In this week's Shopping With... feature, The New York Times follows interior designer Michael Bargo as he shops to furnish his apartment on a budget. Bargo buys some basics at Two Jakes, IKEA Brooklyn and B&J Fabrics...
Light fixture from Moon River Chattel, for $165.
IKEA's Kulla Floor Lamp — one of our favorite value pieces.
Metal Bookshelf is only $282 from Moon River.
See all of Bargo's picks: Shopping for a First Apartment With Michael Bargo and his shopping list.
Images: Andrea Mohin, Lars Klove for The New York Times
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Comments (12)
$285 for that small bookcase wouldn't meet my definition of shopping on a budget!
this article is a shopping list. Unless they show me a picture of the apartment with all the stuff in it, I really don't care. Bad New York Times editor!
A $2500 chair? What kind of budget are we talking about here?
Re: Budget.
Obviously, it's the kind of budget that someone has who has the means to hire a NYC interior designer.
Does anyone else wonder how this could possibly go together? Black and white, dark brown wood, silver, brass...what a mess! Also, there doesn't seem to be any unifying style theme, although maybe that will make it interesting. I think black and white can be tricky, because stark colors, particularly white, can make an apartment look cheap and cold. I would also like to see a photo, agree this is just a shopping list, and a mystifying one at that.
Who is this guy, and why do I care that he's furnishing his first apartment?
FIRST apartment (how old is he)?. He's a designer? On a budget?
What's going on? I'm confused.
Domino was jizzing over this queen about a year ago...
http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2007/10/michael_bargo
There$ clearly alot of family money there, yet he's trying to be all AW SHUCKS I'm just a designer starting out vibe his PR people are trying to spin...
When your website is just a domain name (http://www.michaelbargoinc.com/ ) there probably isnt much in the way of being a "designer" other than "bored professional shopper who needs to list a career with the IRS or daddy won't be very happy"... when you are straight you go the Donald Trump's son's route...when you are gay you become a "decorator". And you MAKE sure the New York Times and the tri-state area knows about it...
I love how his "first apartment" is 1/2 a block from 5th Avenue within a pixie dust throw of Central Park. Just saying....
bitter much?
re: the domain name - an interior designer isn't necessarily a good web designer. I have grateful for people who recognize that.
What a bunch of bitter, snippy cows on here.
TIRED OF IT!
the shop he's pictured in is Cosmo Modern, just a couple blocks from my apartment.
it is ANYTHING but budget.
$400 for a non-designer but otherwise nicely shaped late 50's lamp? I'll stick with eBay.
some people have money, some people don't.
GET OVER IT.
(you can make a space look great either way!)
Domino was jizzing over this queen about a year ago
Perfectly put from one queen about another! Love AT Commenters. I just love you all!