“…I was adamant on finding an apartment with a lot of old NYC character and, most importantly, a separate dining room and closed-off kitchen. I love doorways and rooms so I wanted an old building,” Shereshewsky explains. She and her husband, Rajat Mehrotra, looked for a home that had those characteristics for awhile, eventually finding this 1150-square-foot Murray Hill apartment three years ago.

“When I walked in, I knew it was the one. It felt like home immediately…” she writes. While the love for this space was instantaneous — and there was a big, distinct dining room — the apartment was going to need some work. Known as a “classic five,” along with a dining room, the prewar apartment also includes two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen.

“We had to gut the space, rewire all the electric, redo the pipes, the kitchen, and both bathrooms were emptied out and all the walls were opened,” describes Shereshewsky, who chronicled some of the reno on her Instagram account, @murrayhillhome.

Shereshewsky, who worked in film for around 13 years, started her YouTube channel in 2020 when she was “laid off from my job and feeling lonely and cooking a lot and it resonated with people and it’s now my full time job!” You can follow her on Instagram, TikTok, and her website.

• Ceilings — Chantilly Lace OC-65
• Living Room — Navajo white OC-95
• Bedroom — Persimmon 2088-40 and Navajo white OC-95
• Hallway — Blue Danube 2062-30
• Kitchen/Pantry —Vivid Beauty 138
• Dining Room — Gossamer Blue 2123 – 40

• Cabinets — IKEA
• Cabinet Fronts — Reform
• Custom Rug — Instagram
• Art in Bar — Custom for Hitting 500K on YouTube made by Addeline Griswold

• Bookshelf —Container Store
• TV — Samsung Frame TV 
• Carpet — Cold Picnic 
• Captains Chairs — Vintage from Facebook Marketplace
• Leather Sofa — Hoxton saddle leather sofa CB2
• Female Form Indoor/Outdoor Side Table — Urban Outfitters 
• Glass Table — Vintage 
• Mushroom Puff — Target
• Stackable Cushions — Target
• Off the Straight and Narrow — Delphine Hennelly
• Self Portrait — Peter Doyle
• NYC to India — Eric Pause
• Classic Manner — Pat Jensen

• Table — Vintage 
• Racer Dining Chair in Tait Tomato — Blue Dot
• Mason Storage Cabinet — Urban Outfitters
• Carpet — All Modern
• Sunset Madonnas — John Holcomb
• Other art — Jack Jensen Owner of Mutiny Now Used Books in Denver, CO

• Oven backsplash — Fireclay Tile
• Cabinets — IKEA
• Cabinet Front — Reform Pch

• Andes Bed — CB2
• Closet — Container Store
• Art — Laura Berger @lauraberger
• The Skier — Pat Jensen 

• Bath Mat 1 — Urban Outfitters
• Bath Mat 2 — Urban Outfitters

Thanks Beryl!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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