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Last week, top New York City designers came together to raise money for Housing Works...and pulled out all the stops. We're naming favorites, from a horn-turned-vase to a SpongeBob-inspired room.
A look at the Nickelodeon-designed room. Photo: Amy Preiser
When you're dealing with a room filled with so many amazing designs, there's only so much you can praise for beauty. So I'm doling out a few less-expected awards to the crowd:
Design on a Dime Bests
Freshly folded shirts make for a lovely wall border over at the De La Torre Design Studio booth.
Yes, there was more than one -- Ramona was also there. Alex McCord shopped the HomeGoods booth, picking out lanterns and a gigantic butterfly chair (seen here) for her new garden. "I have a new rule," she told me. "I only buy things when the money goes to charity. I mean, I'm spending anyways, the money might as well go to a good cause."
An antique horn gets a second life as a perfect display for spring flowers at Tiger Lily's Greenwich's booth.
The mundane is blown-up into a mural and becomes suddenly fascinating over at the Paul Smith booth.
The in-house creative team for Nickelodeon created this surprisingly chic Spongebob-inspired booth.
A mantle filled with flowers? Yawn. A bunch of mini-mantles, each supporting a single bud vase? Now that we can get behind. Loving this look in Miles Redd's booth.
One of the night's sponsors, Valspar, had a big, inspiring booth filled with painted furniture of every color, type and style. And yes, it made me want to go right home and tackle my big, white entryway table.
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