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MARCO RICCA W ith two opening nights and a roster of 27 designers and architects from around the country, the inaugural Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas opens Wednesday and Thursday, September 23 and 24, with the show house open to the public through October 25. The show house — an elegant Provence-inspired estate at 5828 Woodland Drive in the historic Woodland Estates neighborhood of Old Preston Hollow — is co- chaired by Christopher Peacock and Jan Showers, with vice-chairs Jean Liu and Chad Dorsey, along with Veranda editor in chief Steele Marcoux as honorary chair. Designers have been selected from Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and throughout the U.S., and include: Cathy Kincaid Interiors, Dallas; Chad Dorsey Design, Dallas, L.A.; Cravotta Interiors, Austin; Dina Bandman Interiors, San Francisco; Doniphan Moore Interiors, Dallas; Erin Sander Design, Dallas; Jan Showers, Dallas; Kevin Spearman Design Group, Houston, NYC; Kirsten Kelli, Dallas, NYC, Greenwich; Lambert Landscape Company, Dallas; artist Letitia Huckaby, Fort Worth, Dallas; M Interiors, Dallas; M Naeve, Houston; Marcus Mohon Interiors, Austin, Houston; Mark D. Sikes Interiors, L.A.; Melissa Gerstle Design, Dallas; Michelle Nussbaumer, Dallas; Rottet Studio, Houston; Sees Design, Dallas; Sherry Hayslip Interiors, Dallas; Studio Thomas James, Dallas; Ten Plus Three, Dallas; Traci Zeller Interiors, Charlotte; Tracy Hardenburg Designs, Dallas; Trish Sheats Interior Design, Dallas- Fort Worth; Viviano Viviano, Houston; and Wells Design, Dallas, Houston. The legendary Kips Bay Decorator Show House, founded in 1973 as a fundraiser to benefi t Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, each year draws dozens of celebrated designers and architects to transform a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side. For 47 years, the deans of decorating have all participated: Sister Parish, Albert Hadley, Mark Hampton, McMillen Inc., David Easton, Irvine & Fleming, and Mario Buatta. The Manhattan show house attracts about 15,000 visitors each May (this year's Kips Bay NYC was postponed due to COVID-19). It's been so successful that three years ago, Kips Bay added an annual Palm Beach show house. And now Dallas. Veranda magazine takes the lead as national media sponsor, with PaperCity and D Home serving as local media sponsors. The Dallas show house benefi ts Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York City; Dwell with Dignity, a Dallas nonprofi t that creates soothing, inspiring homes for families struggling with homelessness and poverty; and The Crystal Charity Ball, which supports and makes contributions to children's charities in Dallas County. Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas Benefactor opening-night preview Wednesday, September 23, 6 to 9 pm, $1,000 to $10,000; tickets for opening-night preview cocktail party Thursday, September 24, 6 to 9 pm, $250 and $500. General show house tickets for September 25 – October 25, $40, at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse. org. Rebecca Sherman KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE DALLAS OPENS WITH TWO PREVIEW NIGHTS. A room by Corey Damen Jenkins, Kips Bay NYC, 2019 MATTHEW WILLAIMS Bar by Studio DB, Kips Bay NYC 2019