Design on a Dime
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Housing Works 8th Annual Design on a Dime Opening Night Reception will take place on Thursday, April 26 2012.
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Housing Works hosted the 7th Annual Design on a Dime opening reception on May 5, a three-day charitable interior design event, silent auction and public sale that raises funds for Housing Works’ lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.
Last year’s event showcased the largest-ever roster of designers and celebrities who created 56 gorgeous room vignettes using new, donated merchandise, which was then sold for 50 to 70% off. All five of this year’s co-chairs, Iman, Nate Berkus, James Huniford, Charlotte Moss, and Lara Spencer, were in attendance. They mingled in the HSBC Private Bank lounge sipping on Chopin frescas and Brooklyn brews with other guests and VIPs, including Andy Cohen, Miles Redd and Suysel and Anne of Tilton Fenwick.
Celebrity guests included Iman (Founder and CEO of IMAN Home Fabrics), Nate Berkus (Designer & Host of “The Nate Berkus Show”), Andy Cohen (Host of “Watch What Happens Live”), Lara Spencer (Host of The Insider and celebrated designer), Charlotte Moss (Acclaimed designer and author), James Huniford (Designer), Robert Verdi (TV Personality), Alex McCord & Simon van Kempen (Real Housewives of NY), Petra Nemcova (Model), Ramona & Mario Singer (Real Housewives of NY), June Ambrose (Author & Celebrity Stylist), Derek Warburton (Stylist), Mike Woods (Media personality), Terri Stevens (Project Runway), Fern Malis (Executive Director of the Fashion Council)
Get A Room
All profits from Design on a Dime help Housing Works “Get A Room” for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. Founded in 1990, Housing Works provides lifesaving services to homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. Since 2005, Design on a Dime has raised more than $2 million in support of Housing Works.
Proceeds from the event benefitted 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 involve the substantial renovation of a three-story brick building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
874 Jefferson Avenue will incorporate many sustainable design and construction techniques, including no-VOC paints and adhesives, floor tiles made of 85% quartz and other recycled materials, and furniture made with recycled plastics. Like all of our housing facilities, the 874 Jefferson Avenue Residence will be designed to be a place where residents will want to live, not a place of last resort.
Thanks to the success of Design on a Dime the 874 Jefferson Avenue Residences are slated to open in spring of 2012.
