This year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House, as many of you all know by
now, has moved to the West Side from the usual home or town house to a
two duplex at The Aldyn Residences located on Riverside Boulevard
between 62nd and 63th Streets.  I love this change especially because
it’s more true to a New York living style. 
I’m starting my
cover of this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House with the living room
designed by Bunny Williams, Brian J. McCarthy and David Kleinberg  since
it’s a tribute to the late Albert Hadley.  As the three designers
worked for Albert Hadley I couldn’t expect nothing short of the
fabulous as this room is.  I imagine it must  be a little
hard to work jointly with equally talented people, everyone has an idea
of their one, but they did it flawless and I think the mix of
cosmopolitan furniture and scale of the room is exactly like something
Mr. Hadley would’ve done himself.

A 6,000 foot duplex that has a private swimming pool on the 22nd floor
surely will have some big column support here and there.  I love what
they did with the one in this room, they did a black Venetian plaster
finish which continued up to the ceiling making it almost disappear.  I
imagine it disappears even more at nights.

 First I want to thank you for your beautiful comments and sweet emails. 
Soon, I hope, I can share with you what’s been pulling me away from the
computer and what’s been bugging me.
You know that when an event
involves show houses I cannot resist.  I had the honor of being invited
to a press preview to this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House and took a bunch of
pictures for you to drool over.  Oh, you will.  I was amazed at what is
to me the best Kips Bay house I’ve been to in years.  Every room is
uber-sophisticated and stunning.  The show house opened yesterday to the
public and everyone should go and pay a visit, it’s truly amazing!
It blows my mind every time I see a beautiful cause translated into
something, perhaps not equally as meaningful, but equally beautiful.  As
I have learned from my studies of Kabbalah, every physical blessing is a
simple reflection of something even more beautiful happening
spiritually.