2015 Kips Bay Designer House

It's an annual adventure to NYC for ICFF and the Kips Bay show house. It's the best in furniture, accessories, lighting and interior design. This year the show house was in the Arthur Sachs Mansion on East 55th @ 66th. A 5 story 9,600 sqft. Beaux Arts style townhouse that will be open from May 14th - June 11th. 

A beautiful exterior shot - love the detailing and ironwork. 

One of my favorite rooms was the master bedroom by David Phoenix. 

The upholstered walls and wallpapered ceiling. Neutral and rich at the same time. 

The fireplaces were original to the house. 

I loved the linen bedding and the way the canopy was connected to the ceiling. 

Detailing on the canopy side panels. 

The inside of these bookcases are dark stained wood not black. They make a real statement in the room. 

Here is the Alan Tanksley study  - beautiful trim work

I loved these giraffe sculptures they made into planters. 

Bedroom by Cathy Kincaid  - light airy, blue and white porcelain, high gloss ceiling, nice detailing. 

Beautiful details inside the canopy top

Trim on the drapery

Tilton Fenwick back hall - I love hallways. They create such unusual and interesting spaces to design in. Here they used their fabric from Duralee on the walls

Notice the flat braid on the door jamb and chair rail. 

Master Bath by Peter Sinnott

Orange detail stripe and accent color. 

High gloss cabinets

Textured ceiling and that orange stripe detail. 

The Dining Room by Mark Sikes - red white and blue

Kitchen by Christopher Peacock - the argyle style mosaic pattern over the range mixed with dark stained cabinets. 

I loved the copper pot details. 

The end of the island had an organic tree trunk slab. 

Bedroom by Alessandra Branca

Another red room - I loved the artwork. 

My favorite space was the 5 story staircase in the center of the house. Brilliantly done by Phillip Mitchell

They used all of the art from the designers own collection and others in the firm. The art was hung salon style  -Sculpture, oil, photography all mixed together over top of this textured wallpaper. 

Looking down

My favorite piece  - the lone photography in the big lucite frame. 

A funny cartoon on the art wall: "These draperies have to go. They clash with my Cerruti suit."

Looking UP...

Another beautiful and inspiring Kips Bay house. 

Loving A Good Show House!

Welcome to the 42nd Annual Kips Bay decorator Show House in NYC. Special treat to go inside the Villard Mansion at 457 Madison Ave. right next to the Palace Hotel. Originally designed by Stanford White in 1884 in a Neo-Italian Renaissance style 

My take aways from this house were the details: 

Let's start with the powder room off the living room by Young Huh

I loved her door treatments

The drapery treatments in the main rooms were fabulous. I loved the idea for the sheer roman shade lit from the top between 2 beautifully constructed panels. 

Ingrao's room

Inlayed steel table design

Juan Montoya's room

Everyone's favorite million dollar decorator Martin Lawrence Bullard in the Foyer - lots of talk about how those panels did not line up under the chair rail. 

Modern sculptural tables in the William Georgis room

Beautiful hand painted stripes - looked like Fromental to me but I was corrected. 

Loved the embroidery in the middle of the drapery panel. 

Cullman & Kravis

These tables were killer!!!  and that blue bed….

Absolute favorite room was Carrier and Company. Loved the wallpaper, the mix of styles, use of mirror and color. 

Patterns and colors

 Vincent Wolfe's room - breakfast/lounge area. Lacquer orange walls are always good. 

2nd favorite space was the kitchen - creative details and well crafted. 

Matthew Quinn of Design Galleria from the ATL

Look at the stainless doors - custom made with brass details. 

Tube pieces as window dressing to mimic the organ pipes at St. Patrick across the street

Mullion details again taken from the church facade

Suede finish on the Silestone. Brass hardware and faucets

Can you see the tubes? 

Bulter's pantry in blue again like the DC Designer house.

Beautiful 1stbids vintage french press set

Loved the leather flooring detail in this very small room. 

Stairwell hand painted by Robin Sacks

Blue suede walls with fab ceiling treatment. Can you see the hidden door? 

That ceiling treatment  … WOW!

I had seen Alexa Hampton's room online and didn't love it but in person I found things I really loved..

Detail of the wallpaper

trim on the arm of the sofa - it was big at Highpoint too

Nailheads on the cornice

Daryl Carter's room

daybed floating in the room

What a treat to visit the NYC show house 3 years in a row. I love it! This was only day 1/2 of day 2 in NYC with the Modenus group. 

Happy Decorating…..