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title: A Sneak Peek Inside the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas
description: A first look at renderings for The Withdrawing Room by Fonde Interiors and The Morning Room by Coco & Dash Interiors at the 2026 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas.
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# [A Sneak Peek Inside the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas](https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/kips-bay-decorator-show-house-dallas-sneak-peek)

 Written by [Dallas Market Center](https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/author/dallas-market-center) | October 27, 2026

The countdown is officially on. In just a few weeks, the doors at 2999 Turtle Creek Blvd. will open for the [2026 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas](https://www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org/dallasplanyourvisit), and earlier this month, we told you that two of Dallas Market Center’s Design Ambassadors, [Coco & Dash Interiors](https://cocoanddash.com/pages/interiors-1) and [Fonde Interiors](https://www.fondeinteriors.com/), are among this year’s featured designers. 

Now, we’re pulling back the curtain (just a little).

We got an early look at the renderings for both rooms, and they make a perfect pair. One is designed for the start of the day, the other for its end. One is a light-filled retreat for a woman with a full life; the other is a dark, flower-filled hideaway inspired by the women who kept whole worlds to themselves. Both are deeply personal and built around a single, timeless idea: every woman deserves a room of her own.

Here’s what to expect.

# Fonde Interiors | The Withdrawing Room

Before it became the drawing room, the withdrawing room was where women retreated after dinner, leaving the formality of the table (and the performance of the evening) behind to spend a little time belonging only to themselves.

For designer [Jen Stevens](https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/design-ambassador-picks-jen-stevens-fonde-interiors) of Fonde Interiors, that history became personal. The room began with her great-aunt Dottie, a fiercely independent Anglophile who loved literature, antiques, and travel, and who lived her life very much on her own terms. Dottie is the muse, but the room reaches further, becoming a love letter to generations of adventurous women and the private worlds they kept, full of beauty, curiosity, desire, and parts of themselves reserved only for those invited in.

## Proper at First Glance, Wild Up Close

Rooted in English tradition, The Withdrawing Room looks formal from the doorway, but something wilder is stirring. Benjamin Moore’s Hasbrouck Brown wraps the space in a rich, dark backdrop for a bespoke, hand-drawn millefleur wallcovering by Wall Snobs. Inspired by the densely flowered fields of historic tapestries, the blooms gather one upon another until the walls feel less decorated than overtaken, somewhere between a cultivated garden and one left to grow freely.

The fireplace is where that tension truly comes to life. Casci Ornamental Plaster created the classical mantel surround and the laurel ornament that traces the room. From there, artist Amanda Norman’s hand-sculpted botanical plasterwork, developed specifically for this installation, begins to grow. It rises from the fireplace, climbs the chimney breast, and eventually escapes onto the ceiling, as if the garden found its way inside and simply kept going. An Arabescato Vagli marble hearth from Artistic Tile, fabricated by Il Granito, grounds it all.

## A Quiet Glow

The deeper you go, the more personal it gets. An antique chinoiserie cabinet, brought home from China by Jen’s great-grandmother and passed down through her family for generations, anchors the room in her own history. Underfoot, a Persian Mashad rug more than a century old from Arsin Rug Gallery carries the softened beauty of a life already lived.

Around these heirlooms, the room comes together in layers. A Vanguard sofa and Norwalk club chairs from MC Studio invite long conversations, while two Kopi accent tables from Arteriors offer the perfect landing spot for a beloved book of poetry. Work by Jarrod Oram Fine Art Photography hangs overhead, and antique furnishings and collected objects keep the space from ever feeling too composed.

Light is handled with the same intimacy. Sheer Wool Blend window treatments in Cloud from The Shade Store filter the daylight, while sable velvet drapery from Perennials, gathered with brass Houles tiebacks, closes the room off from the world outside. Overhead, the Dennis & Leen Navarre Lantern from Culp Associates adds a more masculine counterpoint to the romantic florals, and AKA Seneca Sash sconces cast a quiet glow around the fireplace.

