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Party at Uri's!

seriously!!!

i live in the east village now and i'd die with such a large space! what building is this? i want in!

Uri has carabiners on his bed-side table. I think Uri may be a little kinky. I approve.

Please clean out that tub-

Love everything about this except the kitchen...WAY too open for me. Looks too cluttered. (I have too many kitchen gadgets that aren't nice to look at so I couldn't do that).

Jackson is going to talk about herself in the third person for the rest of the day. Uri inspired Jackson.

Also, Jackson likes Uri's place, but agrees the shower needs a washin.

Jackson, Uri referred to himself in the first person--throughout the survey. Otherwise I referred to Uri in third person.

Uri, stand aside. i think a lot of us will want to move in. rent-controlled? i am dying of envy.

I actually like the open kitchen though i agree the clutter could be worked on. (and time to clean out the closet.) but i like all the open shelving. those blue bowls DO stand out! there are many other things I like, the low bookshelves, the dining area, the big hanging bulbs. even though it is monochrome & modern the home still has a very personal feel/style to it. and is comfortable. thanks for showing.

As a monochrome kind of gal myself, I love this place and envy Uri for all that space.

I particularly like the way the pictures are arranged in one continuous strip, echoing the bookcases below which are in one continuous strip, echoing the modular couches, which also seem to be in one continuous strip and were even named the "Strips" line. So the whole place is modular and stripular.

it is refreshing to have a house tour of a tasteful monochrome home...bravo. admittedly, i am not a huge fan of color-color-color-everywhere homes.

I am guessing your apartment is above the theatre on 2nd ave and 12th street. I recognize the shape of the windows. (I used to live in an apt on 12th st.) Does your apt smell of popcorn? :) seriously, It is clear that you put a great deal of work and money into your space. I hope your landlord pays you a fixture fee for all that you've put into it, in the event you ever move out!

Slide 14: Filling a pot with water on the floor?!! I'm glad I'll never be invited to Uri's for dinner. Seriously, I'd be concerned about what else Uri puts on the floor and then on the kitchen counter, only to pass on who knows what germs to his guests or himself.

Oh... and I also see a bowl on the floor under the kitchen counter in slide 13. Very, very glad I won't be eating dinner at Uri's.

Wow, I love love this. The couches are a bit like sleeping bags, but I guess that's the look he's going for.

Very nice! Monochrome is not my style, but I really admire this--it's stylish and modern without being super-cold. I especially like the rounded shelving unit on the wall and the light bulb fixture.

I would have a really hard time with the open shelving--where do you put ugly things like Tupperware?--but I admire your willingness to go for it.

Daily Nuance [sic], I am willing to bet people feel similarly happy not to have you over for dinner if you are prone to calling other peoples' kitchens germy.

Yes, Jenny, you'd make me [sic] too.

slide 3 - where did you get the steel lockers?? I

Daily - I think the bowl on the floor is for a pet. It appears there is a handy water bottle above it.

Uri - I really love your place. I love the photos lined up uniformly above the low book cases. Hmm. I'd like to see some very geometrical black or white pottery on the shevlves. Also, the bulbs are really cool.

I absolutely adore the coffee table and am in awe that you made it! I love the little nooks for the remotes! This may be the first coffee table that would work with guy friends that I've known who have remotes all over the place!

Also, what is the art in slide 21 (I think?) on the wall above the computer? Did you make that as well. I'm very intrigued.

Are those really temporary blinds? I might be crazy but I dig 'em much better than the crappy blinds in my place. Can I have them when you're done?

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed seeing your place. If you make me a coffe table, I'll arrange your kitchen for you.

Great space. Great vision.

Still, I contracted hypothermia and died. I couldn't live like that.

But its friggin' stylish I'll admit that. It must be, because it looks really uncomfy.

I do LOVE the granite table and the half-dome shelving unit and covet them for myself. The color scheme and the open shelving in the kitchen, not so much.

Hi Uri! Your place looks great, as usual. I should know; my engagement party was held there.

Hope to see you soon!

Dreadful. I teach color theory and I find that people who design this way are often afraid of color. Modernist interiors certainly have helped usher in the modern era, but why is color such a polarizing thing amongst people now? yeesh. I really find the pics of this place industrial without the warmth of interceding pieces...and a yellow phone attempting to warm up a place like this is much the same as adding a thimble-full of sugar to a gallon of vinegar...doesn't do too much, and just makes the glaring absence of life and sweetness all the more noticeable...

DOPE!
Not into the bathroom sink and the messy closet, but diggin' the turntables, bachelor kitchen, and the overall deliverance.
Great place for cool euro parties.

>I teach color theory and I find that people
>who design this way are often afraid of color.

I find monochromatic spaces soothing, calming and conducive to clear thought. Not everybody wants to live in a confetti bag. Deal.

Oh, and I love those plastic chairs in your apartment, Uri. Those are the Gaudi chairs, correct? Fantastic. If I lived in New York, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

You had me at the turn tables.

