The best events happening around Ireland this weekend
The best events happening around Ireland this weekend

Sarah Gill

In Her Shoes: Silvana Landa McAdam of LANDA
In Her Shoes: Silvana Landa McAdam of LANDA

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Conductor Orla Flanagan: ‘This concert explores human existence in different spheres’
Conductor Orla Flanagan: ‘This concert explores human existence in different spheres’

Sarah Gill

This 1970s Galway semi-d has been refreshed and revived
This 1970s Galway semi-d has been refreshed and revived

Nathalie Marquez Courtney

Material Intelligence: Meet the emerging designers from Ireland’s leading fashion colleges
Material Intelligence: Meet the emerging designers from Ireland’s leading fashion colleges

Ruth O'Connor

Faye O’Rourke of Soda Blonde: ‘I think being open about your failings creates more interesting art’
Faye O’Rourke of Soda Blonde: ‘I think being open about your failings creates more interesting...

Sarah Gill

A red carpet first-timer brings us behind the scenes at Cannes Film Festival
A red carpet first-timer brings us behind the scenes at Cannes Film Festival

Kara O'Sullivan

Garden designer Peter Dowdall on the best places to find unique pieces for your garden
Garden designer Peter Dowdall on the best places to find unique pieces for your garden

Megan Burns

Key trends and challenges shaping the job market in 2025
Key trends and challenges shaping the job market in 2025

Leonie Corcoran

Inside this five-bedroom Edwardian Terenure home
Inside this five-bedroom Edwardian Terenure home

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Before and After: See How a New York Mansion was Transformed for a Great Cause


By Kate Phelan
23rd Nov 2015
Before and After: See How a New York Mansion was Transformed for a Great Cause

As America prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, some of its best’designers have been looking ahead to Christmas,?creating a festive’showhouse in NYC in aid of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation…

Watching Home Alone 2 is the closest I’ll be getting to New York this Christmas, but for anyone lucky enough to be spending it?in the Big Apple, Holiday House NYC is one event you shouldn’t miss.?Founded in 2008?by interior designer?Iris Dankner after she survived breast cancer, Holiday House brings a selection of accomplished designers together every year to give a 1920s?Upper East Side mansion a Christmas?overhaul ?? with each one giving a dedicated?room its own distinct flavour.

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The Holiday House 2015 hallway design by Ally Coulter. (Images via 1stdibs)

D?cor devotees gather in droves to admire the results, and?all proceeds from ticket sales go to breast cancer research. This year’s line-up includes Bjorn Bjornsson,?Campion Platt and Kathleen Walsh, and?before and after pictures from the project?on the 1stdibs blog‘show that each designer relished the opportunity to really let loose in a?bare space without a rigid brief. Designs range from the elegant through to the outrageous.

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The library, by Robert Passal. (Images via 1stdibs)

While the militant minimalist in me can’t help but?love the stripped-down before photos a little bit, there’s no denying that?this show-stopping showhome achieves its mission: to act as an uplifting celebration of?transformative?interior design, festive decorating and life itself.

Holiday House NYC runs from now until December 2, check out their website for more information and (if you’re lucky enough to be New York-bound) tickets. 1stdibs has more behind the scenes before and after pics.