The Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse is back in a townhouse on the Upper East Side this year. I for one, am pleased. I know modern apartment buildings show how people can live in more realistic environs with the ideas the designers dream up, but I love the townhouse format for its old world New York feel. The chosen location, 161 East 64th Street,  will be transformed this coming May 7th through June 4th. This year's showhouse chair, Bunny Williams brings her years of expertise and Kips Bay involvement, ensuring it will be another wonderful year. Sponsored by industry leaders, those generously participating are 1st Dibs, Architectural Digest, Benjamin Moore Paints, Hearst Design Group (comprised of Elle Decor, Veranda and House Beautiful) magazines, fabric houses Kravet, Koroseal, Scalamandre, Schumacher and appliance brand, Kitchen Aid. This is the charity's 41st year of the showhouse, a major event that ensures enriching after-school programs for underprivileged children get the necessary funding.

Here is the lineup of participating designers, some, such as Eve Robinson and Gomez and Associates are back in the showhouse fold, and others, like Kristen McGinnis and Robert Brown are making their debuts. 

Congratulations all:

Andrew Suvalsky Designs

Barbara Ostrom Associates

Christopher Peacock

Dineen Architecture + Design PC

Eve Robinson Associates

Felicia Zwebner Design

Garcia / Maldonado

Gomez Associates

Huniford Design Studio

Jack Levy Design

Judy King Interiors

Kathryn M. Ireland Textiles & Design

Kristen McGinnis Design Inc.

Monica Rich Kosann Photography

Nievera Williams Design

Robert Brown Interior Design

Sara Story Design

Stephen Mooney Interiors

West Chin Architect, PLLC