Kips Bay Decorator Show House 2013

Living Room by Barbara Ostrom

Exciting textures, prints and materials dominate the recent Kips Bay Decorator Show House.  This year the annual fundraising event is held at the Sharp townhouse in New York’s Upper East Side.  Designers from all over are invited to design one of the rooms to wherever their imagination takes them.

Designer Barbara Ostrom layered her sitting room in a wide range of textures that resulted in a relaxing and inviting space (see photo above).  Covering the floor is a Stark sisal carpet upon which Ostrom added a striking zebra print rug.  The gilded Louis XVI armchairs provide sophistication and elegance.  Ostrom gilded the ceiling with a lattice pattern, adding another layer of complexity. To prevent the room from getting too stuffy, Ostrom added a fun fur-covered footstool. 

Gilt ceiling by Andrei Chichkine with Barbara Ostrom

Family Lounge by Eve Robinson

For her family lounge, designer Eve Robinson reimagined the midcentury look.  Using a few vintage chairs and a sofa designed by Danish Jens Risom from the mid 1900s, Robinson reupholstered them in modern muted purple hues.  The vintage game table is from L’Art de Vivre and the lounge chair is fromLorin Marsh.  Pulling the whole room together is a silver gray hide rug designed by Britto Charette.

Family Lounge by Eve Robinson

Designer Sara Story based her inspiration for the living room on her bamboo patterned wallpaper.  The geometric shapes of the bamboo led her to choose the fun cubist sofas and triangular pillows.  The black and white geometric rug is from Flor. 

Living Room by Sara Story

Sitting Room by Jack Levy

Another space with unique wallpaper print is Jack Levy’s sitting room.  Floating around the room is a quirky wallpaper of colorful fish that somehow tied an eclectic room together.  The tiered side table is from Fornasetti and the floral rug from Beauvais Carpets. 

For more wonderful Kips Bay rooms, check out our Designer Monthly.

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Comments

[Andy Lock]

Those textures are exquisite and so is the bamboo patterned wallpaper. However there's no doubt that the furnitures etc. contributed to a great extent. And great photography too. My favorite - Family Lounge by Eve Robinson

[Lorenzo]

it is beautifull. Thanks.
Lorenzo
www.joyeriaservan.com

[kentorini]

these are extrordinary pieces, can i buy them anywhere in the netherlands?
it gives an awesome home design with taste of old fashion.
and those 2 tables from the Sara Story design are awesome.

thanks for showing.

[Wedding bands]

The texture, colour and furniture of the rooms are complimentary for each other. Actually it give amazing look to house and if any one can design room in such away then i am sure that you will gain uncountable compliment from your guest and others.