Great pad! Soothing and inviting space... and I love the half-circle book unit on the wall. Books are pieces of art unto themselves. Gorgeous design.

**Love the space you dwell...

>I teach color theory and I find that people
>who design this way are often afraid of color.

Malevich says you have no idea what you are talking about. Frank Stella would like to have a word with you. Piet Mondrian wonders if he wasted his life painting in only three primary colors. Richard Meier is laughing in a corner while hugging his Pritzker Prize sitting in the middle of one of his all white buildings.

White is one of the most difficult colors to handle in the visual arts. One could easily say that those who design with lots of color do so because they lack the skill to properly handle white as it is unforgiving of poorly designed spaces.

Dave, I so agree with you.

Uri, I think your place is fantastic! Your use (and non-use) of color is sophisticated and stylish. You achieve just the right balance of light/dark, hard/soft, warm/cold. I love it!

And since when is "industrial" a bad thing? Some people don't want to live in a warm fuzzy cocoon. It's not for everyone. You have to be able to appreciate a space for what it is, not what you'd like it to be if it were your space.

By the way, love the open kitchen in this apartment. It goes along with the whole modern/utilitarian vibe. Very cool.

And may I say again, when you get white right, that's talent.

This space is perfect. I think the kitchen is fantastic. Julia Childs had a huge peg board in her kitchen with all kinds of tools hanging by hooks. To me all the elements of the kitchen are like the props for a stage show. Very cool. I also appreciate the modern look of the apartment made casual from the large comfy sofas and assortment of personal items. I would really like to know details on how the tub/shower was built. Well done.

I think this is my favorite house tour ever. (Fans of this one should check out ANdreas's Greektown Loft on Chicago AT). I'm also coveting your couch. I spent a good hour googling "Beylerian Strip," but alas, I think you have the last one. Love the lights, too.

uri,

I LOVE your open kitchen and would come for dinner any day of the week. I cook alot and have lots of kitchen gadgets and did not find your open shelving in disarray, au contraire, i was thinking how does he keep it so neat?! and your closet looks way better than mine. I think it shows you actualy live in your apartment and cook and such, not just using your fridge to store take out leftovers. Bravo!

Love the space, nice and bright and open, but it looked a little too undecorated for my taste...all function and no form. ( I guess I'm not a industrial/utilitarian kinda person.)

Looking at his apartment, I have to wonder if Uri is really the type of person who the rent control laws were designed to benefit.

Hi all -

I hadn't really taken a good look at the site before having my house photographed - I really had no idea what I was getting into. It's quite an experience having your place up for scrutiny. And I was amazed by the range of comments that came back - everything from complimentary (thank you) to constructively critical (again, thanks) to head-scratchingly aggressive (um... you probably owe it to yourselves to work through some things. I'm just sayin') to amazingly sleuthy (well done). Suggestions were offered, words coined, battle lines drawn, and I'm suddenly considering referring to myself in the third person from now on. Exciting stuff. I've thought of my place as many things, but "controversial" was never one of them. Until now.

Thanks, all, for the introduction to AT and the thought and passion behind your comments. Some responses:

-Blinds: you can get them (vinyl or paper) for about $5.99 at Bed Bath and Beyond.
-Locker: From a great store in the East Village that used to deal exclsively in old steel objects from which they removed the paint. Unfortunately out of business.
-Artwork behind my desk: made by my mother, a phenomenally talented artist.
-Popcorn: the apartment never smells like popcorn, but when a big-budget movie is playing in the main theater, I sometimes feel the bass in the bathroom.
-Chair: It's a Magistretti Vicario, the coffee table height version of the Gaudi.
-Carabiners: they're totally innocent, leftovers from a recent camping trip. Please! (Besides, you can just get out of carabiners - police-grade handcuffs do a much better job and mine are discreetly tucked away in a drawer).
-Rent control: you're probably right. But I'm not enough of a conscientious objector to move out and pay market.

Snazzy! What is your hourly rate for apartment therapy?

Also - tub: framed with plywood, then put on a two-part waterproofing system - a waterproof membrane that comes in a roll and a paint-on liquid. I forget the name of the product, but I bought mine at Strober Brothers in Brooklyn - if you go this route they'll know what you're talking about.

I love it! I'm representin for the chromafabulous and horror vacui-ous out here. (link in my name:)

I still love it.

Great space, wonderful presence. Every chef's personal kitchen I've seen is all about open, accessible, ergonomic.

I'm thinking white cords and fixtures for the hanging light bulbs, which I love the bulbosity of. I've been trying to figure out how to fill my apt with them. Great idea.

For your birthday, I'm getting you a point of use dedicated water filter faucet. Cheaper in the long run.

The little messes in corners here and there made me sad because I'm a clean freak :(

But seriously Uri, that coffee table is really awesome. It's nice to see a crafty side of things on here, not many of us can make our own stuff.

I love the long, low bookshelves -- and that they are on feet rather than sitting flush on the ground. Where did he get them or were they custom built? If so, who did them?

