The 2017 Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala Showcases An "All That Glitters" Event

The Annual Lenox Hill Neighborhood Gala 

written by Board Member, Su Hilty

 David Kleinberg

posing with the root cellar designs' duo at their table

Young Huh; Alix Lerman

It was a glitzy, glamorous night last Tuesday on April 18, 2017 as the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala hosted their annual black-tie fete.  The event is hosted each year at the historic, former bank in Grand Central Station, now Cipriani 42.  The space sets the tone with its gorgeous architecture and soaring ceilings.  Renowned interior designers and artists from all over the United States are invited to decorate a table and using the annual theme as their guide.  This year, 40 tables were turned out in the "All That Glitters" theme showing extravagant and creative designs.  

While I did not meet John Manice, long-time Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Board Member; I did have the opportunity to chat with renowned interior designer and Design Committee leader Geoffrey Bradfield, one of the two people honored during the evening.

Take a look at my recap of the fabulously designed tablescapes, each uniquely different, but truly inspired by this year's theme. While my focus was on the tables, I did manage to highlight a few designers and supporters.

Let the magic continue...please enjoy the overview.  I do hope you'll plan to attend the gala in 2018, and not only to support this wonderful neighborhood house, but in support of the talented design community, our dear designer friends and associates! For more inspiration, please follow hashtags #LHNHgala on social media.

About Lenox Hill Neighborhood House:
Since 1894, the Neighborhood House has served those in need who live, work or attend school on the Upper East Side.  It provides an extensive array of effective and integrated human services—social, educational, legal, health,housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness—which significantly improve the lives of 15,000 people in need each year.

 Michael Wainwright

Selina van der Veest

 Roric Tobin

 Andrea Stark

 McMillen, Inc.

 Byron C. James

Cathy Kincaid

 Rebecca Vizard

 Louis Navarette

Sedgewick & Brattle

 Paloma Contreras

 Dennis Rolland

 Villalobos Desio

 New York School of Interior Design

 Janus et Cie

 Grace Rosenstein

About IFDA
The International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA), founded in New York City in 1947 and now with 14
chapters worldwide, provides a professional forum for communication and interaction among its high-profile members.

The IFDA, a nonprofit volunteer-run association, also promotes career advancement and educational opportunities and is structured to increase public awareness of the furnishings and design industry through specialized programming, networking and service to the community.

This Thursday, Please Join Us For An Exciting Evening at Kitchen Showroom Fisher & Paykel

Please Join Us this Thursday, June 9 

5:30 pm

Fisher & Paykel's Experience Center 

150 East 58th Street

3rd floor

New York, New York

for 

 "How We Entertain Today"

featuring Allison Zisko, Tabletop Editor of HFN Magazine

followed by a table decorating demonstration from interior design duo of 

home textile company Root Cellar Designs

With Summer on the horizon, many of us will be hosting family and friends for summer gatherings.  On that note, we hope you will join us as we kick off the summer season at this beautiful kitchen showroom which recently opened in the A&D Building in New York City.   We will be nibble on delicious bites prepared by the showroom's in-house chefs and cooked on their state of the art kitchen appliances.  

Please purchase tickets here.

root cellar designs' dinner napkins

About Fisher & Paykel's Experience Center:

The Fisher & Paykel Experience Center is not a traditional retail space. The environment has been conceived as a social space where you can explore the full range of premium kitchen appliances and plan your future kitchen. The space incorporates New Zealand-designed kitchens that showcase new ways of integrating appliances as well as interactive design tools that help you plan and choose different layout possibilities.

IFDA NY chapter members -- out and about in New York City taking in a fall tabletop design event at Bilotta Kitchens

ART OF THE TABLE 2013 

Hosted by Bilotta Kitchens, Lenox

& Traditional Home magazine

 

written by Tamara Matthews-Stephenson

I attended the third annual “Art of the Table,” on October 17th where stunning design vignettes were debuted throughout the expansive Bilotta Kitchens showroom 

in the Architects Designers Building in New York City. 

Tori Mellott, Senior Markets Editor of Traditional Home hosted the evening with opening remarks 

Kent Brasloff's tabletop designs

Fall is a busy time for the 
design industry in New York City, 
and many of us must carefully mark our calendar 
in order to fit in the wonderfully inspiring events this season helping us stay current with what's happening in design.  Last week's tabletop event was jam-packed with designers and brands who came together to celebrate new tabletop and kitchen designs.  
At the event, 
four designers were invited to showcase their creative designs in the Bilotta showroom displays--
1. Kent Brasloff of Ask Kent & Co. who did the custom Bilotta display and bathroom/spa called "Contemporized Baroque."

2. Michael Schoeller & Joanna Darling of Schoeller + Darling did the Rutt Classic display in Lenox's Marchesa collection.
3. Interior designer Michael Tavano did the Rutt Regency Kitchen all in purples using Scalamandre items.
4. Darrin Varden of Darrin Varden Design did the Artcraft display using Dansk and Lenox products.

Take a look at IFDA NY friend, 
Kent Brasloff's stellar creations...

IFDA NY member, Maureen Klein 

created the curtains for Brasloff's kitchen design

screen by WindowTech

  dirty Lenox dishes in the sink add a playful note

 

Brasloff's designs in the kitchen continued to an adjoining

bathroom outfitted with luxurious details and designs.

Brasloff created a chic bathroom enticing with a fur draped bathtub, gorgeous Art Deco inspired screen, glamorous furniture and accessories, and petit fours served on a silver platter 

credited sources:
tableware, flatware, stemware & porcelain--Lenox
furs, factices & seating--Christopher Guy
pillows, shower curtains & linens--John Robshaw
Galaxy chandelier--Modulightor
bath towels--Waterworks
solar shade--Windowtech
carpet--Start Carpet 
curtains--Maureen Klein

These vignettes are on display 

and open to the public

at the Bilotta showroom 

until October 25th