Name: Laura Schilling & Mallory Logan
Location: West Village — Manhattan, New York
Size: 600 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year; Rented
As students, friends and roommates, Laura Schilling and Mallory Logan have used their natural sense of style to transform an otherwise standard rental apartment into a home. These childhood friends, who hail from the South (Louisiana specifically) were close growing up, so when they ran into each other as students in NYC and decided to become roommates, they knew they were lucky. So often when living with a roommate, design can take a back seat as disagreements ensue over the look and feel of the apartment. Not so with these friends.
A mix of Southern warmth and city charm is visible in the decor throughout the apartment. While each have their own unique stylistic personalities and differences, they really came together to make their space a home.
Living in a small space with few closets, books, purses, and accessories double as decor when not in use. They keep the space feeling personal and interesting with the addition of pieces that have history for them and bring back memories. With less attention to aesthetic, these types of items could veer towards the girly, but here the look reads more feminine and sophisticated with a dash of humor — much like the women who live there.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Our Style: Mallory's style is mid century modern, whereas Laura's look is eclectic.
Inspiration: Our neighborhood. Also, we wanted the living space to have a traditional feel overall with a mix of our styles.
Favorite Element: The collage in the living room.
Biggest Challenge: Our biggest challenge was trying to find everything a place
without it looking cluttered. In order for this small of a space to be functional you have to get creative and stay organized!
What Friends Say: Our friends love to come hang out at our house! They say it's
relaxing and feels "homey."
Biggest Embarrassment: The deer horns in our collage always fall on people's head. It's embarrassing for both parties!
Proudest DIY: 2 small pieces of art on the wall I (Laura) created.
Biggest Indulgence: Laura: I am obsessed with bedding, so my biggest indulgence would probably be my set of Sefera sheets. They were a great purchase, I value my sleep.
Best Advice: Spend money on classic furniture, and accessorize with trendy pieces. Also, invest in a quality sofa!
Dream Sources: I am studying interior design, so I have so many dream sources, but I would have to say my top three would be:
Wyeth in NYC - They have the most amazing 20th century furniture — you can see
some of their furniture on 1stdibs.
Rogers & McDaniel - Baton Rouge, LA - Beautiful, unique antique pieces and an
amazing staff. They also have pieces on 1stdibs.
John Rosselli Antiques, NYC - I go to school on the UES at NYSID — I always walk around the neighborhood looking at antiques, and this store is wonderful!
Resources of Note:
ENTRY
- • Art Fabric - Marimekko
• Antique Doctor Charts - Rogers and McDaniel
LIVING ROOM
- • Sofa - Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
• Art - Tom Jones
• Boucot Antique Print - Rogers and McDaniel
• Butterfly Art - Ann Connelly Fine Art
• "Love Me Some Jesus" Print - Old Try
KITCHEN
- • Dish Towels - Williams-Sonoma
MALLORY'S BEDROOM
- • Bookshelf - CB2
• Cow Print - Marimekko
LAURA'S BEDROOM
- • Parsons Mirror Desk - West Elm
• Andy Warhol Poster - One Kings Lane
• Butterfly Print - Ann Connelly
• Louis Ghost Chair - Kartell
• "Emancipation" Print - Isoko Onodera
Thanks, Laura & Mallory!
(Images: Liana Walker)
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I love your apartment! Could you say where you found your end tables?
Great tour! Thanks for sharing.
And is that cat also a bank? She looks very familiar, I think I had one as a kid!
Where is the collage in the living room? I'm not seeing it.
agree with lyonstill. yawn.
I too agree with lyonstill, and I would also love for the captions that use to accompany the photos in house tours to come back - sometimes it would be nice to be told what ones is looking at.
Am I the only one that is extremely jealous of their marble counter tops in this rental kitchen? drool!
Love the kitty in the first photo!
Agree with LyonStill as well. Look at me, I have a Chanel purse! Yawn.
I love this, it's sophisticated without being too stuffy/modern/cold. Bookmarking for future reference.
For what it's worth, if I had a Chanel purse it would totally be on display, so go on, girl. A Black Chanel bag is as classic as it gets.
