A Dallas Nonprofit is Bringing Its Annual Designer Pop-Up to You

Last month, Dwell With Dignity’s annual fundraiser, Thrift Studio, joined the overwhelming list of postponed or canceled Dallas events. And though the nonprofit is still planning to host the month-long luxury pop-up store — which features immersive, elaborate vignettes from a slew of all-star local interior designers — they’ve put together a live, virtual shopping experience to tide us over until that day arrives.

Starting today, Dwell With Dignity has launched Thrift Studio Live, an online auction featuring furniture, bedding, home accessories, artwork, and more designer finds at an incredible price. Every Monday in April, a curated list of items will be released on Dwell With Dignity’s Instagram and Facebook pages — email subscribers will get a 15-minute headstart to shop (sort of like a virtual VIP event). The ultimate goal is to raise enough funds for Dwell With Dignity to continue its current project: furnishing the community spaces for New Friends, New Life, a nonprofit that offers a safe haven for formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and children.

For a taste of what you’ll find on Thrift Studio Live this week, there’s a sleek Dedon lounge chair available for $850 (it retails for $2,800), a Bungalow 5 lacquered mahogany chair priced at $425 (retail is $1,063), and an impressively tall fiddle-leaf fig ($180), priced nearly $300 below retail.

“To say that we are currently living in unprecedented times is a gross understatement. Our mission is more significant now than ever before,” Dwell with Dignity executive director Ashley Sharp wrote in a release. “Everyone deserves a beautiful, functional, comfortable home, especially in a time when you can’t leave your dwelling.”

Happy shopping, dear readers! Looking forward to seeing you live and in person at Thrift Studio someday soon.