May 21, 2011
Housing Works and Elle Decor Create Modern Concept House
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 2 MIN.
On the heels of the most successful Design on a Dime event in Housing Works history (raising over $800,000 towards housing for the HIV/AIDS community) Housing Works announced their charitable partnership with the Elle Decor Modern Concept House, which launches May 20th.
For three weekends in May and June, New York's most design-forward address will be 540 West 28th Street when ELLE DECOR presents the Modern Life Concept House with partner LX.TV Open House.
Located between 10th and 11th Avenues, the Concept House will feature 10 designers - ELLE DECOR's A-List "Designers to Watch" - who will partner with leading brands to create dazzling indoor and outdoor spaces that offer a fresh approach to contemporary living. The amazing Jessie Carrier who designed an amazing room at Design on a Dime will also be featured at the showhouse.
The ELLE DECOR Modern Life Concept House will be open to the public on the following weekends: May 20, 21, and 22; May 27, 28, 29, and 30; and June 3, 4, and 5. Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is $30. Proceeds will benefit Housing Works.
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LINKS: ELLE DECOR
LX.TV Open House
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
