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October 7, 2014 Issue

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New York Design Hunting Winter 2015

This issue is brought to you by the New York City subway system. Without it, there would be no way for our intrepid design editor, Wendy Goodman, to find the fascinating places our fellow New Yorkers call home. Sometimes she discovers magic just around the corner, as with Andrew and John Habich Solomon’s extraordinary townhouse. Sometimes it requires a quick trip: hopping the F to the Lower East Side to visit a 300-square-foot apartment, cleverly divvied up by two enterprising roommates. Or she waits (and waits): Eventually, the G whisks her to Queens to see some truly surprising architecture. The wait is worth it. Afterward, map your own course to the place you’ve always dreamed of with our guide to the city’s most talented interior designers and architects, plus any number of specialists and incredible stores. Happy travels.
On the Cover: Karim Rashid’s Hell’s Kitchen living room. Photograph by Dean Kaufman.

Features

My Favorite Things

The city’s finest—boutiques, furniture restorers, specialty shops, designers, restaurants, and more—as chosen by five very discerning New Yorkers.

Then

Revisiting the gracious, art-filled Park Avenue apartment of style icon Marella Agnelli and her husband, Gianni.

The Hunt

From an industrial task lamp to a patterned sink to a classic daybed by a design legend.

Guess Who Lounged Here ...

A jet-setting financier kicked back in this space-age plane.

We Just ...

… Gave Our Modern Apartment Some Old-World Charm

Jeffrey Ventura Morell and Lyndel Urbano transform a run-of-the-mill city apartment into a home imbued with a sense of history.

… Un-Designed Our Home

Designer and developer Ari Heckman wanted the apartment he shares with partner Ethan Feirstein to be a quiet haven—a respite from the world of his work.

... Called in a Lot of Favors to Make Our First Apartment

Two young Texas transplants enlist some help to make 300 square feet feel like home.

Who Did That?

Timothy Bade, Jane Stageberg, and Martin Cox’s Renovated Chelsea Duplex

“You can’t make any more prewar buildings, so why not embrace what you have?”

Jenny Wolf and Bruce MacLean’s Bachelor Pad in Noho

“I wanted to keep the intrinsic nature of the industrial architecture, but give it a modern feel.”

Devin O’Neill and Faith Rose’s Family Home in Flushing

“It’s about working with the collage of the neighborhood and translating that into how this family would use the space.”

Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts: The Florist

"Just as tomatoes taste freshest in the summer, flowers look best when bought in season."

Ask the Experts: The Design Concierge

“We don’t just match. We make interior designs accessible.”

Ask the Experts: The Art Consultant

“Go see everything you can. Be open to the idea of what art is—and what resonates with you.”

Ask the Experts: The Event Planner

“This might sound ridiculous, but I think the linen napkin is vastly underused.”

Ask the Experts: The Cleaning Pro

“When was the last time you scrubbed your closet floor?”

Sleep, Cook, Soak, and ...

The Bedroom

Interior-design firm McMillen, Inc., enlists the artisans at DeAngelis to resurrect an 18th-century-style canopy bed.

The Kitchen

Workstead takes a streamlined approach to a combo kitchen/dining room in a classic brownstone.

The Bathroom

A bath suite in the heart of the city with that rarest of urban luxuries—a private garden.

The Dining Room

Designer Robert Couturier transformed a warren of closets into an intimate dining room. Mosaic artist Farley Tobin embellished it.

Great Rooms

Airborne

A duplex that capitalizes on its 360-degree vistas of Manhattan.

Rose Tinted

The design polymath Karim Rashid throws open the doors to his own Hell’s Kitchen home.

Industrious Design

A flawless take on the artist’s loft by Elizabeth Roberts of Ensemble Architecture.

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