Vacation apartment in Chelsea

I haven’t had a chance to write in the past few weeks but here I am with a post about a vacation apartment I design in Chelsea.

My friends bought this studio apartment and asked my help in designing it.

The apartment is very long and I had to come up with a way to create spaces for different activities; dinning, living, sleeping, working etc. My friends wanted to give a modern feel to it and asked to include “something about new york” in the design.

I had two big challenges; it had to be ready in 3 days and the budget was $6500.

The most important thing I did was to divide the space to 3 different areas, but still to keep everything open and light.

The bar defines the dining area and creates separation between the kitchen and the living area. Because of the tight schedule, we didn’t build an actual wall, but a low divider from wood with a piece of wooden countertop we bought at ikea.

I used the beam in the ceiling to hang a light curtain. It separates the sleeping area from the living space.

I selected dry sage color for one of the walls and we left the rest of the walls with the light yellow paint.

A desk can function as a working space, but can also be used for make up (we hanged a large mirror above).

Most of the furniture are from ikea. The desk is from West Elm. The orange sofa is a piece of furniture my friend really liked and I thought it could work. Picture are from Ikea as well.

Hope you like it… I do!

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