10 Best Design Ideas From the 2025 Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House
Past Palm Beach show houses have embraced the region’s iconic design elements—pink and green, seashells, and palm fronds. This year, the 23 designers who created the eighth annual Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse, a stately 1937 brick home in the Providencia Park neighborhood set directly on the Intracoastal Waterway, pushed the boundaries further. Some of the best ideas in it are details, like a leather-wrapped bathtub by Laure Nelle Interiors and marble-trimmed door by Marie Cloud of Indigo Pruitt Design Studio that would look at home anywhere, not just in South Florida.
Rajni Alex’s hostess storage and Meg Lonergan’s use of outdoor fabrics also caught our eye. We appreciated how designer Mally Skok channeled the non-vacation side of South Florida. The Moniomi Design team brought a playful, artful energy to the house, drawing inspiration from their Miami roots.
Of course, there were exceptions. Caroline Gidiere honored Palm Beach’s classic style with a lady-like sunroom inspired by the hit tv-show Palm Royale, and the recently expanded team, Marshall Watson & Reid Deane Gane, reimagined 1920s Palm Beach in a nautical color palette, blending tradition with modern flair.
If you’d like to visit the show house, it’ll be open to the public through March 16. (Need an excuse to indulge? Your ticket supports the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.) Can’t make it there? Keep reading for plenty of fresh design inspiration.
Kidulting
Life can be hard. Why not have a dedicated space in your home for fun? Using the firm’s own MADE by Moniomi creations, including this marble Ping-Pong table, the rec room designed by Miami-based design firm Moniomi is a fantastic example of how to embrace your inner kid in a sophisticated way.
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Ombré Walls
Transitional spaces are the ideal places to have fun. Delray Beach–based designer Nikki Levy gave the stairwell the look of a mood ring, following the natural flow of the home and shifting the energy from downstairs to upstairs with the meticulously painted walls.
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Graphic Stonework
With the help of Artistic Tile, the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse has no shortage of stunning tile. Chicago-based designer Erin Shakoor designed the marble sink of her powder bath to mimic the graphic curve of art deco inspired wall tile behind it.
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Outdoor Living
Houston designer and Next Wave alum Meg Lonergan showed how to elevate an outdoor living room. She used outdoor versions of lush fabrics like velvets and jacquards to cover furniture that would look equally at home indoors, like this gorgeous banquette.
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Half Backsplashes
We’ve noticed designers going for half backsplashes in more and more kitchens lately. Designer Rajni Alex of Delray Beach, Florida, executed the idea in beautiful Calacatta Viola marble by Armina Stone. Bonus: The deep, solid color of the coordinating countertops means there’s no need to worry about stains.
Related: 65 Kitchen Backsplash Ideas for Every Style in 2025
Color Therapy
Chromatherapy is the use of color to improve your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. To create the home’s wellness lounge, designer Marie Cloud of Indigo Pruitt in North Carolina selected a naturally soothing color palette.
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Multifunctional Dining Rooms
Yes, we’ve shifted away from open floor plans, but we still don’t use our dining rooms the way we used to. Designers William Steele and Christopher Drake of Bierly Drake & Steele, Inc. proposed a smart solve: Their dining room is a place for formal dining and relaxed socializing. A console divides the space into two inviting areas that work for dinner, breakfast, or Zoom calls.
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Mural Ceilings
Some of the best ideas to come out of show houses have to do with the fifth wall. This Palm Beach home is no exception with its tented ceilings, high lacquer paint applications, and more. Laure Nell Interiors created this graphic mural ceiling.
Related: 25 Painted Ceilings That Elevate the Entire Room
Outdoor Curtains
The curtains in Oxford Design’s lanai-inspired poolside lounge are the finishing touch every outdoor space deserves. Adding glamour while also serving as a form of protection, exterior drapery will elevate all your alfresco entertaining.
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Pattern Drenching
We’ve said it before and we'll say it again: Pattern drenching is here to stay. This bedroom, a travel-inspired “gentleman’s retreat” by textile artist and interior designer Mally Skok is an expert example of how to layer pattern on pattern in an impactful but livable way. Hand-painted by Mally, all the fabrics and wallpapers make this ensuite bedroom feel deeply personal.
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