Kips Bay Decorator Show House Announces 2019 Location

Timothy Latterner
The annual show house returns to the Upper East Side with some of the city’s top decorators

For its 47th year, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House is returning to the Upper East Side, with a star-studded group of designers and decorators ready to get to work. This year’s show house will be located at 36-38 East 74th Street.

The decorator show house, put on by the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, will invite some of the most talented interior designers to work together to reimagine the home as an exhibition of expertly crafted design. Each year, the home draws in 15,000 visitors to raise money for the community youth organization’s after-school programs.

The 40-foot-wide townhouse is currently on the market for $30,000,000. It covers 12,425 square feet over six floors and features a spiral staircase, an elevator, ten working fireplaces, a garden, an art studio, and 17-foot-high ceilings.

“Every year, we work hard to find an exceptional house that will act as the ideal setting for renowned designers from all over the world to display their personal styles,” said Kips Bay president’s dinner chair and AD 100 designer Bunny Williams in a statement. “The 2019 Kips Bay Decorator Show House is no exception and offers endless opportunities for this year’s group of designers.”

The home, originally built in 1920 by D. & J. Jardine, was formerly owned by some of New York’s high-society moguls like George Whitney Calhoun and Dorothy Hearst Paley. The home is within walking distance from some of the best parks and museums in the city.

“This year’s show house is incredibly unique and will beautifully showcase the impressive talents of this year’s renowned team of designers,” said cochair and AD 100 designer Jamie Drake in a statement. Fellow cochair and AD100 designer Alexa Hampton added, “It’s the perfect backdrop for creativity, and we are eager to share the transformed show house with the public and designers alike to raise essential funding for New York City’s youth.”

More from AD PRO: Has Instagram Made Design Shows Better?

Sign up for the AD PRO newsletter for all the design news you need to know