MAD PROPS for scoring some outside space. It is everything you hoped for? I used to have a balcony in Virginia and would serve Sunday brunch out there quite regularly. You get my vote just for being innovative and gutsy enough to make that space work for you.

Really nice shower curtain.

Props for justifying 100 lucite boxes of shoes as wearable art. I'm sorry but I'm not convinced this is a good design solution in a small apt. It doesn't say "coolest" apartment to me. It comes across as cluttered if organized to me. If it makes you happy fine, but I think you should purge some of those shoes. If they are really attractive shoes maybe a few pair openly displayed or in a "collectible display case" on the shelves could qualify as "art". Not to be totally negative I do like your bed and your storage solution with the patio shed.

Congratulations on realizing a childhood fantasy. It's wonderful--like a grown-up treehouse in which you get to live all the time--it really is very dreamlike. I like your pot-hanging arrangement in the kitchen and the bright color and poster, the bathroom is totally cute, and the outdoor closet is brilliant. I would consider a larger bed covering to hide the drawers. the only thing is, the shoes scare me. they seem to loom, and the boxes are not all that. might just be the photos--but I would consider an addition to the shed for at least half of them, and maybe a sheer curtain to camouflage the rest. Do you own or rent this space? Because if you own, you'd have more options for concealment. Of course I understand a princess needs a lot of shoes.

this place gets my vote because its just the kind of eccentric space you only find in nyc.

Clearly Stefani really really wants Fifth Ave, and is living the dream. If this was my space, though, I'd enclose all the shelves so I wouldn't have to look at all the clutter, and also have a more uniform paint color on the walls to visually maximize the space. (But then again, I own fewer shoes)
But I admit, I am jealous of the terrace....

dreamy!
the cubby where the cabbage patch kid is might be a good spot instead for a small fountain, airplants, modern and a fireplace made from an above-the-bathroom-mirror type light fixture layed flat, with flickering flame lights, and rocks.
(guilty of fairy dusting kitsch here.)
bed bath and beyond has a string of solar powered bulbs, which come on at dusk, for the eaves of your umbrella;
how about some fragrant jasmine on some sort of low trellis, not to obscure the view, tomato plants, a kumquat tree for the terrace?

Do my eyes deceive me, or are you blocking a window (as well as light and a view) with plastic shoe boxes?????

modern mosaic, that is...

yes, possibly curtains/fabric or felt roman shades over the shelves and long wall...or indian mirrored fabric (if you can't have handsome modern minimal luxe, why not some sort of fancy sparkly things; i'm sorry if my suggestions are too frou muckety muck for this site)
but while i'm on it...
just a few small bed cushions, for some opulence/pop, a floor runner rug, etc.

I think the raw space (indoor and out) is great, but personally the room looks way too cluttered to be peaceful and smooth. It looks like a store-room. Why not build in (or buy) some closed shelving that spans the shoe/TV wall so that you don't have so much clutter? You could practically stash everything away. Having just installed 12 feet of enclosed shelving myself, I can say, it is life-changing!

Two suggestions - A pulldown table on the blank wall next to the bed so that you can do something else with the desk space when you replace that computer with a wireless laptop. A foldaway eating space and desk in one!

And yes, uncover that window! Woops, was that three suggestions?

I love this one. But, yeah, I would move a lot of those shoes to outside storage.

A little bit cluttered for my tastes, but I guess a girl's gotta have her shoes and outfits. Overall, it's quirky and charming. It reminds me of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford's apartment in Barefoot in the Park, minus the crazy upstairs attic neighbor.

Love the terrace, but all those plastic boxes are depressing.

Oh, I thought people were probably too harsh about the shoes until I saw the slideshow. Eck. Sorry. Lined up on the shelves w/out boxes would be more attractive, accessible, and art-like. (More dusting required, of course.

It’s funny how one person can see this as “neat and never cluttered,” when all I can see is the clutter. I understand that it’s near impossible to make 250 sq/ft NOT feel cluttered, but I agree that uncovering that window would help.

But, hey, this apt is all about that great balcony where I’d probably spend all my time...except in the winter...when I’d be making my plans to move back to LA.

Boxes of shoes to outside shed. $1000 dresses must be more attractive to have displayed. Then, you could get dressed, put on flip-flops, and go outside to choose your shoes... Overall, very practical, though.

I like it that in your miniature apartment you have litlle work area. Balcony is awesome!
I appreciate your obsession with shoes, but if they are so pretty, find a better way to display them...
I've seen once Betsey Johnson's apartment (in a magazine). She had also a large balcony and one room almost all in glass. All windows in that room were covered with slips. I never thought it could work, but it did. If I had a mean shoe collection like you, I wouldn't hide them in plastic boxes... Maybe if they were completely clear?

I think your apartment is cute and I can get a good sense of what you're like from the pictures, but I don't know if your apartment itself is fabulous... I can tell that you really love it, so congrats! I'd love to have outdoor space...

i reallie liek the terrace set up and the view on the penthouse...but i think things should be cleaner...and the outside wardrobe is werid...but the boxes were really interesting

Stefani is not covering up a window with boxes. there is not window. I have been there. What you also don't see if that she also has her freezer on the terrace. IF that isn't creative and both literally and figuritively cool, then I don't know what is. It is hard to see in the picture but you can see the shoes thru. the boxes. She used to have all the shelves covering in these japanese type shades and it looked less cluttered by far, but the shoes are just too fabulous to cover and can't be stored outside boxes. They could get dusty to damaged.

and I forgot to mention, she can camp out there in the summer---she even has heat lamps. it is indeed like a tree house.

THIS IS THE GREATEST APARTMENT EVERRRRRRRRRR!!!!

I don't know if I'd be bragging about $1000 gowns outside and a hundred shoes if I lived in a shoebox like that. Save some that money from your couture habit and invest it into a better space. Thumbs down.

You've totally made the most of the space, I'll give you that. The outdoor space is really excellent, and I like the colors inside, but...

Really can't get past all of those shoes - it sort of makes your living area look like the backroom of a shoe store (where they hide your size of the shoe you want). And even though they're all clear boxes, you're covering up your natural light with plastic. It could just be the photographs, but it feels kind of suffocating, like living in an actual closet.