Name: Dante
Location: East Soho/North Chinatown
Size: 500 sqft
Favorite: The window boxes full of box hedges (a little bit of Hamptons overlooking chinatown).
We visited Dante in an earlier house tour and things were in major disarray. Since then, however, Dante has had the resolve, perseverence and style to bring it all together and the slide show proves it. In less than a few weeks, Dante hung hand-made curtains, put up tons of shelves, arranged, arranged and arranged her many belongings and now it feels like home!..
Challenging as it was, Dante found somewhere to hide all her stuff! The high ceilings help in terms of accommodating a lot of shelves for storage; the long rods holding huge swaths of fabric make that which is behind invisible.
The oasis in the bedroom is created by obscuring Dante's view of Chinese restaurants with great box hedges in multiple planter boxes. She had the air conditioner relocated above so as to create more flexibility with the lower window space. The bed is separated from the rest of the apartment by a pretty successful low bookcase. From the living room and kitchen, the bed is completely obscured. Although an open plan, Dante has defined and delineated discreet uses. It even feels spacious.
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Comments (20)
i will have to try this arrangement with my bed and buffet sideboard (which i use as clothes storage) to demarcate a 'bedroom'.
jeepers, that will take me a long while to do considering i have way too much stuff under my bed. and will have to figure out how to slide things out from the FOOT and not the side.. oh, dear..
wende - you are no longer in phoenix but in sanfran now??? or is that a different wende?
yes, i too am perplexed by "EAST SOHO". does that refer to any street before Bowery? ha!
love this apt... i was inspired by dante's layout when i got my studio apt a year & a half ago. i love how the low bookshelves allows simultaneous separation and openness in the space. turns out i love hot pink too... separated at birth, dante? :)
Maria - I just ordered custom sized cushions from www.customcushions.net and they were really reasonably priced and completely customizable in size. They also have a variety of sunbrella fabrics to choose from.
Great apartment, Dante, and Jill you did a great job in showing it. The photos and everything were really clear.
Hey where did you get the white floor book cases from?
Thanks
Hi dante - its soo pretty, wondering how you got your AC above in the window? did you have someone mount it for you? and does this mean its permanent? or can u take it in for the winter?
thanks!
I love the bed behind the shelves. Looks so cosy! What model of shelves are those?
Oh this space is so cute! I just love it!
I saw this on Small Space Big Style on HGTV. I didn't care for it then. I don't think my feelings have changed.
Does anyone know where the crystal lamp in the living room area may have come from? I've been looking for one all over NYC and on the internet, but everything is either too big, too gaudy or too expensive. I love that lamp and hope someone sees this post and can help, if not Dante herself.
Thanks!
sorry, but what's the big deal?
Tidy. organized.
But no WOW factor anywhere in this place.
How about a big splashy piece of art on that big empty wall or something?
I like it when we critique here and nudge or inspire each other to take bigger steps.
Congratulations from Spain! I like so much your studio.
Well done!
Carmenchu
It's okay.. I just really would like to see some wax on those wood floors. Shine is okay!
Very pretty.....but how do you operate the air conditioner?
Such a great apartment! Just seeing how you used the shelves to separate your bedroom area may just save me from looking for a 1-bedroom this summer. I have been putting it off because I love my place, its just small studio. Maybe I should just send you the broker's fee I just saved??
I am scouring the Ikea website for the book cases. Can't find them. Do you know what they were called?
Has anyone else found them?
Thanks!
Does anyone know if a how-to was posted for creating window treatments like Dante's? I would be forever in debt...have searched without finding one.
ACE - yes, look at the most recent post about dante being included in the new AT book for a link.
does it not bother anyone that the stools are bar height beside counter height surfaces!?!? how does one comfortably use them?
Dante - I hope you're still reading this (a few weeks after it was posted) .... One more "where did you get it" question, but this one hasn't been asked yet! The low, round, wood coffee table in your living room. I love it! It's exactly what I've had in my head for months now but was beginning to think it doesn't exist. Any source ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Since this tour has been posted again (after 1 1/2 yrs!!), I want to say it's one of my all time favorites. It's layout is one of the best uses of space ever.
The low book shelves as a room divider that still makes the room look big... I believe AT used it as an example of one of the cleverest ways to layout a studio apartment.
Yes, an AT Classic