Hallway with white walls, red and black framed art, multi-colored metallic console table with plant and multi-colored rug.
Powder room with round mirror, golden-colored feather wall covering and a sink vanity made of a beige marble block. Media room with dark blue walls with a moon wall-hanging and constellation-inspired fiberoptic lighting and a coordinating blue upholstered sofa.
Living room with black wall, four framed art works, deep blue braided velvet sofa, purple carpet and abstract coffee table.
Bedroom with gray walls, gray carpet, black bedspread, mirrored wall, abstract mesh ceiling light and potted plant. Walk in closet with cabinetry clad in dark gray acid-etched mirror, niche with vase of flowers in center, and gray rug.
Bedroom with fluorescent green wall, matching carpet and bedspread and green and black animal print upholstered headboard.

THIS THREE-BEDROOM CORNER APARTMENT IS LOCATED INSIDE HERZOG AND DE MEURON’S ‘JENGA’ BUILDING IN TRIBECA AND BELONGS TO A COUPLE FROM KANSAS CITY WHO PURCHASED IT AS A WAY TO SPEND MORE TIME IN NEW YORK. MR WAS REFERRED TO A CLIENT BY A DOWNTOWN GALLERY AND LATER HIRED TO DESIGN THE INTERIORS. THE CLIENTS’ SPECIFIC REQUEST WAS THAT NATURE EITHER BE REPRESENTED IN OR THE INSPIRATION FOR EVERY ROOM.

WITH FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOWS, THE APARTMENT RECEIVES AN ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT.  A BRIGHT PALETTE WAS CHOSEN FOR MATERIALS AND FURNISHINGS. SATURATED HUES WERE COLOR BLOCKED ROOM BY ROOM. IN THE LIVING ROOM, A SEATING AREA WAS CREATED IN DEEP BLUE AND PURPLE. FOR THE GUEST ROOM, AN ACID GREEN, HIGH-GLOSS PAINT WAS USED FOR THE WALLS AND CEILING THAT PAIRED WITH A MATCHING CARPET, HEADBOARD AND BEDSPREAD. THE MEDIA ROOM WALLS WERE UPHOLSTERED IN MIDNIGHT BLUE ULTRASUEDE AS A BACKGROUND FOR A CONSTELLATION-INSPIRED FIBEROPTIC LIGHTING DESIGN. A COORINDATING DARK BLUE TEXTILE WAS CHOSEN FOR THE SOFA UPHOLSTERY. OTHER REFERENCES TO NATURE INCLUDE A CLOUD-LIKE LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE DINING ROOM, THE LIVING ROOM SOFA REMINISCENT OF TWISTED ROOTS AND A POWDER ROOM WITH A WALLCOVERING MADE OF ETHICALLY SOURCED FEATHERS. THE IMAGINATIVE SELECTION OF FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS PROVIDE AN OVERALL SENSE OF PLAYFULLNESS AND SOPHISTICATION.   

MR’S DESIGN INCLUDED ADDITIONS SUCH AS A TOWEL WARMING DRAWER IN THE PRIMARY SUITE, SPECIALTY LIGHTING AND REFLECTIVE SURFACES TO MAKE THIS HOME-AWAY-FROM HOME A TRULY “FUN HOUSE.”

PHOTOS: JOSHUA MCHUGH