Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse

The Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse opens to the public on October 2 with with an exciting new location and designer roster. One Monroe Place, a landmarked Greek-Italianate mansion dating from the 1850s, will be transformed by 19 designers including established names like Hallie Goodman, SFW, Brian Cash Works, and Paige Blodgett; alongside rising talent such as HH Studio, Max Aboody, and Llewellyn Chupin. The Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse is the borough's most prestigious design event and a biennial fundraiser supporting the Brooklyn Height Association, which has preserved the neighborhood's architectural legacy since 1910.

Located in the center of New York City's first historic district, the grand 25-foot-wide residence is a stunning example of nineteenth-century architecture with a rich story. Originally built in the Greek Revival style for New York merchant Samuel Bell, the home was later enhanced in the 1860s with its distinctive fourth-story Mansard roof. By the 1890s, it was home to the Weirs, an iconic Brooklyn Heights family whose floral business was a neighborhood fixture for decades and continues to this day. Following a multi-year gut renovation that used archival imagery to inform the restoration, the 9,525-square-foot home now boasts nine bedrooms, seven baths, and a rooftop terrace. Its exceptional natural light and historic character provide an inspiring setting for this year's full-house transformation. This fall, the nineteen-member design roster will take on the Showhouse's most ambitious assignment yet: re-envisioning this landmarked mansion.

The group brings together a dynamic mix of established names and rising talent, spanning a wide range of design styles and specialties — from classic and antique-layered interiors to modern, architecturally driven spaces, with disciplines represented that include interior design, architecture, landscape design, and furniture making. The designers will restore warmth and personality to the storied location with creative design concepts like: he designers have the unique challenge of working with a blank canvas - restoring warmth and personality to the storied location with creative concepts like: 'Elsewhere,' a lounge-inspired room by Max Aboody that invites retreat with bold, sensual design; a guest bedroom by Emily Eng with a contemporary take on the Neoclassical tented room, loosely inspired by Napoleon's bedroom at Malmaison; 'Blue Period,' a whimsical drawing room by HH Studio that draws references across art history and classical architecture, steeped in the quiet nobility of the color blue; 'SFW Athletic Club,' a rooftop bar and imagined club by Stollar Fearins Welch where old-school East Coast elegance meets sporting nostalgia; and 'QUIETloudQUIET,' an artful primary bedroom by Hallie Goodman that takes inspiration from 90s grunge and indie rock with work by Maayan Zilberman, Rich Aybar, Matthew Brannon, and more.

Participating designers:

● ADROIT Architecture & Interior Design (Suite), led by Madelaine Mayer, creates tailored homes with the belief that color is personal, powerful, and the gateway to great design

● Brian Cash Works (Bedroom), whose Yale-trained founder honed his eye at three AD100 and Elle Decor A-List firms before striking out to fuse architecture and interiors under one roof

● Emily Eng Interiors (Bedroom), whose interiors mine decorative-arts history — including her own family's roots in Japan — for a personal, timeless elegance

● Field Form (Front & Side Garden), the Brooklyn landscape design-build studio whose stormwater and climate-adaptation expertise turns outdoor spaces into resilient infrastructure

● Hallie Goodman (Primary Bedroom & Walk-In Closet), the Hudson-based writer-designer whose storytelling sensibility has landed celeb clients and national attention

● Hannah Hemmerly Studio (Drawing Room & Powder Room), whose art-historical training and belief that "restraint is better" produce layered interiors built around inherited heirlooms and hard-won antique finds

● Innerform (Powder Room & Primary Bath), whose precise, materials-driven approach translates clients' personal histories into spaces with a timeworn, collected character

● Isy's Interiors (Suite), led by founder Isy Runsewe, whose mix of color, texture, and unexpected antique finds creates warm, elevated spaces

● Katie Westmoreland (Stairway), an artist whose painting spans works on paper, textiles, installations, and hand-painted interior walls

● Llewellyn Chupin (Studio), whose New York- and Paris-based practice bridges interiors and collectible furniture design in pursuit of poetic stillness

● Max Aboody Interiors (Suite), whose couture-atelier training now shapes full-home interiors built around a household's daily rhythms

● Paige Blodgett Interiors (Hallway & Laundry Room), whose layered, pattern-filled interiors, take her from Brooklyn brownstones to English countryside homes

● Rachael Rosenblum (Lobby), whose eye for reworking vintage upholstered pieces has blossomed into a full-scale interior design business

● Silverwing Interiors (Studio), led by Crystal Maki, named one of Architectural Digest's New Jersey designers to know for her fearless, richly layered approach to color and texture

● SRF Interiors (Office & Closet), founded by Sarah Fleischer after years at AD100 firms, whose bright, pattern-driven interiors put a fresh spin on classic, tailored tradition

● Studio Olivine (Suite), led by art historian Hannah Blumenthal, whose object-driven eye makes original art a signature of every room

● Sugarhouse Design & Architecture (Kitchen & Dining Room), the husband-and-wife studio whose retail and hospitality work for brands like Ralph Lauren and Soho House now extends into private residences

● Stollar Fearins Welch (SFW) (Roof Terrace), whose "livable luxury" blends Brooklyn and Southern sensibilities

● Unionworks (Entry & Living Room), led by Poonam Khanna, whose quiet, soulful spaces are layered with handcrafted, natural-material details designed for enduring calm

The showhouse is open to the public October 2 - November 1. Tickets are available online: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/brooklynheightsassociation/2369783