A Time to Give: Design on a Dime 2009
Of all the celebrity-studded, glamorous New York benefits and charity galas, this one is always the most fun! Benefiting Housing Works, the largest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States, this event raised over $650,000 last year alone!
Created by my good friend James Huniford, of Huniford Design Studio, Design on a Dime invites decorators, design firms, shops, stylists, manufacturers and even your favorite magazines (Country Living) to set up a 10 foot by 8 foot room showcasing their wares, their ideas, and their supreme generosity! Here’s a link to my interview with David Boyer on the Housing Works website.
Of course, the best part of all of this is that EVERYTHING on display is for sale, at unbeatable Housing Works prices!! If you missed it this year, you can still try and catch a few great finds at a Housing Works shop, but put it on the “To Do” list for next year. I got a snap of fellow blogger, Heather Clawson of Habitually Chic, buying a fabulous neoclassical cachepot from my booth. A feather in both our caps!
This year’s event, Design on a Dime 2009, will benefit Housing Works 874 Jefferson Avenue Residence Project. A new Housing Development project consisting of 12 permanent units of supportive housing for single, formerly homeless adults living with HIV/AIDS, the Jefferson Avenue Residence Project will consist of the substantial renovation of a three-story brick building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
