Okay, I'm behind the curve on this one, but it just about makes me sick with real estate lust, and there's a bit of a personal connection here, so I thought it was a good thing to post for my return to small and heartfelt (sorry about the absence).
I LOVE. No. I LOOOOOOOOVE
this apartment, and it happens to be catty corner to my old apartment on Elizabeth street. I would have been able to look out the window and see this building, the record holder for expensive in the neighborhood.
Okay. Suffice it to say, I will never be able to pay 7 mil for a penthouse (barring a miracle) so, why not think about what it is I really do like about this place.
I love the high ceilings, the wood floors, the clean but cozy lines of the furniture. I ADORE the black trim and all those windows/ french doors. The light is nothing to sneeze at, either. Love the white walls and the warm woods, also the organic feel of the accessories.
If I were trying to replicate this look, without the 7 million dollar penthouse, I might try to find a nice... or not so nice (I like the beat up leather look) black or dark brown leather sofa, maybe craigslist would do, or
Ikea. For the coffee table, I think I might something a little more rustic... something like this
from
Maya*made (who just one apartmenttherapy's best green home design blog by the way [yay
Maya!]). But I'd probably like a square top, and maybe all in wood rather than glass.
And let's say I don't have a wall of exquisite windows and french doors everywhere...what is a poor (metaphorically and literally) home design lover to do?
Well, I can't help but think it might be really cool to have a wall of frames lined up as if they WERE french windows... something like this
which I found via
littlegreennotebook, and she found via apartmenttherapy, though I don't have a link. I was thinking the frames could be filled with images of anything, but the thought of breaking up a map is kind of nice... almost like you'd be looking through the frames at the rendering of the city. A little google serendipity.
What if the house doesn't have those huge windows? Hey, why not a large work of art. Maybe something suggesting what you might see out the window, that you can gaze at and ponder the nature of distance and time. Like this
by
Aisyah Ang whom I love, by the way.
Oh, and thinking about that organic looking lamp, but what if I don't have the chandelier budget and/or lamp? What about this string of tea light holders?
This is by
oneblackbird. Don't you just love etsy?
And really, this room is missing books. If a room doesn't have books I just never think it's finished.
Oh hey! How about a bookcase like this! The frames of the bookcase are reminiscent of those black painted doors....
Who says you need to have seven million dollars to have a lust worthy home?
I want to make this.... or some other version of something similar that I can cobble together and smoosh around with whatever fabric I have or can recycle from old clothes.
