Frankie Foye, a hairstylist who lives in the West Village, has furnished her one bedroom apartment with street finds and deals found at places like Housing Works. The New York Times interviews Frankie about her space and she shares her approach to paint color...
Frankie painted the living room walls Straw by Benjamin Moore to give it some warmth — because the apartment receives a colder, northern light: “If the apartment had southern light, I wouldn’t use these colors,” Ms. Foye said. “I love the interplay of light and dark, shadows and sun here.”
More pictures and the full story in The New York Times: Peace, Quiet and Pajama-Clad Jazz.
(Images: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Is the expression "I want to go there" played out? Because I want to go there.
view purlgreyhound's profile
Great story and beautiful apartment!
view sassydo's profile
It's a lovely, liveable space.
I too painted several rooms in Benjamin Moore "Straw." I almost shied away from it initially as it looks a little beigy-tan on the chip (I'm not a big fan of beige--I crave colour), but across the broad expanse of a wall, it has a soft, warm golden glow--enough hue to be an actual colour but not so much colour as to overwhelm the space. It functions as a neutral without actually being beige. It's a fantastic, liveable shade of paint.
view favabean's profile
purigreyhound, according to tina fey it's " i want to go to there".
view patrickmc's profile