July 16th, 2010 in New York
With a husband calling for contemporary and his wife insisting on traditional, Summit-based designer Frank DelleDonne had his work cut out for him. In the end, he updated this 8,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home with the perfect balance between the two—all while overcoming the wife’s fear of window treatments.
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July 12th, 2010 in New York
Designing an apartment in the Robert A.M Stern—a posh hi-rise at 15 Central Park West—may be intimidating to some, but it also means starting with a magnificent blank canvas. Designer Daniel Barsanti, co-owner of Healing Barsanti Design Studios, was up for the challenge and all too eager to get started.
For added inspiration and ideas, Barsanti teamed up with fellow designer Gina Eastman. The main goal was dealing with the two common nuisances of apartment living: city lights and noise from the traffic below. Adding six coats of Benjamin Moore’s White Dove paint and then topping it off with six coats of lacquer, they created a surface from which light can bounce. Simple furniture pieces and a limited color palette ensure that the views remain the focal point of the room.
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July 12th, 2010 in New York
When a Manhattan couple went in search of a contemporary yet traditional update to their two-bedroom 1960s white-brick high-rise, designer John Saladino was able to give them just what they wanted by simply blurring the lines between the two.
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July 1st, 2010 in New York
After the federal tax credit for new homebuyers expired earlier this year, analysts in Rockland, NY were waiting with bated breath to see how the construction industry would fare. The verdict? New construction is down, but remodeling projects are steadily and visibly increasing.
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June 16th, 2010 in New York
While most people fall in love with Victorian homes because of their architecture and charm, it doesn’t take long before they realize the style’s obvious shortcoming: cramped rooms in desperate need of some natural lighting. So when a NYC family with four young boys moved into a double-wide Victorian townhouse on the Upper East Side, they knew they had their work cut out for them.
After architect Eric J. Smith completely reconfigured the interior structure of the home, William Diamond and Anthony Baratta of Diamond Baratta Design moved forward with a design that drew from their rich artistic backgrounds. In the end, they managed to fuse tradition with contemporary.
The family had one request when it came to their home’s design: use kid-friendly elements and lots of blue. This was achieved in the living room with a couch capable of hiding dirt and plenty of blue accents.
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