Lol. It didn't register with me that the cat was fake until I saw it on a shelf a few photos in. I just wasn't looking at it since it looked so comfortable in your lap. :)
I agree sometimes the photos aren't as "overall" as need be and wondered if this was happening because they are shooting small spaces and they can't stand far back in the apartment to get that wide of a shot? But it seems to happen with the larger spaces too so take this as more of an AT thing that they want to do.
But on to the apartment...love the flax couch with the english rolled arms, the union jack pillow and tom jones poster. Subtly english without screaming it. Lots of those subtle english touches throughout...like the bedroom lanterns. Been thinking about pink and green schemes and love how you did the green print and paired it with a pink dresser.
Most people would automatically flock to the duvet to bring those colors in. I am not so excited about the "dead" stuff that has been showing up in apartments lately...the cow rug or stuffed birds. It looks nice, but it would depress me to look at it everyday. And this is the third picture I've seen in AT in recent weeks of drapes over radiators. This is not a good idea people.
Lovely couple. Lovely home.
Very nice place ladies.
Sorry. I just read the thing and saw they were friends, not a couple. I just automatically jump to the photos and sources and forget to look at the intro. :(
Um, guys... it is a Manhattan apartment... how wide of shots do you expect to get? I am sure the place is pretty tiny, and I think they did a great job utilizing the space!
Favorites are the sign on the fridge, your mushroom salt and pepper shakers and the adorable cat.
The bed seems (lovely and) high -- where did you find a high bedframe? Or if you're using lifts, where did you find an extra-long bedskirt to hide them?
Way too many closeups...I couldn't get the whole layout.
I laughed at loud when I saw the fake kitty. I know on AT you get an extra 10 points if you have a cute little animal (which I enjoy, since I can't own one myself).
I too generally don't like the vignettes but seeing as this apartment is so small and the way it's laid out I'm assuming that it's too small to get everything in one shot.
Nice. I love the look of the books on the windowsill BUT it's really bad for your books - unless it's ok they get sun damaged.
I do wish there were more photos of layout/furnishings. I don't really care what books these girls own.
Having said that...I'm WAY too old to want to live here. It is a little 'hipster' for my taste.
Having said THAT...if I wasn't way too old an unhip, this place is awesome! I would have KILLED to live with these girls when I was single and in school. Great apartment and nicely furnished for young people with young people budgets. I LOVE the hot pink Rast with glass knobs!
Nice place but omgosh so staged. I would rather see pictures of the apartment than salt & pepper shakers and Prada purses.
I enjoyed this. It says 600 sq feet for a 2 bedroom so I am guessing the best photos of the rooms were used and then the other photos were of interesting close ups since there just wasn't anything else to capture! Good job to these roommates!
Love this apartment. Looks like you both have a great sense of style and a wonderful friendship.
I know y'all are from Louisianna, but what's the Mississippi connection?
Eudora Welty, The Square Table and the MS necklace....
Love the apartment!
I missed Faulkner the first time around -- and I thought I was being so observant!
I live in Jackson -- My father went to Ole Miss, and my daughter (a senior in highschool) is applying there. She's still undecided at the moment, so we'll see. Small world!
The sheets are Sferra, not Seferra btw. And I love the fake cat!!! So like something your southern granny painted and gave you for a birthday present. )
very nice and clean.
Love all the cool objets d'art.
hmm. this place is not particularly up my alley in terms of what is actually in there, mostly because i'm just less girly (ie, no chanel books) and more into the industrial look - but you definitely gave me inspiration and hope as to when i move in a few months following my graduation. i live in a fantastic historic apartment right now, but never bothered to invest in a nice couch, etc. because i do not want to bother moving them soon. this is really sophisticated, and i can appreciate that. i like what you did with the space, even though i don't particularly like the "stuff" - i can still recognize you did a great job with what you have.
-- i REALLY like the art in this place, by the way. that's my favorite element. the art over the bed, and the art near the window in the main room, as well as in that hall, are my favorites. and i like the goat!
I lub me some Jesus too!
