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$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...

Ha! I actually laughed out loud at this.

Ain't no bitchiness like over-the-top bitchiness :)

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!