,\u201d\u00a0Jennifer Cohler Mason\u00a0says of the imaginary couple she had in mind for her living room design. \u201cThey are big art collectors and love to entertain at home.\u201d While the Donald Sultan tar-covered floral work is just one piece that draws that imaginary scenario out, Mason\u2019s room is ultimately more about texture\u2014an element that she says is \u201creally important to me.\u201d The walls (another standout element of the house) have a plaster finish, while the entryway is covered in a Brutalist wallpaper. Fifties lounge chairs from\u00a0Guy Regal\u00a0make for a lovely pair, while Todd Merrill\u2019s sofas helps anchor the room.\u00a0Studio Van den Akker\u00a0is responsible for the cocktail table, while\u00a0Dedar\u00a0and\u00a0Holly Hunt\u00a0are behind the window seat and window treatments, respectively. Last, but certainly not least, Mason included a small framed photograph of her two sons.<\/p>\n

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Britt Zunino Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe designed a boudoir-themed room,\u201d Britt Zunino of Studio DB starts off. Zunino, whose partner in work and in life is Damian Zunino, astutely notes that working with this room was a nice fit for the firm, considering the fact that they deal with both interiors and architecture. Throughout, small and thoughtful touches abound on either side of the Kohler claw-foot tub. Custom tiles by\u00a0Alison Rose of Artistic Tile\u00a0were used in the bathroom. And thanks to\u00a0De Gournay, an interior created by Elsie de Wolfe for Marlene Dietrich, and the wallpaper used for that project specifically, has received a reinterpretation. (As a thoughtful touch, an image of Dietrich in front of the wallpaper was incorporated into the room.) Across the way, a U-shaped couch, designed by the couple, has magically found its way into the space. (Although Britt concedes getting it in proved to be quite the challenging feat.)<\/p>\n

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Paloma Contreras Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI really wanted to put together a space that felt like a fresh interpretation of classic style,\u201d\u00a0Paloma Contreras\u00a0says. \u201cI got lucky getting a room with such great bones,\u201d she adds, noting that since the room in question was situated on the same level as the master bedroom, she decided to make it into a woman\u2019s study. Navy, chartreuse, and spring green (on\u00a0Schumacher\u2019s moire curtains and drapery by\u00a0The Shade Store) punctuate her otherwise neutral palette, while custom wallpaper panels from\u00a0De Gournay\u00a0supply an added dose of beauty as well. Liz O\u2019Brien\u2019s candlesticks are another welcome detail, as are the antiques interwoven throughout the space.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Bartholomew Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If any one element within this year\u2019s Kips Bay Decorator Show House was to be named as a standout,\u00a0Sarah Bartholomew\u2019s plaster-fluted walls would certainly be in the running. The designer created the paneling to \u201carchitecturally transform the room,\u201d although she readily gives credit to the artisans who helped her achieve her goals. Bartholomew\u2019s room is minimalist yet warm, with allusions to AD100 maestro Stephen Sills\u2019s Bedford living room. From the chaise longue to the desk, the room is a \u201cmix of old, new, modern\u2014and a very classic curation of art,\u201d as she puts it. Bartholomew, who is Nashville-based, admits that she didn\u2019t really draw upon the Tennessee city when designing the room. However, upon further reflection, she notes, \u201cThe Southern aesthetic is one of surrounding yourself with beauty, and that\u2019s what this room embodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Katherine Newman Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Katherine Newman decided to name her office room \u201cThe Pink Dragon Study\u201d in reference to the environment\u2019s auspicious strength. It\u2019s a fitting choice, considering that issues of sustainability were at the heart of Newman\u2019s thought process. Moreover, she aimed to create a room that was classic yet modern, by mixing works from different styles and periods. (The diversity is evident elsewhere as well, from the geometric marquetry that helped inform the walls to the bronze butterfly clips that can be seen.)\u00a0Unlike other rooms in the house, there is a notable absence of textiles. However, Newman thoughtfully counterbalances that fact by including Canadian artist Brent Wadden\u2019s textile-informed work. An elegant and craft-oriented choice\u2014not unlike all the decisions it took to put together the room.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Monroe Bees Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the first Kips Bay for Charleston-based designer Matthew Monroe Bees. To create his composition, Bees imagined that he had been asked to design a room inside Charleston\u2019s Drayton Hall, which is a preserved Georgian mansion. Schumacher created the wallpaper, while the South Carolina city\u2019s American College of the Building Arts provided the molds used for Drayton Hall\u2014which found new life in the form of casts seen on the ceiling. \u201cI pretty much hauled everything from Charleston,\u201d Bees laughs, noting that he flew up his installers for the process as well. The two screens, which cordon off the room from a bathroom, and make up the backdrop to a William IV sofa, were created by\u00a0Gracie. However, it is a 1860s desk (that Bees believes weighs around 300 pounds), that is, at least in his eyes, the most special piece.<\/p>\n

