“I am a Jewish woman of a certain age with a certain schmaltzy aesthetic. I also am a woman who grew up in the Bronx in the ’70s and ’80s in a Spanish-speaking household (raised by my Puerto Rican stepfather), dances salsa, and loves clothes. Last, I am an avowed Buddhist who mediates every day and goes on regular silent retreats. All of that is (somehow) reflected in my home,” she continues.

Though she admits that she’s not a particularly handy person, she has done quite a lot to improve her small space in the years she’s owned it. After she bought the place but before she moved in, she had the floors redone. “They were that terrible NYC yellowish shiny wood parquet color that reminded me of gym class at PS 105 in the Bronx where I went to school. I had them stripped and stained white,” she writes.

Another thing she changed about the apartment had to do with just how much clothing and shoes she has. “I knocked down a wall between two of those adjacent small closets you see in older NYC apartment buildings and converted it into one bigger closet with sliding mirrored doors,” she explains. “I also put in a shelving system into the apartment’s one walk-in closet. Both with container store elfa shelving. They measured all my shoes and dresses and pocketbooks and luggage so everything fit perfectly. It was a dream.” 

She says she also had a sliding glass door added to divide the kitchen area from the dressing room area right outside of the bathroom. “It was a regular closet door, but it made the apartment and dining area look small, and I thought the addition of a sliding glass door opened up the space,” she writes.

• Living room — Benjamin Moore Porcelain 
• Dressing Room — Benjamin Moore Mauve blush
• Bedroom — Benjamin Moore Antique pearl
• Bathroom and Kitchen — Benjamin Moore Oyster
• All trim — Benjamin Moore White Diamond

• Giant metal Vintage gas station numbers 7-1-8 Queens area code (various Etsy stores)
• QUEENS NYC MAP PRINT — Archies Press
• Allen Acrylic Console Table — Bed, Bath, and Beyond
• Green velvet ottoman storage pouf — Amazon
• Jonathan Adler Wink Trinket Tray, Black and White — Amazon

• Louvre Fabric Chair & Ottoman, Fern Velvet — Kardiel
• Everly Quinn Pillow in Sangria  — Wayfair 
• Leah Singh Maya Light Pink pillow — Leah Singh
• Lavender Tigers Blanket throw — Olivia Wendel 
• Navy Dragonfly Zafu Zabuton Set meditation cushion — Dharma Crafts 
• Bone inlay side table — Etsy
• Bent Mirrored Coffee Table — Afa
• Ligne rosset red floor lamp — Pinterest
• PEACH & PEBBLE 10 Inch Pink Ceramic Planter — Amazon
• Lofgren Plant Stand By Mercury Row – pink & gold — Wayfair
• Vintage moroccan rug mid-20th century — Nazmiyal Antique Rugs 
• Lacquer shop chest / dresser red + blue — CB2
• Natuzzi sofa — Dark blue fabric w/ leather trim (no longer available)
• Renzo Ortega painting – green dialogue  (backstory: found him through a mural he painted in a local Peruvian sandwich shop on Northern Boulevard.)
• Corey K Lamb  painting 1, Bouquet 2020  (backstory: found him on IG, my first-ever piece of original art)
• Corey K Lamb  painting 2

• Bluff City 14-Inch by Jonah Takagi for Roll & Hill Mint red Pendant Lamp 
• Scarlett Bench and Mongolian Sheep Fur Cover – Dining Bench — Grandin Road
• John McKie art (self-taught artist found on Instagram)
• Kuna Pillow — Mola Sasa
• Chilewich Glow Place Mat — Bloomingdales
• Vintage Traditional Anatolian Wool Rug — ABC Carpets 
• white kitchen glass topped table — Design Within Reach warehouse outlet 
• Air purifier/fan — Dyson
• Gel Stacking Chair with Transparent Red Seat Color— Domitalia
• Custom lit edge exit sign Hebrew letters — emergencylight.net
• Artwork Alfred González/A Ride on the 6 Archival Pigment Print B&W photograph  

• Velvet Vant panels in blush and matching platform bed in blush
• Vintage Mauve Memory Foam Cuddler Dog Bed — Jax & Bones
• SELAB + ALESSANDRO ZAMBELLI LINEA LED SELETTI LED  stick lamp fuschia yoox 
• Panel Track Blinds — Shade Store  
• Pink Hammock — Wayuu hammocks 
• Componibili Bio storage unit, pink Side table — Kartell 
• Solar Roller Shades Levolor — Home Depot shades 

• Window Plant Shelf | Hanging Shelf — Etsy 
• I/O Series Handmade Pot Planter (Set of 6) Campagnia Int’l — Wayfair
• Herman Miller — Airia Desk
• Variable Balans The original kneeling chair Designer — Peter Opsvik Collection : pink
• Bonanza Single Metal Locker Storage Cabinet in Pink — Home Depot
• Large Sorrento box — Jonathan Adler
• Native Union Dock Marquetry Wireless Charger — Walmart 
• Desk lamp — LAMPADAIRE XXL MODÈLE “SUPERARCHIMOON” aluminum
• Solar Roller Shades Levolor — Home Depot shades 

• Vintage Moroccan rug/cut to size — Handira Blankets Etsy 
• African Laundry baskets from Sengal — Etsy 
• Pivot shelf / light blue 
• Sliding glass closet doors — Home Depot
• Sliding glass barn door leading into space from dining area — Build
• Elfa system closets — Container Store

• Umbra white wall map — Macy’s
• Kartell storage white — Finnish Design Store
• Anatomy print – the vagina — Archies Press
• Wake up light — Phillips
• Yamazaki home slim bathroom storage cart — West Elm 

Thanks Suzi!

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

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