
Grade’s Personal Time room at Holiday House NYC 2011. Photo via Grade
Critical acclaim, top interior designers, jaw dropping interiors, a stunning venue and one amazing cause, breast cancer research. That’s Holiday House NYC in a beautiful nut shell that the Nut Cracker himself couldn’t break. After attending the star studded Opening Night Gala a couple of weeks ago, we couldn’t resist reliving some of our favorites from Holiday House Past.
In fact, we were involved in the very first Holiday House NYC in 2008. Back then SuperStrata was an eponymous design studio run by our founder Jonas Everets under the moniker Jonas Everets Design. Jonas was thrilled when interior designer Kathy Abbott approached JED to do a custom wall treatment for her Kwanza themed room. The answer was a resounding yes! Beyond having a passion for great design, Holiday House’s mission was near and dear to his heart.
That first year brought together top designers and participants under a theme that is hard not to rally around- celebrate life! Every designer was asked to choose an inspirational holiday to design his or her space around in the historic Upper East Side mansion that would become Holiday House NYC’s home, Academy Mansion. Over the next six years the showhouse has seen top talent from the New York City interior design scene transform the Academy Mansion into a glorious and often luxurious homage to the beauty of life itself.

James Rixner‘s Engagement room at Holiday House NYC 2008. Photo via The Quest for “It”

Kelley Proxmire‘s Bedroom for a Holiday room at Holiday House NYC 2008. Photo via Visual Vamp

Interior Designer Kathy Abbott’s Kwanza themed room with a subtle lime paint wall treatment by SuperStrata in the 2008 Holiday House. Photo via Kathy Abbott

Designer Barbara Ostrom‘s Festival of the Stag room at Holiday House NYC 2009. Photo via Habitually Chic

Diane Durocher‘s Winter Solstice room at Holiday House NYC 2009. Photo via Holiday House NYC

Timothy & Associates Interior Design’s New Year’s Eve room at Holiday House NYC 2009. Photo via Timothy & Associates Interior Design

Mark Epstein‘s Hanukkah in the Library room for Holiday House NYC 2010. Photo via Emily Evans Eerdmans

Debra Blair‘s Venetian Carnivale tabletop at Holiday House 2010. Photo via Holiday House NYC

Bradley Thiergartner‘s Boxing Day room at Holiday House 2010. Photo via Emily Evans Eerdmans

Irwin Feld Design’s Snow Day room at Holiday House NYC 2010. Photo via Irwin Feld Design

Charles Farruggio‘s Marriage Proposal room at Holiday House NYC 2011. Photo via The Countess

Avram Rusu’s New Year’s Eve room for Holiday House 2011. Photo via Avram Rusu

Ally Coulter‘s Mother’s Day room at Holiday House NYC 2011. Photo via The Countess.

Vicente Wolf‘s Winter White room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Our Empty Nest

Inson Wood‘s Chinese New Year room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Ecomanta

Suzanne Eason‘s “Origins of Life” room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Simplified Bee

Suzanne Eason‘s “Origins of Life” room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Suzanne Eason

Tobi Fairley’s Spring Forward room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Tobi Fairley

Claudia Giselle’s Vanity room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Claudia Giselle

Brett Design’s Valentine’s Day room at Holiday House NYC 2012. Photo via Brett Design

Charlotte Moss‘s Everyday is a Holiday room at Holiday House 2012. Photo via Simplified Bee
Support a great cause and see some truly jaw dropping interior design through December 18th in Holiday House NYC 2013 with interiors by Ally Coulter Designs, Campion Platt, Christopher Hyland, Cullman and Kravis, CW Design, Darrin Varden Design, Décor by Guillaume Gentet, Deb Landis Design, Deborah Martin Designs, Donghia, Franklin Eighth, Gregory Allan Cramer, J + G Design, J Cohler Mason Design, James Rixner, Joseph Parisi Interiors, Kelley Jackson , Mario Buatta, Michael McKinnon , Patrick J Hamilton, Patrik Lönn Design, Rachel Laxer Interiors, Scott Formby, Stephen Bastone, Studio Tim Campbell, Susanna Salk, Tinatin Kilaberidze Design, and Weitzman-Halpern Interior Design. Find more information here.