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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. Texas Design Week Dallas October 21 – 25, 2024 Save the Date: T e x a s D e s i g n We e k Dallas is October 21 though 25, 2024 — a week-long celebration of design with salon talks, panel discussions, book signings, product launches, and cocktails with some of the most well-known names in design and architecture. With Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas VIP Opening Day Thursday, October 24, and Kips Bay President's Dinner in Dallas on Wednesday, October 23, it's going to be an important and exciting week of design in Dallas. Confirmed to speak and sign books at Texas Design Week: Michael S. Smith; Brigette Romanek; Jake Arnold; Mark D. Sikes; Timothy Corrigan; India Hicks; Amanda Lindroth; Mike and Jenn Gracie and Zach Shea, Gracie wallpaper; Frederic magazine's Hudson Moore; Josh Young; Jonathan Savage; and Darren Henault; with more names to be announced. Ti c k e t s a n d f u l l s c h e d u l e a t t e x a s d e s i g n w e e k . c o m . F o r m o r e information and sponsorship inquiries, email events@texasdesignweek.com. F or nearly 50 years, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club has produced a dazzling Decorator Show House on the Upper East Side in New York City. The event, which doubles as the nonprofit's biggest fundraiser, is a boon for both its host city and the designers chosen to participate. In 2017, the elite event expanded to Palm Beach, then in 2020 to Dallas, where the show house and its chosen designers have transformed several sprawling homes in Old Preston Hollow. But the popular fundraiser often ran into conflict with the private Dallas enclave (and its Homeowners' Association) over concerns about traffic and parking. The conflict nearly came to a head this year, when a permitting issue threatened to drive Kips Bay out of Dallas for good. That's when Vipin Nambiar, founder of HN Capital Partners, made a call. "There's actually this château in Dallas that looks like a beautiful French mansion, but it's a vacant office building," By Caitlin Clark Nambiar recalls saying to them. "We might be able to save Kips Bay in Dallas this year." And save Kips Bay they did. The prestigious fall design event will have its VIP Opening Day on Thursday, October 24, and opens to the public on Friday, October 25, for three weeks at 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard, a sprawling French Renaissance-style estate (owned by Nambiar and HN Capital Partners), that sits between Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (also owned by HN Capital Partners) and the future Four Seasons Hotel & Residences. HN Capital acquired the 25,000-square- foot property, which was once intended to become Dallas' first Mandarin Oriental hotel, in 2021 and is still in the planning phase for its future. Nambiar's design-centric portfolio — which includes Virgin Hotels Dallas, W Dallas – Victory, Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, and a large swath of the Dallas Design District — aligns with his longtime support of the community. "This year will be a different type of layout, and the property is larger than our previous houses," says Nazira Handal, director of special events and corporate partnerships for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. "We're eager to see how the designers will transform this expansive area and the 2.3 acres of undeveloped land." Tickets for Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas VIP Preview (Thursday, October 24) and general admission (October 25 through November 13) are available at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org. Tickets are also available for Kips Bay President's Dinner at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek on Wednesday, October 23. The annual President's Dinner brings together leaders in the design industry and for the first time, President's Dinner guests will be able to explore the show house before it opens, followed by a seated dinner on the tented lawn at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek in a magnificent setting created by Todd Fiscus and Todd Events. For tickets, go to kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org. Veranda serves as the Dallas show house national media partner, and PaperCity serves as regional media partner. The prestigious annual show house nearly left Dallas, until the perfect property presented itself. The House that Saved the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas The 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas 22