Julieta Alvarez, Pierre Frey Sales and Marketing Assistant, gave us a behind-the-scenes tour of the Kips Bay Showhouse last week. As a volunteer for the showhouse, she gave us the inside scoop shared her experience working with top designers.
By Julieta Alvarez
After deciding to volunteer at Kips Bay Showhouse with three of my favorite classmates from New York School of Interior Design (NYSID), I got to be part of one of the best events in the industry—and it was a blast! I had never been to the Showhouse before, but after seeing it in person, I'll be there every year from now on!
This year, 22 top interior designers were chosen to decorate rooms in a beautiful neo-Federalist style home on 63rd Street in Manhattan. The spaces included bathrooms, kitchens, stairways, hallways patios and a backyard, leaving no space un-designed.
One of the tasks of a volunteer included learning about the materials in the rooms, including the wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, colors and more. By doing so, we were able to learn about a few rooms we loved and then spend time in them while telling the coming and going visitors all about it.
My job at the D&D Building also made me even more interested in knowing which product came from the showrooms I love. Everyone wants to know what materials and product make up the room, and as long as I made sure they didn't go beyond the red velvet rope, I had the luxury of talking shop with them for as long as they wanted!
Stay tuned for more from Julieta's experience at Kips Bay Showhouse to learn which rooms stood out most for her, and visit her design blog to hear more from her.
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