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?
3 comments:
well, seeing as how i used to live on the corner of elizabeth too, i think i get to live there with you!! this is uhhh-mazing.
oh and those kate spade glasses are half off, in case you're actually looking ;)
hope all is well in your world.
Oh, yes!! I look at pics like these and dreeaaam, too :) I just shifted my LR some, & threw a velvety red 'spread' over the green couch - have lovely fir floors, & feel so much happier in the room! Keep dreaming :) & thanks for sharing the ideas. I have a mirror that looks like a 4 pane window - like what you thought of, too.
real estate porn makes me unhappy.
especially when it's in the neighborhood.
i pretend it's virtual reality.
and those rooms NEVER seem to have books. NAKED those rooms. I'd rather have a room with nothing but than a room without them.
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