Name: Dante
Location: South-Eastern Soho
Size: 600 sqft. rental
Years lived in: Moved in 2 weeks ago
Dante designs and sells handbags through her company Dante Beatrix. She moved in to a space in the same neighborhood as our Apartment Therapy office and as a result I have had the honor of closely tracking the transition of her space from its former use as the We Mi Skin Care Spa/Salon to its nearly completed residential glory . I was most impressed by Dante’s diligence and productivity. No complaining about the heat, no procrastinating, no sign of weariness at this daunting task.
The owner of the building demolished and redid the space in under a week. In that time, Dante was able to assert certain requests regarding track and wall lighting, wall colors, the paint brand she preferred, the creation of 22" deep wall partitions to later adapt into storage space, and some appliances for the kitchen. It was thrilling just to be in the presence of someone with such stellar decision making qualities. Once the apartment was ready to move into, Dante took matters into her own hands and was on the fast track to getting settled.
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Very clever so far. I'm looking forward to seeing the final results.
will be beautiful soon i have a feeling.
just one question- is there a dead body in that meat-locker of a fridge?
-kellen
What a great start! I am so excited to see the final results.
Where can I get one of those above sink drying racks?
gdragon -
The drying rack is part of the GRUNDTAL system from IKEA. The kitchen cabinets and counters are UDDEN from IKEA, as well.
Congratulations Dante! What a great looking new space! I think it will be lovely when finished.
Great idea for curtains. How exactly does it work? Can we see or get details?
Is the dish rack really ikea? It seems to fold back out of the way, does the ikea one do that also?
the couch is gorgeous! love the cushion color/pattern. where, pray tell, does it come from?
Is the hanging dish rack in the kitchen from Ikea?
it's beautiful - and clean!! Great design! it looks lived in but, just perfect... but all this with a grain of salt, for island. It's really painful to see so many wonderul people having to cram themselves into small apts. like I have said before, if you *can,* get out. I did. I haven't looked back and with 1200+ square feet, I'm still wondering what to do with my spare bedroom. And it's so much cheaper just a little further out of Manhattan. Like, 30 minutes outside of Manhattan. I love the little bedroom niche, though. That is so fresh and so just "spring!"
Very nice! I love the low bookcases that act as partitions, very cool. To the previous comments about the dish rack, I believe it is the Ikea GRUNDTAL dish drainer! I'll get myself one on my next trip!