NY Home | Chelsea Loft

Casa Vogue recently featured the stunning apartment of my friend and former colleague André Viana, an art dealer, and his partner André Mellone, an architect. Their loft, located in the heart of West Chelsea, is steps from the High Line and filled with an impeccable collection of furniture and art, including coveted pieces by Wade Guyton, Jacob Kassay, and Tauba Auerbach.

In their living room, two leather club chairs and a folding chair designed by Hans Wegner sit around two coffee tables, an aluminum piece from 1960s and a three-legged walnut table designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings.

André Mellone's beautiful design renderings carefully plan for each element of the home, which feels balanced, warm, and layered, due to antique elements nestled among the contemporary architectural lines of the apartment. Their superb space was created by uniting two adjacent units in the building, the combination of which was designed and overseen by Mellone. 

Three silver paintings by Jacob Kassay preside over a long marble and iron French bistro table, which is flanked by six antique Biedermeier dining chairs dating from 1840.

Continue reading for more amazing images of this home...

Lovely Homes | Where Old Meets New

This Belle Époque house in Monaco is a wonderful mix of contemporary and old-world. I can only imagine how interesting it must be to ascend those minimal limestone stairs and find the rich wood library, filled to the brim with books...

This lovely exterior image foretells a beautiful story, hinting at the combination of styles found inside this home. Mixing modern elements among antiques is a favorite design technique of mine, and doing that room by room - rather than within individual rooms - is so interesting. A very traditional library can exist just off a contemporary kitchen, and so on...That way each area takes on a very distinct personality in the house. So beautiful!

Images of Mark Brockbank and Marco Orsini's home, designed by Marc Corbiau, via Architectural Digest, Photographer: Simon Watson.

Rolling Lines

I've been a bit architecture obsessed lately, and this undulating addition is particularly enticing! Designed by Andy Martin Associates, this spectacular glass conservatory in west London has bright white walls, a glass barrel-vaulted ceiling, and three oversized sets of arched doors...

I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to see this beautiful exterior silhouette when coming home each day. I love how high the curved glass doors are - it's almost as if they reach upwards, delicately supporting the glass waves of the building....And the amount of light they let in is perfect. What a relaxing space!

Images via de zeen magazine.

Library Envy

The three floor-to-ceiling shelves in our apartment are now all filled, and I'm lusting after a huge space in which to store my ever-growing book collection...

How fantastic is this room? The storage, the organization, the ceiling height...All are so precious, especially to New Yorkers! I could read for hours in the space. Or, it would be the perfect home office...

Image via Pinterest.