Showing posts with label West Village. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Village. Show all posts

Thursday, July 22, 2010

West Village Bachelor Pad...

Welcome to the Ultimate West Village bachelor pad. This place screams C.B.G.B. rocker lifestyle; heavy on the black with plenty of exposed industrial beams, brick and just enough woodland-sy, deer antlered, whiskey swigging accents to round off the entirely masculine vibe...and you just know the apartment only ever looks this clean on photo-shoot day...

...excellent mixture of grays, serious blacks, and natural wood tones...

...conveys a mood of antique eclecticism while maintaining masculinity...

...its the non-store bought individualistic items that give a place character...

...it wouldn't be a bachelor's pad without a closet devoted entirely to booze...

...the kitchen space maintains the same unique aesthetic...

...towel rack!? thats for pansy city-slickers, just use dead animal antlers...

...somehow they've managed to bring the Adirondacks to the City...

...without making it look too "Disney-Magic"...

The home of veteran fashion photographer Carter Smith, this place takes the stereotypical bachelor's pad and gives it a heightened sense of ....well, "refined scruffy-ness". Its sort of the professional Hipster look you often see young 30 somethings undertaking when they realize they've the money to burn and an appearance [hygiene] to maintain...Apart from having an inspiring pad, Smith also seems to be a damned good photographer to boot. Just take a look at some of his past works...

...Lily Cole. Potentially the source of the antler / bathroom idea...

...The Chicest of strolls through Washington Square Park...

...ok, now we're just getting into Hippie territory here...
rustic...woodsy, I'm thinking Smith likes that...

...Just a silly ad for Zara, but its very Cartier Bresson-esque...

Sunday, July 11, 2010

West Village Vintage...

One of my favorite designers to date is S. R. Gambrel, if you haven't heard of him yet its ok, he's relatively under-appreciated considering he hasn't done the ubiquitous designer-turned shiny faced-continually-grinning host of his own HGTV show. Based mainly in New York city, this talented designer deftly mixes vintage influences and that slightly off brand sense of intense colour and pattern thats hot-on-the-heels of the well-heeled Kelly Wearstler, though with a much more masculine and ...shall we say... subdued / livable vibe.

...every west village walk-up needs its own vestibule...

...I'm a sucker for good hardwood herringbone floors...

...office space...

...which has its own seating / reading nooks...

...and notice the high-gloss black lacquered doors...

...the master bedroom space...I think the client liked blue / turquoise...

...you know its good design when theres a klismos chair involved...

...the guest bedroom...a bit more subdued don't you think...

...every child needs an Ikat patterned bedroom...

...Kudos for not going ALL WHITE SUBWAY TILE in the bathroom...

...the closet space, just enough space for function and display...

...oh to have such a luxury of space for all your shoes...

...Master bathroom...

...looking into the Reception room...

...there's a strong 1940's eclectic theme going on in this room...

...sort of a mixture of neo-traditional in updated fabrics and finishes...

...very West Village bohemian...without the oil-paint stained floors...

...the Formal Dining room had me with the Lacquered walls...

...The basement kitchen is wonderful in that it retains character...

...utilitarian...unapologetically sparse in the most refined manner...

...and oh to have such a space in the city...

Check out his Portfolio, its full of some pretty serious high-gloss trendy-traditional interiors.