A s Manhattan neighborhoods go, Kips Bay Decorator Show House. The tradition began in 1973 as a way to raise funds for after school and enrichment programs for NYC kids. Not only did this tradition of transforming a home into a designer’s wonderland survive, it thrived, expanding first to Palm Springs and then to Dallas, where the city slo- gan is “Big Things Happen Here.” The Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas team clearly took that to heart as they hosted their second iteration, massively transforming a neo-Georgian mansion in Dallas’ Old Preston Hollow and welcoming visitors in person and via virtual tours. Decorated areas included both indoor doesn’t call to mind vivid urban scenes like Little Italy or Chinatown. But this small square of the island’s east side has claims to fame— including the singular legacy of the Kips Bay T E X T PAUL HAGEN
BELOW: Gil Melott of Studio 6F opened up this kitchen by removing a butler’s pantry and installing a swathe of windows. Fixtures by Kohler . RIGHT: Meanwhile, Brant McFarlain reinvented this bathing “Sanctuary” with features such as private water closet entrances and a vanity and faucets by Kohler .
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