KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE NYC - THROUGH OCT 13
80 Washington Place - 1st Floor
Designed by Sarah Witkin, Founder of Bilotta Architecture, with her mother, Regina Bilotta, Partner of Bilotta Kitchen & Home, PAUSA/STARE reimagines the 51st Kips Bay Decorator Show House kitchen as the social center of the home—a place to pause, to stay, and perhaps to stare. Channeling the cinematic scene of the Italian caffè, sculptural stone, mirror, polished metal and bold color choreograph the rituals of everyday life and set the stage to see and to be seen.
CONNECT, REFLECT & ENJOY UNIQUE ART + APERITIVO HOUR AT THE BAR
Meet featured guest artists and learn about the arts in the kitchen with art director Shawn Tang, Tang Thousand
PLEASE RSVP TO ONE OF OUR 4-6PM ART + APERITIVO HOURS AND PURCHASE TIMED SHOW HOUSE TICKETS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24 - KAWABI
Meet the talented team behind our pendant fixture!
Kawabi is the studio practice of Aaron and Irisa Chan-Kawabi based in Brooklyn. Inspired by their spiritual and aesthetic connection to the East, the duo explores the concept of inheritance and cultural heirlooms through the process of craft. Intentionally handmade and slow, each work incorporates traditional joinery and paper-making techniques to transform the familiar into new archetypes in form.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 - MIKE SERRA + AERI GO
Meet Mike Serra + Aeri Go!
Mike Ruiz Serra is a New York-based designer and RISD graduate who founded his studio in 2019, producing intuitively crafted furniture, lighting, and cast-iron hardware.
Aeri Go is a Seoul-born, New York-based artist and jeweler, trained at the Royal College of Art, whose practice centers ecology and more-than-human kinship.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 - ART + REAL ESTATE
View the latest interiors trends and discover how to bring value to real estate through striking kitchen design. Meet Shawn Tang to learn about the unique arts in our space and connect with other real estate professionals to expand your network in the luxury market.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 - ART + CLOSING PARTY
Meet Shawn Tang to learn about the unique arts in our space - (special guest artists TBD) - and celebrate the designers of the 51st Kips Bay Decorator Show House.
DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
With just 2 months to conceive, place orders, and and construct the kitchen, the meticulous execution of this project was truly a collaborative effort! The design took shape from an initial sketch over the listing photos, and a desire to expand and break up a long, dark narrow space with color, form, materiality, and the reflective surface of the mirror.
A new door style was developed with Bilotta Kitchen & Home featuring their signature 1-1/4” thick door with an integrated bullnose pull. A custom blue-green stain on flat-cut oak with a matte finish was drawn from flashes of green in the stunning Artistic Tile Patagonia slabs and provides a grounding organic warmth and tactility to the design. This is balanced by the cream colored lacquered cabinetry finished in Benjamin Moore’s White Blush. Interiors are finished in BM’s Palladian blue and feature custom natural oak accessories.
Stone details fabricated by the talented Vista Stone steal the show; bullnose Patagonia edges line the curved sink counter and wrap the interior of the Naica seating counter, while perfect miters on the Patagonia cooking island give the impression of a solid volume of stone.
property listing photo before renovation
