Tour the 2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York
For this 50th anniversary edition, two dozen designers including James Huniford, Alexa Hampton, and Corey Damen Jenkins created imaginative spaces filled with bold artisan details
They say good things come to those who wait. And after being delayed from its customary spring opening, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York is finally opening its doors. From the first moment visitors step through the front entrance of the 9,000-square-foot residence at 20 West 12th Street, all is forgotten as guests are instantly swept up in a breathtaking array of creativity, color, and imagination.
For the entryway, designer Jack Ovadia of Ovadia Design Group, who is making his Kips Bay debut, enveloped the room in a noirish plum shade, its deep tones offering a taste of what’s to come, with other talents like Leyden Lewis, Jim Dove, and Olivia Williams Studio, leaning into darker jewel tones throughout their rooms. Other creatives, like Corey Damen Jenkins, Andrea Schumacher, Jennifer Cohler Mason, and Tiffany Skilling embraced pattern, wrapping walls in fanciful wallpapers that conjured fairy-tale like atmospheres.
Yet for all the Made Good furnishings; Romo, Phillip Jeffries, and Gracie wallpapers; artworks by Isaac Julien, Robert Dash, and Jim Dine; Kravet and Sanderson fabrics; The Shade Store window treatments; and Benjamin Moore paints, the most important element of the Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York is its fundraising efforts, and over the course of its 50-year history, the event has raised more than $30 million for the organization that serves more than 11,000 children and teens throughout the Bronx with essential afterschool and enrichment programs.
“This is a monumental moment—not only in the history of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, but also within the design community,” says James Druckman, President of the Board of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. “We are deeply grateful to the members of our community who have supported the Show House and our mission over the years.”
“This event is more than a showcase of top design talent, it’s our biggest fundraising event of the year for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club,” says Daniel Quintero, the Executive Director of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. “The amount of dedication from each designer and our sponsors is truly remarkable. Each team shares our vision of making this year’s Show House the most impactful one yet.”
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House New York is now open at 20 West 12th Street and is available to tour through October 19.