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Young Huh Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After climbing a (very narrow) flight of stairs to the house\u2019s fifth and final floor, the airy expanse of Young Huh\u2019s \u201cYoung at Art\u201d room comes as something of a surprise. Nevertheless, the high ceilings and skylight windows make for the perfect setting for this artist\u2019s studio. \u201cWe really imagined this as a a space for a bohemian woman who is a world traveler,\u201d Huh and her team had to do a full gut renovation of the bathroom, which now features glass and tile from\u00a0AKDO, and a Kohler farm sink. The sink at the end of the hallway is the perfect addition for Huh\u2019s plotline, as it serves as a place where her imaginary client can wash brushes and arrange still lifes. (\u201cShe loves flowers, as do I!\u201d Huh laughs.) It is the Ironware International chandelier that perhaps best embodies Huh\u2019s theme. Each individual shade was painted by her friends Alberto Villalobos, Audrey Margarite, Brett Williams, Danielle Armstrong and Danielle Colding, before the fixture itself was painstakingly installed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Robert Passal Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Passal\u2019s room was based on a French 1940s salon. \u201cWe used a lot of the techniques they would have used in the 1940s,\u201d he says. \u201cEverything is plaster\u2014all the trim, the molding. And then we modernized it by incorporating seamless technology.\u201d Case in point: the speaker sound wafting through sheet rock, and the mirror television that easily dissolves when turned off. \u201cEverything in the room is custom or vintage,\u201d he explains, noting that most of the fabrics are from Schumacher. Stark Carpet provided its own contribution as well. Perhaps the most challenging element was the pink velvet sofa, which had to be sewn on-site (it arrived in four pieces). Passel admits with a laugh that they, meaning himself and his collaborator, Daniel Kahan Architecture, were the last ones done, thanks in no small part to their focus on doing pretty much everything by hand. Asked what his advice for next year\u2019s class of participating designers might be, Passal says, \u201cJust to do your thing and be yourself,\u201d adding that there can be pressure at such show houses to reinvent the wheel. \u201cI wanted to make [this room] livable and approachable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard Rabel Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cPart of my professional life I spent at Christie\u2019s,\u201d\u00a0Richard Rabel, the interior designer and former senior vice president of the esteemed auction house, tells AD PRO. \u201cSo all of my interiors projects I sort of see through that prism. When I got this space, I zeroed in on the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century.\u201d Two icons of late-1800s design became particularly helpful sources for inspiration.\u00a0The wallpaper is one seamless piece, which was constructed using hand-molded gesso as well as 23K white and yellow gold. Beyond the enlarged and somewhat abstract interpretation of peacock feathers, metallic touches continue in the form of small dots that extend in a sunburst formation across the ceiling, and down the adjacent walls.<\/p>\n\n \"BB_Book2020\"<\/a>\n

See also:\u00a0NOTRE DAME: THE STORY OF THE LADY OF PARIS<\/a><\/p>\n

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