Anne BildEach year, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club turns to leading designers and architects to transform a home in support of the organization’s mission. As the first Show House in New York since 2019, the 22 selected participants designed to impress and did not disappoint. The chosen location—the historic River Mansion on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—housed several high-profile residents throughout its lifetime, including actress Julia Marlowe and the Bronfman family, of Seagram’s. Among each room’s many points of inspiration, windows were not an afterthought.
Georgis & Mirgorodsky
Designed as a modern cross between a dining room and a hookah lounge, New York City’s Georgis & Mirgorodsky invited guests to max and relax in sumptuous style. The historic interiors of Cairo, Istanbul and Damascus inspired each aspect of this space, promoting a union of Eastern and Western sensibilities. To make use of the natural light—and to not overwhelm the room—a simple window treatment was chosen, but to differentiate between the space’s three distinct areas, Georgis & Mirgorodsky picked Ottoman portiere panels.
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Halden Interiors
To deck out this den, New York’s Halden Interiors settled on vines as its influence. Symbolizing connection, friendship, strength and determination, the resulting space is full of natural touches grounded in artistic elements. One major moment comes in the form of Kravet’s Cuzco Verde Gastón y Daniela window fabric, which aims to whisk you away to a place of peace. A bespoke Italian Murano glass tulip chandelier by Cosulich Interiors & Antiques completes the picture and could be called a crowning achievement.
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JayJeffers Inc.
San Francisco designer Jay Jeffers used his California-living experience to inform his composition of this East Coast library. With an emphasis on the memories that are to be made within its walls, special attention was given to the window and its seat. Jeffers selected Abstract 1928 by Zoffany for the draperies and The Shade Store’s Artisan Weaves blinds in Cove for the surrounding windows. Everyone knows that the seat is just as important as the windows themselves, so he picked a tweed fabric design (Cestino) by Harlequin.
Mary McDonald, Inc.
To transform this bedroom, Los Angeles designer Mary McDonald looked to her fellow females—particularly those of the past—for inspiration. Well-traveled women enjoy living among their collected curiosities, so McDonald made sure to fill the room with patterns and classical motifs. In keeping with what her name of the room, “Lady Borromeo’s Grotto,” wallpaper by Schumacher (Shell Grotto) and a mollusk-like Liz O’Brien lighting fixture complement the window treatments, which bring an otherworldly glow to the space. Even the barnacles at the bottom of the sea would float to the surface to spend a night in this haven.
