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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. B SH, a leader in luxury home appliances, recently unveiled a stunning new 14,847-square-foot BSH Experience & Design Center in Houston's Post Oak Plaza, one of only eight in the U.S. The space is divided into areas dedicated to Bosch, Gaggenau, and Thermador with built-out kitchen vignettes allowing customers to experience state-of-the- art ranges, cooktops, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, and espresso machines in action, and live kitchens for interactive cooking sessions. More than a pretty showroom, the space functions as a training center for architects, designers, and builders who want to learn the capabilities and functions of the appliances to better inform their clients. BSH Experience & Design Center, Post Oak Plaza, 1749 Post Oak Blvd., bsh-group. com/us. Caitlin Hsu R eece Bath+Kitchen has taken over the former home of Krispen on Westheimer. The Australia-based company, which originally made the leap to the U.S. in 2018, designed and built its first Reece Bath+Kitchen showroom in The Woodlands last year. The new River Oaks location is packed with luxury brands for the bath, kitchen, laundry, and outdoor spaces, including La Cornue, Thermador, Miele, GE Monogram, JennAir, Viking, Kohler, Dornbracht, and Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, as well as exclusives such as John Michael Studio cabinetry, MoMo hardware, Zuster vanities, and Posh faucets. At the heart of the space is Reece's signature Design Lab, where customers consult and collaborate with specialists over wine, coffee, or flavored sparkling water from a Zip Water faucet, an innovative Australian brand carried by the showroom. Reece Bath+Kitchen, 3723 Westheimer Road, reecebathandkitchen.com. Caitlin Hsu O ctober is always arts month — more so than ever this fall, when the museum, performing, and visual class rule Smythson pages and Apple 15 Pro calendars. Here's where to be an art-world insider. (Note: Just like Andy Warhol double-booked, two nights require leaping from one fête to another.) PaperCity steps up as media sponsor for six of these great eight evenings. Saturday, October 5: Art League Houston Texas Artist of the Year Gala at Thompson Kitchen & Bath Oh My Bosch! Reece's Pieces Above left: A Gaggenau kitchen design; Gaggenau is carried at the new BSH Experience & Design Center. Reece Bath+Kitchen Woodlands location; Reece has opened a showroom on Westheimer. Houston (artleaguehouston. org) and Sculpture Month Houston opens at The Silos ( s c u l p t u re m o n t h h o u s t o n . org). Saturday, October 12: Houston Arts Alliance Gala: The World's Stage at Hobby Center (houstonartsalliance.com). Friday, October 18: Houston Grand Opera Opening Night, Il Travatore, and Dinner at Wortham Center (houstongrandopera. org). Thursday, October 24: Menil Party in the Park at Menil Park (menil.org). Friday, October 25: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Grand Gala Centennial Ball at the MFAH (mfah.org). Saturday, October 26: Children's Museum Houston Gala, The Noir Ball, at The Corinthian (cmhouston. org) and Orange Show 43rd Annual Gala: DaliDada, A Surrealist Soirée at Orange Show World HQ (osgala.givesmart.com). Catherine D. Anspon Two New The Great Eight Social Diary: Showrooms 26