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to the big event. " ese events always
have a luncheon for the sponsors and
decorators who are involved with the
project," he explains. Nazira Handal,
Director of Special Events & Corporate
Partnerships for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls
Club's Kips Bay Decorator Show House
New York, Palm Beach and Dallas (which
opens Friday, September 24, 2021) says
'Off ering the organizers a discounted rate
for services to build this relationship is a
great start."
" e organizers not only handle vendors
for the show house's opening events but
also are asked for recommendations for
corporate events throughout the run of
the show house, so are in need of fl orists
to tap for all of those events," Handal adds.
Such events are not the place for fl orists
to skimp. Often, the fl orist is given the
color scheme and can then interpret the
theme with his or her personal fl air. After
all, where else could a local fl orist have
the eyes of so many prominent decorators
on their work? So that all guests know
who designed the fl oral décor, fl orists
should negotiate to have their business
cards placed on the tables.
Another idea that Mandel suggests is
off ering to design a bathroom at a show
house (the designers prefer to call them
powder rooms). Sometimes, fl orists really
jump into the role of interior designer
and volunteer to design an entire room.
In Michigan earlier this year, the
indefatigable Liana Dabir, who was the
chair of the Junior League of Detroit's
Designers' Show House, helped transform
the historic Charles T. Fisher Mansion
(currently owned by actor Hill Harper)
into a show house.
Photographs by Lewis Miller
