Windows on Design-Bloomingdale's BIG Window Challenge

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan for Apartment Therapy

If you happen to be walking past Bloomingdale's flagship store on 59th Street this week you have a real treat in store--well actually out of store- and through the windows. Three of Bloomingdale's windows have been dressed to the nines, designed by three leading home design stars who each have created a studio vignette with an individual personality and theme using furniture and accessories from Bloomingdale's of course. Eileen Joyce, Bloomingdale's V.P. of interior design, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, interior designer and founder of the Apartment Therapy Blog Network and Eddie Ross, designer/stylist/editor and entrepreneur designing for for Elle Decor , have each created windows you want to unpack and move into for good!

Each designer worked within a "virtual owner"-designing their window to fit the lifestyle and taste of a fictitious, and probably very fussy, client.

Eileen Joyce for Bloomingdale's

Eileen Joyce of Bloomingdale's created her window as a New York City apartment for an Urbane Traveler, a "sophisticated travel magazine editor" incorporating collections of a lifetime from all over the globe.

The window/apartment has a mid-century flair and sports touches from Asia and Africa along with the use of textures on the floor and walls.

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan for Apartment Therapy

The Apartment Therapy window designed by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan is set in a writer's library and is all about romance and piles of books and... romance-The Writer's Romantic Supper takes place in a bookish den with faux painted bookcases and a fabulous Ralph Lauren chair to snuggle into, all set for an evening of romance--can I come????

Eddie Ross for Elle Decor

Finally, Eddie Ross for Elle Decor has created a haven for The Modern Woman, who happens to be a "media mogul and mother of two". This space is a colorful mix of classic and contemporary accented with cherished pieces form travels abroad in a setting fit for living and entertaining. Eddie Ross used a blue and white spatter on the walls and touches of watermelon pink and flowers and toile...for me, this is a room to call home!

To add even more fun to this event there is a competition between these inspiring windows and you can get in on the voting!

There are two ways to vote...

-Go to the Big Window Challenge and register or SMS Text-MS Text*: Please send a SMS text to the number 89800. Enter the number of the window you are voting for (1-Elle Decor, 2-Apartment Therapy or 3-Bloomingdale's) into the message body and send to cast a vote for your favorite design. *Standard text messaging rates may apply.

Voting closes January 28th and if you are in the area you can meet the designers at a party at Bloomingdale's from 6-8pm at Furniture on 5 RSVP to rsvp.apartmenttherapy@gmail.com

My winner...