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Calypso Home’s vignette probably had one of my favorite back stories. This room belongs to a young woman who just had her heart broken by her boyfriend. The space has …
Remember my post on fashion hairstylist Frankie Foye and her boho chic West Village Apartment? Well, Frankie’s place was featured on the cover of the New York Times Real Estate section this past Sunday! Click here to check it out!…
Thursday night I attended the opening night party for Housing Works’ annual Design on a Dime fundraiser. Each year, Housing Works enlists some of the top names in interior design to create spectacular room vignettes with donated, brand new luxury home furnishings which are sold at 50-80% off retail to benefit Housing Works’ charitable programs for homeless and low-income people living with HIV and AIDS in New York City. This year’s vignettes were filled with amazing pieces for sale and were also …
The best example of eco-friendly design that I’ve seen is the 2500 square foot, three-bedroom model apartment designed last year by Thom Filicia for the Riverhouse condominium building in New York City. The LEED certified Riverhouse is a luxury high-rise overlooking Battery Park and probably one of New York City’s “greenest” buildings. It has attracted high-profile buyers including Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyra Banks and in a clever marketing effort, the developers tapped Filicia to create a stylish model apartment that embodied the idea of luxury, eco-friendly living.
The entire apartment was designed using environmentally friendly, …