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18 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 launches Wednesday and Thursday September 23 and 24. It's open to the public through October 25. The show house 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, represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery, 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 for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, draws dozens of celebrated designers to transform a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side each year. 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 show house is at 5828 Woodland Drive in Old Preston Hollow, Dallas. Opening-night preview for Benefactors 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 designed by Corey Damen Jenkins, Kips Bay NYC 2019. Photograph Marco Ricca. LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING YOUR REALTOR IN 2020! ESSENTIAL WORKERS I Humbly & Gratefully THANK YOU!