I can't believe people are being negative towards such a charming place. cute and youthful without being twee. I think the cover photo is mixed up though. I'm seeing some weird photo of someone's luggage in a lobby outside a "salon de conferencia"
Agree with LyonStill, jettsam and nonie.This is not an apartment tour but a "vignette tour". It gaves not any sense of the place, and it's a pity because it seems a nice apartment.
Said that, I looove the faux cat and the faux goat :-) they made me smile
what an amazing place--that is quite a feat to get two stylish young ladies and their cat ;) into one little apartment and have it look so fabulous and fun!
Hi M- it's tina:)
K sent this to C so I could take a look and I have to say I'm super impressed!!!
I've been in LOVE with Kelly Wearsler and Hicks and all different kinds of design for a long time.
Beautifully done!
Great Job!
Have a nice day ladies! Keep up the good work:)
What an adorable space! I love that you both were able to put your own touches on it. That kitty, the pink dresser, the phallic salt and pepper shakers and the art make it sizzle! Any honey, you got a Chanel purse...you display your Chanel purse! I have an old vintage black clutch and if I could set up an alter for that baby, I would!! Great tour!
Thanks Terio! The purse is very sentimental to me and I really have no where else to put it! I just sit it on my desk when Im not wearing it. Our apartment doesn't have much storage space, my closet is 3' x 3' so its pretty packed with shoes, coats, sweaters etc. and I change bags a lot so I just grab and go! Thanks for the comment! :)
Lovely and stylish home, with great artwork/decor and cute bedrooms. But I want to take down those long curtains hanging on the radiator!
Did Lyonstill say something really offensive? Lots of people 'agree' with him/her, but I have no idea what they are agreeing with!
Gorgeous Chanel bag. I'm the same way -- changing bags almost every day -- so I have bags draped on the sofa, over the end of the bed, on the dresser....
we have the window treatments there for the summer to block out the heat. We are going to take them down and put bamboo shades up.
I really enjoy looking at the house tours on this site, however I find it more than upsetting or disappointing when I look at this tour and I am bombarded with 5-8 pictures of random nic naks; who cares about her mushroom salt & pepper shakers, or what books she's reading or what they're drinking? I really would have appreciated a layout, or a wide angle shot of the entire livingroom or kitchen. What about the bathroom?
Aside from all that the space seem ok. It's neat and orderly. Their styles seem to mesh well together and it looks like a space that I could enjoy if I were ever invited over.
I'd really like to see more tours incorporate more pictures of the unit, than stuff. A cat, is a cat, is a cat. But 2 bedrooms in a NYC is not. SO lets showcase that!!!
Charming and I'm sure lots of fun goes on there. Love those comfy looking beds.
And readers ... enough with the calls for wide shots. If you know how to do that in 600 sq. ft., by all means apply for a job at AT.
Oh, wow. Looks like the moderators are really anti-free speech. Isn't that precious.
Nope. He didn't. He stated an opinion and then after they deleted THAT comment (that so many agreed with), he restated the opinion - SUPER politely, I might add - and they deleted THAT, as well. BS.
Love the porcelain kitty and the books on the window ledge!
I like to see what people have in their homes and how they are decorating and using their space. That includes the personal contents of their home. Our belongings tell a story about who we are and what we like...it can inspire others to try different things or decorate using unconventional items. Snotty remarks about about owning or displaying a Chanel purse are mean spirited and not helpful.
Brandy R. the same thing happened with me several months ago. Freedom of speech doesn't apply here, even if you word it differently so that it won't appear to be offesive.
This is a beautiful space, it hardly looks like a rental! Great job bringing your personal styles together to create an interesting and homey apartment that represents the two of you individually and as friends.
LOVE this space! great job ladies. Everytime, I feel like I am in a rut I resort to AT where I am never let down. I especially love your cozy bedrooms, your kitchen is to die for. Your use of space is commendable and I need to get to work on my own space! Oh and I really like the Jesus print. I will def be referring to your pics as inspiration.
Why have a comments section if you only want positive comments? Deleting comments from people who have a criticism is silly & childish.
agreed
oh wow, ladies! what a pleasant surprise to see my "shit to do" pad pop up in your gorgeous home. thanks again :)