Zoom to Kips Bay Dallas - Jennifer Sergent

I ADORE taking the train to New York in years that I’m able to visit the annual Kips Bay decorator show house. Sometimes I go with a friend, or sometimes alone — it’s like escaping into a fantasy land.

This spring, of course, was different. No one went anywhere. But now that Kips Bay is expanding into different regions, the inaugural showhouse in Dallas has just opened on Friday, and we can go! It’s just $20 to get a virtual tour, which shows you so much more than the photos below.

The chateau-like Kips Bay Dallas showhouse is at 5828 Woodland Drive, and it’s open now through October 25. Twenty-seven designers, architects and artists are participating. The front grounds above are by Lambert’s. All photography by Stephen Karlisch of Karlisch Photo.

The best thing is, you can listen to each designer lead you through his or her space — something you definitely can’t do, generally, by visiting in person. You can also examine the texture of a wall covering or custom cabinet up close, click to see which paint colors, fabrics and furnishings a designer used, and hone in on delightful details, such as a hand-washing station at the front door in the Rottet Studio entry, or a custom mask hanging with its matching outfit in the daughter’s bedroom closet by Michelle Nussbaumer.

Here are images from each space, which are just a taste of what you’ll get on the tour. These days, if you can’t travel, this showhouse will let you imagine that you did.

Entry and main staircase to the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse, by Rottet Studio — Entry by Rottet Studio

Lady's study at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse, by Jan Showers — Lady’s Study by Jan Showers

Yellow dining room in the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse, by Cathy Kincaid. — Dining Room, by Cathy Kincaid

Art gallery hall and powder room by Houston designer M Naeve at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Gallery Hall by M Naeve

Moroccan-inspired blue living room by Mark D. Sikes at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Living Room by Mark D. Sikes

Breakfast room and kitchen seating area by Marcus Mohon at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Breakfast Keeping Room by Marcus Mohon

Kitchen by Chad Dorsey with painted ceiling and custom brass hood at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Kitchen by Chad Dorsey (this is the informal family kitchen — the show kitchen is within the breakfast keeping room area above!)

Mudroom by Erin Sander at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Mudroom by Erin Sander

Family room by Viviano Viviano at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Family Room by Viviano Viviano (with an impressive barrel-roofed ceiling)

Full bar room by Sees Design with painted-mural ceiling and custom drapery at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Bar by Sees Design, named “Bunny Melancholy” (explained during the tour), which opens into the dining room and also to the rear hall through a pass-through with cafe curtains, delightful.

Back staircase and landing with De Gournay wallpaper by M Interiors at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Back staircase and landing by M Interiors

Blue powder room and "gossip room" by Traci Zeller at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Back powder room and “gossip vestibule” by Traci Zeller

Master bedroom sitting area and fireplace by KirstenKelli at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Master bedroom by KirstenKelli

Coffee and bar vestibule in master bath by Kevin Spearman, featuring de Gournay wallcovering, at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Coffee and bar vestibule in master bath by Doniphan Moore

Screened porch with painted brick walls and fireplace by Tracy Hardenburg at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas showhouse — Screened porch by Tracy Hardenburg

landscape and pool deck, fire pit with chaise longues and a swing by Dedon at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Rear landscape and pool deck by Melissa Gerstle

Bedroom with wallcovering by De Gournay and a color palette of turquoise red and yellow at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Downstairs bedroom by Dina Bandman

Upstairs landing art gallery by Liliana Bloch at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Upstairs landing by Liliana Bloch

Upstairs living room, lounge and bar by Ten Plus Three at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Upstairs Living Room and Bar by Ten Plus Three

Bathroom with tile by Kelly Wearstler by Studio Thomas James at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Upstairs Hall and Bath by Studio Thomas James

Media Room with custom audio systems and speakers, plus a swing daybed by Cravotta Interiors — Media Room by Cravotta Interiors

Funky loft with kaleidocope lights and funky art, furniture by Sherry Hayslip Interiors at the 2020 Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse — Loft by Sherry Hayslip Interiors

Moroccan-inspired daughter's bedroom by Michelle Nussbaumer at the 2020 Kips Bay showhouse — Tent-like, Moroccan-inspired daughter’s bedroom by Michelle Nussbaumer

A son's bedroom by Trish Sheats at the 2020 Dallas Kips Bay showhouse — Son’s bedroom by Trish Sheats

Guest bedroom by Wells Design at the 2020 Dallas Kips Bay showhouse — Guest bedroom by Wells Design

I hope you enjoyed this brief tour of the Dallas Kips Bay showhouse, which you can “walk through” anytime through October 25. What’s incredible about touring these rooms virtually is how much a single image doesn’t capture here.

I hope you’ll consider donating $20 to Kips Bay to get this personalized tour by each designer through every room and outdoor space — and engage in some major escapism in the absence of real travel!

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