Inside Restoration Hardware West Palm Beach’s Lavish Opening Party

After months of tarp-teasing, RH, Restoration Hardware celebrated the opening of its multi-million dollar home furnishings emporium in West Palm Beach on Saturday, November 18 with a bombastic fête that benefited the Norton Museum of Art.

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Hosted by RH’s chairman and CEO, Gary Friedman, and an impressive host committee featuring younger notables like Georgina Bloomberg, Matthew Chevallard, Katherine Lande, Ariana Rockefeller, and others, hundreds of well-heeled party-goers turned out despite the inclement weather.

Actor-director-producer Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves, golfer Greg Norman, and supermodel Karolina Kurkova were amongst the evening’s most photographed guests.

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As party-goers arrived, they were greeted by a 14-foot water wall inspired by Manhattan’s Paley Park and a mural installation by Los Angeles graffiti artist, Marquis Lewis, also known as Retna, which covered the building’s eastern facade in his abstract, signature script (pictured below).

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The lavish evening featured music by New York City DJ Chris Malinchak, a frosé garden, an iced martini and caviar bar, confection tables, and gourmet bites from RH Café, restaurateur Brendan Sodikoff’s garden-imbued eatery on the fourth floor.

A verdant, 10,000-square-foot garden setting encouraged quiet exploration while, inside, attendees test drove the posh furniture ensembles—designed by Backen, Gillam & Kroeger Architects‘ James Gillam in homage to the well-lived home—with food and wine in hand. RH’s omnipresent sales staff remained unfazed as most of RH’s fabrics are stain-resistant.

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The evening ended on a sweet note: As fêters departed, they were gifted chilled bottled water and warm doughnuts from RH’s upstairs pantry and barista bar.