Franciso Costa, womens-wear designer at Calvin Klein (and this week's guest judge on Project Runway) shares a midtown apartment with horse trainer and manager John De Stefano. T Style Magazine shows us their stylish, masculine space — a two-bedroom apartment as an exercise in minimalism meeting traditional. The author of the article, Horatio Silva, calls it "gentlemanly restraint"...










Minimal? Umm, where?
view ChrisToronto's profile
I would of called it soft modern if anything.
Really nice looking whatever one calls it.
view poptart's profile
I love gentlemanly restraints. Oh, wait...
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
Thumbs up: the magnificent horse photo against the shimmering bedroom wallcovering and sheets; the superb leather bench against the chunky library shelving.
view lightspeed's profile
I agree poptart, it's more soft modern. Comfortable minimalism.
But more importantly...when can I move in? The photos are stunning.
view atlantadesigner's profile
Concur. This is stylish, but not minimal in any way I can see. In fact, there is a tremendous amount of traditionalist extraneous decoration, like the molding on the walls, the frilly frames (which I love, esp in contrast with those cement (?) stools).
I love the hidden door into the bathroom concept. And the wonderful herringbone wood floor against the blue-grey walls. The bookshelves look very self-consciously styled though. Not candid at all.
Altogether, very classy and grown-up.
They did resort to one of the dirty tricks of bedroom interior design photography though... they only show one side of the bed! I hate that because coordinating matching or non-matching bedside tables is always the hardest thing for me, and this way I never get more ideas!
view Cool Breeze's profile
You're dirty patrick - loves it!
Now about the house...I love it except for the horn chair. Seriously - masculine doesnt need to equal dead animals.
view Modfan's profile
Can anyone tell me the name of the artist who did the horse mane photograph shown above? I'm aware that Linda Fargo gave the artwork as a gift, but who is the artist please? Thank you for any information anyone might provide. I sincerely appreciate it.
view leslieworks's profile
Nice apartment. Very "Calvin Klein" I was disappointed by the pictures included. I really don't want to see a picture of a cup on a sink, unless it shows some feature or clever idea.
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