We emerged into the light of the city via Penn Station, received by refracted sunlight, massive columns, yellow cabs immediately in my way, boom-box music, colourful voices, throngs of people…wonderful chaos. We walked past a line up for a Billy Joel concert - “New York state of mind…” how appropriate (was this a planned reception? If so, thank you).

In its 49th year, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House is considered a harbinger of spring in the city and on the day I visited the flowering trees and freshness in the air seemed fitting to what I was met with indoors. The mission of The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club is to ‘enrich and enhance the quality of life for young people’, nurturing kids aged 6-18 in the Bronx to reach their full potential through arts, education, sports and life skill programs. With 24 designers, countless vendors, trades and sponsors, the 5-floor Lenox Hill (Upper East Side) neo-Georgian townhouse was bedecked with beautiful expressions of enrichment.

Creating spaces that are personal, built on the client’s story and designed for a life well lived. A look back at our Chancellor Boulevard project and the details that went into bringing charm and personality into a town home in the University District.

My kitchen was always going to be green. The kitchen looks out on to our beloved garden, one we’ve been tending to my whole life. The green of the kitchen is an echo - perhaps ode - to this garden and the joy that it brings.