Name: Becky
Location: UWS, New York City
Type of Home: prewar apt
What inspired you to use color? We liked the idea of imbuing a fairly traditional prewar apartment with a funkier sensibility, and thought that was best achieved through the careful use of color. We especially love the warm feeling of deep rich colors in rooms that are used for entertaining, like the dining room and kitchen...
Color Tip: Think carefully about how different colors relate to one another throughout your home or apartment. We chose a few colors that echo throughout the apartment, and tried to be thoughtful about how they would look in combination for a more cohesive and harmonious feeling.
Colors Used: Ann Sacks "jack o lantern' tiles in the kitchen over the banquette. Worth the investment!!
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I love your kitchen!
I love the kitchen and bathroom! Your place looks like it gets lots of light. I like the MCM furnishings but it seems like the dining set is out of place - is it mission-style?
Otherwise I think you've used color really well. When can I move in?
The kitchen and bathroom are AMAZING. They feel like they are in an entirely different apartment- maybe because the colors seem more restrained and succinct?
I agree with the other posters about the bathroom and kitchen. They look incredible!
Beautiful! Love all the great tiles! Could you tell me what kind of tiles you used in your kitchen?
Thanks!!
I love this apartment! I too want to move in (I'm a fellow NYer)- or maybe is it for sale? A few questions: where are the kitchen cabinets from? In the bathroom, where are the tiles and the ceiling lamp from?
Also, curious to see the bathroom window. Did you make it into a cabinet somehow? It seems to have colored bottle in it lit from behind?
Oooo, I want that bathroom sink!
If that is a computer armoire that has the chair in front of it, could you identify it, please?
so so great! love the red chairs in the kitchen!!
Thank you all for the positive feedback thus far! You may notice there is a duplicate photo of the kitchen. What I really wanted to upload was a shot of our amazing banquette and the back wall, which has the Ann Sacks tiles in red and orange that I refer to above. AT, if you are reading, is there a way I can substitute this photo in??
Ange_lune, I totally agree with you re our mission dining room table. What can I say -- we spent all all our money renovating the kitchen and bathroom last year! Dining room awaits transformation...:)
Re inquiries on tiles -- kitchen is white subway tiles from NEMO, and the back wall (not pictured) and colored tiles are from Ann Sacks. Can add specifics later. Ceiling lamp is vintage, from Lost City Arts here in NYC.
Yes, there is a cabinet built into the window (outside light from behind shines through the frosted glass). We normally have lots of prosaic bathroom items stored there -- read bathroom tissue and hairdryer, etc.
Looking forward to more feedback!
Info on the stove and knobs?
That bathroom! So serene and light. I love it.
Hello,
Wonderful job on the renovation! Did you mention where you bought the cabinets? Are they walnut veneer? What did you do with the floor?
Any chance there is another unit for sale like yours in your building? ;-) My wife and I have been looking on the Upper West Side for a while. Still, we have to sell our apartment first. You can find my listing in the FSBO section. Anyway, if you find a similar listing in your building, could you send it to 407PAS@gmail.com?
Thanks!
Larry
The kitchen and bathroom are gorgeous! I especially love the wood cabinets and red chairs. I wish the yellow in the living room was a bit less pastel, though. It seems too country casual for the rest of the MCM feel of the apartment. (I also think the furniture could coexist better. They seem like separate pieces and don't meld very well.) The orange wall color is wonderful!!
eta: the orangy-yellow color, i mean
yes, info on the stove knobs please! and what color/brand white paint is that in the kitchen?
I love the Orange room.
strike that, white paint in the bathroom, is what I meant.
I especially like the photo display above the credenza.
this is my kind of place, great job!
That may be the widest hallway in the UWS and your bathroom remodel is stunning. You made it very fresh and crisp w/o being fussy or too modern. If any of the editors at Domino or reading this, please feature this bathroom in a future issue.
What a beautiful apartment - the renovations are very tasteful and well worth the efforts!
The kitchen is completely amazing, the bathroom is lovely...but the rest of the apartment is kind of meh. Maybe it's just the lighting and lackluster photographing...
wow...i LOVE those red chairs. Where did you find them?
Wait, scratch that, reverse it. Its a work in progress.. Good work thus far! And I...need more coffee, stat!
Love it - you did an incredible job. Just curious, how high are the ceilings (in the kitchen, namely)? I love the cabinets and how they reach all the way up to the ceiling!
yes, how high are the ceilings? I've got tall ceilings too and am debating about how high to take the tile. Recommendations?
i could be wrong but the stove with the red knobs looks like a wolf range: http://www.wolfappliance.com/
Disturbingly, punishingly austere. Investing in a textile or two or a hundred *might* help.
This apartment looks painfully bare and emotionless to me without the cachet of the swankiness of an ultramodern abode.
It screams "Ouch" and "Brrrrrr!"
Yikes on that last comment! Oh well, to each his/her own.
Anyway, here's a few more pieces of info to those who inquired:
The cabinets are HenryBuilt, walnut, and I highly recommend the company, both in terms of quality, price and customer service. We bought the chairs through, you guessed it!, AT Scavenger (Craigs List). Stove is indeed Wolf. The floor is a long and involved story which my husband can shed light on later. Will have to get back to you on the ceiling height, but we felt the tile all the way up worked, since it is counterbalanced with the warmer wood. The kitchen and bathroom were a labor of love, and we could not have accomplished it without the wonderful guidance and vision of our friend and architect, Julie Salles Schaffer (www.sallesschafferarchitecture.com).
bathroom sink is Duravit.
The computer armoire was purchased a few years ago at Room and Board, I think they still have similar ones.
I'm with ange_lune! Lovely!
And yes, it is a Wolf range (I have the same) -- you can actually pick between the classic Wolfe red knobs or more discreet black ones (we chose red).
I like the kitchen the best. Perfect use of red in a room.
Beautiful, just beautiful! I especially love the bathroom.
Wow! Gorgeous! I must say though-- I just loooove that bathroom!!! You guys did a great job, what a pleasure to view it!
Elegant use of deep color, especially red and orange. I don't think it's "careful," rather judiciously risky.
while I love the bathroom and kitchen, I don't understand how its owner belongs to the same of the living room and hallway!
Adoring the bathroom and kitchen...
Somewhat off topic question...how long did it take between when you submitted your entry and when it was posted? I sent mine in two days ago and nada! I'm wondering if it wasn't recieved...did yours show up as a post right away?
There is nothing Ouch or BRRR about this place it is lovely and inviting and the design of the Kitchen and bath are refreshing for a turn-of-the-century classic on the Upper West Side.
Kitchen and bathroom blew me away, but the living room? Nothing careful about it - way too orange...
I love the bathroom. That part seemed the most carefully planned.
this place is HUGE for nyc!
i love the kitchen & bathroom. they are bright & simple. the living room doesn't seem to fit in though. it seems dark & the patterns kind of work against each other.
great place though, seriously.
love the orange ... what's the brand and color name?
It is all very cold and austere, although, technically, the composition is solid. I agree that nearly the whole apt. lacks emotion. I think one can design and decorate along modern/urban lines but with much more warmth than what was created here.