Kips Bay Decorator Show House 2022

“No Bad Mondays” is our sitting room for the Kips Bay Decorator Show House fundraisers, benefiting Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in NYC, and the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County. We envisioned this room as a cheerful, sunny room to start your days. So many of us face the “Sunday Scaries” and have a “Case of the Mondays,” and having a dedicated space to begin your day with some gentle, easy wins – a quick morning meditation, a Wordle, a quick review of emails, your first cup of caffeine – would set the tone for a great week ahead.

We started our design, inspired by the iconic pastels of Palm Beach, choosing Benjamin Moore “Hidden Sanctuary” as our lavender-lilac pink. Porter Teleo created their handpainted wallpaper, “Tangled,” in a custom colorway to match. Our drapes, a humorous toile of beachy scenes designed by Sasha Bikoff for Fabricut, add a playful take on traditional – paired with the bauble trim and wooden shades, from The Shade Store. Then in our signature style of layering antiquities with reupholstery and modern, we juxtaposed heavily carved antiques from Chairish with CNC-cut solid wood tables from Ottra. We customized the center table to a continental table height (~24”) so that one can eat on, or work on a laptop from, this table at a comfortable height while seated on the sofa. Our sofa, recovered in Soane Britain textiles and Fabricut bullion fringe, is a nod to the former city life, as prior to the Show House, it was Noz’s own San Francisco sofa! Additional elements in the room are the brass chain pendant from Trueing Studio; sconces, floor lamp, ceiling wallpaper, and blue 1-legged console from Soane Britain; leather-and-suede bistro chairs from Ochre; antique Persian Heriz rug from Arsin Rug Gallery; monkey table from Currey & Company; and last but not least, our stunning artwork titled “New York Love” is by Bronx-based artist, James Sexer Rodriguez – a celebrated gallery-rep’d street artist and alum of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.