Realized in close collaboration with Axiom Builders, The Withdrawing Room celebrates the private lives of women and the beauty that emerges when the outside world falls away. It’s a room for withdrawing, but never disappearing.

# Coco & Dash Interiors | The Morning Room

If The Withdrawing Room is where the evening ends, The Morning Room is where the day begins, slowly and beautifully.

Designed by [Courtney Garrigan and Teddie Garrigan](https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/design-ambassadors-coco-dash) of Coco & Dash Interiors, the space is part bedroom and part sitting room, conceived for a woman with a full life who wants a place of her own, but not always to herself.

## The Human Touch

Much of The Morning Room was made specifically for the woman who lives there, and it shows. RDO Custom shaped the built-ins to feel as though they had always been there. Martin Painting Corporation layered decorative painting and hand-applied finishes in Benjamin Moore paint, and Twill hung the Thibaut wallcovering carefully, panel by panel. There are brushstrokes to notice, seams to follow, and small details that remind you someone’s hands were here.

At the heart of the room sits the bed, made softer and more enveloping by bed hangings fashioned by Custom Workroom Services from Schumacher and Thibaut fabrics and finished with Samuel & Sons trims. It’s dressed in bespoke linens by Leontine Linens over a Vispring mattress — perfect for lingering a little longer in the morning. At the windows, drapery from The Shade Store in a Schumacher floral softens the light as it enters, and a custom Patterson Flynn abaca rug adds pattern and warmth underfoot.

## Collected Over Time

Nothing in The Morning Room feels newly assembled. A Gracie cocktail table lives alongside lighting from Savoy House and Lamp Shoppe and a fireplace screen by Claire Crowe. Furnishings and accessories provided through Dallas Market Center’s sponsorship join pieces from Allan Knight, Ethan & Associates, and Culp Associates, along with antiques sourced from Nick Brock & Company. Art, books, and objects fill in the spaces between, while reaching branches and delicate bud vases bring the outdoors in.

Some things are useful, some are beautiful, some have a little humor, and some are there simply because they hold a memory. Old sits beside new, pattern talks to pattern, and color moves from one corner of the room to another, giving the space the comfortable feeling of having come together slowly over time.

Above all, The Morning Room is about the pleasure of being at home.

# Six for Six

With Coco & Dash Interiors and Fonde Interiors joining the 2026 lineup, all six firms in DMC’s inaugural Design Ambassador Program (Burkle Creative, Coco & Dash Interiors, Fonde Interiors, Maestri, Pulp Design Studios, and Yates Desygn) have now designed rooms for the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas. We couldn’t be prouder to support them, and the Show House, this year. Learn more about the program at [dallasmarketcenter.com/designambassadors](https://dallasmarketcenter.com/designambassadors/).

# Plan Your Visit

Renderings only tell part of the story, and these are rooms meant to be experienced in person. The opening day preview takes place Friday, November 13, followed by the public opening on Saturday, November 14. The Show House is open through Sunday, December 6, and since 2026 marks its final year at 2999 Turtle Creek Blvd., this is your last chance to see what designers can do with this remarkable estate.

Every ticket supports Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, Dwell with Dignity, and The Crystal Charity Ball. Tickets and details are available at [kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org](https://www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org/).

And while you’re filling in your calendar, save the date for the next [Total Home & Gift Market](https://dallasmarketcenter.com/upcoming-markets/dallas-total-home-gift-market-94ce5bffde3268f4603b9740d7068605/), January 6–12, 2027, running alongside [Lightovation](https://dallasmarketcenter.com/lightovation) (January 6–9), the largest residential lighting show in North America, with [Lightovation Design + Build Day](https://dallasmarketcenter.com/upcoming-markets/lightovation-design-build-day-3e306d7db411d24939f20c1a08f6881d/) taking place January 5.

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