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Get Ready for Design on a Dime 2013!

One of my favorite charity events of the year is the annual Design on a Dime fundraiser for Housing works where more than 50 of the world’s top interior designers come together to create beautiful room vignettes full of donated merchandise which is all sold at  50 to 70 percent off retail pricing to benefit Housing Works’ wonderful programs that support people in NYC living with HIV/AIDS.  I’ve written about Design on a Dime each year since I started this blog 5 years ago and this year is extra special because for the first time I am participating as a …

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Design on a Dime 2012: Instagram Recap

The opening night benefit for Housing Works’ annual Design on a Dime fundraiser is always a super fun event that I look forward to each year. All the major players in the New York design community are there and it’s a great opportunity to catch up with one another and have a little fun while shopping for a great cause! Here’s a little recap of the night captured through the lens of my iPhone and my favorite app Instagram!

One of my first stops was HGTV designer Genevieve Gorder‘s booth for Valspar which was one of the event’s sponsors. …

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Design on a Dime 2012

One of my favorite charity events of the year is underway and if you’re in NYC this weekend I highly recommend visiting Design on a Dime – Housing Works’ annual benefit that supports the organization’s programs for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. Each year New York’s top interior designers create beautiful room vignettes for Design on a Dime and all of the items are available for sale at a significant discount off retail to benefit Housing Works. You can score some amazing deals for your home while supporting a great cause. It’s the perfect excuse to shop!…
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Design on a Dime 2011 Highlights

Tilton Fenwick for Traditional Home

This past weekend Housing Works hosted it’s annual Design on a Dime charity fundraiser which supports homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV & AIDS. Each year top interior designers create fabulous room vignettes for the event and all of the products used are sold at deep discounts to benefit Housing Works. This was the biggest year yet with 56 participating designers and a star studded roster of event chairs that included Nate Berkus, supermodel Iman, Good Morning America’s Lara Spencer and interior designers Charlotte Moss and James Huniford (who is a founding chair …

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Design on a Dime 2010


A fabulous bedroom vignette by Alan Tanskly. (I LOVED the John Robshaw bedding!)

A couple of weeks ago I attended the opening night party for Housing Works’ annual Design on a Dime fundraiser. Housing Works is a wonderful charity and chain of thrift shops in New York City that benefits homeless and low-income people living with HIV & AIDS. Each year the organization hosts a shopping fundraiser and enlists some of the top names in design to create fabulous room vignettes with donated, brand new luxury home furnishings as well as vintage and antique pieces which are sold at …

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Design on a Dime Stories

Before last week’s Design on a Dime benefit I had an opportunity to chat with a few of the designers as they were setting up their vignettes and I also caught up with a few more designers at the opening reception. It was fun hearing about their inspiration, the resources they used in their designs and especially the creative stories they came up with to help guide their design process.

Calypso Home’s vignette probably had one of my favorite back stories. This room belongs to a young woman who just had her heart broken by her boyfriend. The space has …