Uri!
This is the highest accolade I can bestow on a "hot post": I would pay to housesit for you!
Pulling off the "Monochromatic Look" is no mean feat (it makes me nervous, I don't know why). But everything that should stand out does (books, artwork) and everthing that should recede into the background does (seating and storage). Lastly, appreciate the creativity displayed in the bathroom and the lighting!

The little messes in corners here and there made me happy because it is nice to see a home that looks lived in.

"Pulling off the monochromatic look".....Dude...How hard is it to put together achromatic things in an open space? I do like your space and it does look very nice the way u arranged your stuff. I'd live in it. But these people on here who are making it seem like rocket science to pull together black, white, gray, and metallic things are just full of themselves. We can either say we like Uri's apartment or we don't. But to go as far as to say that he might be afraid of color is just nonsense. It never surprises me how people are never tired of showing off how much they know.

Keep up the nice work Uri. I love that industrial look.

Just had to say that I like the space. But Uri's gracious and witty repsonse makes me like it even more. Bravo!

Wasn't this posted last year?

I love it, but isn't it a repeat?

Why are we looking at repeats?

Uri, you rogue you!
This apartment is incredible. or should i say PALACE...

Monday is always the "classic episode"; Wednesday is the new one.

Every Monday, at least one person asks why the Inside Out is a repeat.

At the end of every Monday's post, I clearly state that this particular Inside Our post was originally posted on a specific day, prior to today's date.
Wende thank you so much for helping those of the weekly confusion...

Uri, is that Specialized bike? Possibly a Festina team frame? I love the apartment. A very cool place you have!

Jill-

Can you post that in the title of the post instead of at the bottom, in the fine print? And I second the question from Windwolf; Why are we looking at repeats? Isn't that what the archive is for?

Because some people may have missed it the first time around and not know what to look for in the archives.

Besides, you get a new one every Wednesday.

Now you know spanishfish and windwolf, you can take over from others when the person next week asks why they are seeing repeats ;)

OK, since no one said it yet: n00bZ!11!!

I can appreciate it, even though it's not quite my thing. Very nice job. Like others, the only issue for me is the cluttered kitchen. I think panels that slide on industrial-looking casters to expose sections and cover sections in a really graphic way would look great.

Big loft. Reminds me of friends' places that used to have bangin' parties until the roosters crowed.

I like the monochromatic look and the furniture but I wonder if a lot of the clutter is due the fact that there is so much space to spread stuff out, especially in the kitchen.

The cords and bulbs turned out really well and the gallery wall of photos is very nice.

The tub waterproofing sounds like http://www.schluter.com/, which we installed in our own bathroom renos recently, based on recommendations from AT posters.

I like most of this house tour - Im not really partial to the bed frame.

However in this industry you need to appreciate all types of design styles and remember that everyone has different taste. Uri's interests and personality are reflected in a asthetically pleasing and functional way.

So Although everyone would not like to personally live here - you can't deny that is a successfull space.

Bed side tables need to go! other then that not bad...I wousd find another spot for the desk ...too messy there and also I thinkyou need some wonderful green plants in the dining space area with the long book shelf...that would be nice

I think Uri needs to change his Brita water filter - H2O looks a little brown. I like that he has style.

you have already posted this article last year.. no new places/apt to write about --it's getting boring to see the same images on this website..

stava - read the previous comments; your "concern" has already been addressed. Reposts are for newer readers who may not have time to dig through the archives to find gems like Uri's place. To some, they are new posts. To those, like yourself, for whom they are repeats, simply refrain from clicking through and browsing the post again. It's not hard.

you can buy the half moon type bookshelf from a store in the UK called untothislast
http://www.untothislast.co.uk/

they do them for DVD's, CDs etc.

On the rest of the apartment, not enough colour for me

Saw your home last year, and liked it then. I still like it today.

Props for making a place that still looks lived in, effortless, and stylish all in one go. BIG props for doing this with the tones you selected - I find it is MUCH harder to use less color than more while keeping it interesting.

I hope Uri is utilizing that table for legendary beer pong games.

Nice... I appreciate that it is lived in.

By the way, the Strips sofa is alive and well, and selling at the Conran Shop

Uri,

I loved your place last year and I love it again this year... I fell in love twice :)

Thank you for opening your home to all of us. I enjoyed seeing your disciplined eye and sense of style translated throughout your home.

I appreciate how you showed your home as you live in it. You did not throw stuff under couches and into closets to make your space appear what it was not. You live in your space....you use your closet and you cook often.

Good for you!

I'm more envious of his Bowflex dumbells than anything else.

Wow! Classic, masculine loft living with subtle style. This is a place that is not "precious", one in which you can be human...with a little dirt! I would ride a bicycle in here. Ha! Wish I had his sofas. Cheers.

Uri,

I saw the piece of art on your wall and said to myself, "that looks like Noah's work"... and then read the caption under the photo, 'artwork by his mother'. Wait a minute, your Eli's son!

Even New York is a small world.

cheers,