Housing Works Thrift Shops - Fundraising Events

Room design by former Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star, Thom Filicia.

WHAT

Shop room vignettes created by the nation's 30 top interior designers and buy new furniture, housewares, and artwork all at 70% off retail.

WHERE

The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York City

WHEN

The event is free and open to the public on
Friday, May 9 from 10am-6pm
Saturday, May 10 from 10am-5pm

Opening Night on May 8th

The fourth annual Housing Works Thrift Shops Design on a Dime fundraising event will begin with a special VIP reception on Thursday, May 8th from 6pm to 9pm where guests will view the room vignettes, enjoy exclusive preview shopping, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction and live entertainment.

Event Chairs

Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Huniford, and Kristin van Ogtrop

Presenting Sponsor

Real Simple

Major Sponsor

Benjamin Moore

Design on a Dime Special Online Auctions

To give you all just a taste of the kinds of things you might find at this years event we are setting up four of our auction windows in the style of Design on a Dime and filled them with great merchandise all available to bid on now!

Press Contact

David Thorpe / 212.645.8111 x162 / thorpe@housingworks.org

Volunteer at Design on a Dime

Interested in helping out for the event? Let us know!

Photos from past Design on a Dime Events

Collection of Video Press received for last year's event >

All proceeds from Design on a Dime benefit Housing Works, the nation's largest grassroots AIDS service organization. since 1990, Housing Works has provided life-saving services to more than 20,000 homeless men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City.
Design on a Dime has raised over $1 million in support of Housing works programs.