Kips Bay Decorator Show House
Jan's Inspiration
After visiting the proposed property for Kips Bay, I was on a plane going to Los Angeles. We had not planned to participate this year other than on the committee and the President’s Dinner Committee. For some inexplicable reason, I started having a vision of a cozy lounge that would be a club within a club. The walls would be a burnished gold painted wallpaper (I thought immediately of de Gournay because I had discussed doing a room with them in Palm Beach earlier) with drapery and ceiling to match.
I could envision back to back traditional sofas in the middle of the room with a console in between and a pair of low wattage lamps to create the mood.
There would need to be chairs but I wanted them to be more modern, upholstered in different styles and colors of fabulous Fortuny fabrics. And, then---a pair of mirrors on opposite walls hung in the European style in a wonderful burnished gold leaf.
Of course, there had to be a bar in the room and I happened to have a fabulous Italian one that always reminds me of Harry’s Bar in Venice---it even has sketches of Venice on each front panel.
Kravet, who is my partner and represents so many designs of mine, was generous to provide the gorgeous velvets for the sofa and other chairs in the room. We were off to the races! I never looked back and knew we had to do this room. I named it after the old Cipango Club where Jim and I used to go in the ‘80’s---The Cipango Room---a club within a club. The Golden Hour.
Rendering
Created by Alex Halbrooks, ASID
Sketches & Inspiration
The Show House will be open from
October 25th - November 13th | Monday through Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
Opening Day
Thursday, October 24th | Session 1: 4PM-6PM & Session 2: 6PM-8PM
Purchase Your Tickets HERE
Shop the look HERE
A special Thank You to our Vendors
Alex Halbrooks, ASID
Arsin Rug Gallery
Avant Garden
Benjamin Moore Paint
Casci Ornamental Plaster
Collier Webb
Conduit Art Gallery
Crow Chandeliers
Cuellar Custom Upholstery
Culp Associates
Curtis Specialized Moving & Storage
de Gournay
DSI Southwest
E & D Plastics
Fabricut
Forbes & Lomax
Fortuny
Gary Cox at Cox Flooring
Gaston y Daniela
Hilltop Construction
Houles
Iatesta Studio
Interior Textile Solutions
Jackson Pottery
Jan Showers Collection
Keep It Up, Inc.
Kravet, Inc.
L & B Upholstery
Lennox Hill
Leontine Linens
Louis Gloria Painting LLC
Markel Electric, LLC
Millet the Printer
Molly Coelho Illustrations
Nick Brock & Company
Porta Romana
Powder & Protective Coatings Texas
Salgado Saucier
Samuel & Sons
Stephen Karlisch Photography
Sound Image
The Essential Market
The Shade Store
Trunk Curated
Twill Wallcovering- Installations Ltd
Vickery Greenhouse