A Designer Turned Her Tumbledown NYC Apartment Into a Minimalist Retreat
For Margaret, the kitchen was a labor of like. “I love to cook and a complete-dimensions kitchen area with entire-size appliances, a ground-to-ceiling pantry, and wine storage were all priorities for me—a rare combination in New York for an apartment this measurement,” she displays. And but, for a kitchen area that pulls significant obligation, the aesthetic is remarkably straightforward-breezy. The tailor made cabinets, for example, match the wooden flooring in style and spirit. And the ceilings are coated in a substantial gloss paint that properly demonstrates the mild.
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The property brims with character many thanks, in significant element, to the treasures and tchotchkes that whisper of a previous lifetime. “There are several unique pieces I have gathered over the yrs. My images assortment was curated with the enable of Jodi and Holden Luntz of Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach front. Among the my other exclusive possessions are my Baumann eating chairs, my collection of textbooks which I begun although in university, and my bedroom rope chair which I purchased at Brimfield [Antique Flea Market]. The mild fixture in the eating place is also noteworthy. I designed it working with antique cages that furnished safety to a uncommon grape in France in the late 1800s.”
Of the numerous challenges she faced in overhauling the apartment, the greatest, Margaret confesses, was the lavatory. “There was an previous rolled-edge porcelain tub that I was dying to keep, but with all the pipes that wanted replacing, there was no scope for any type of movement, and we eventually resolved to shed the tub,” she rues. Porcelain tub apart, the bathroom is all the better publish-renovation: The partitions dazzle in a Spanish ceramic glaze, and a 1960s Swedish mirror offers the chamber a glam twist. “I also adore how the light-weight demonstrates off the higher-gloss ceiling and the way the classic grape cage mild fixture throws reflections on the wall.” But most likely most specific of all, is the look at from the shower—of rows and rows of Fifth Avenue rooftops that roll off into the horizon.
