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very nice.

wow, what a great kitchen!!

Love the brick. Love the dining room chandelier. Love the kitchen. Great place!

I cannot get these house tour slide shows to work anymore. It bums me out!

Does anyone else click on pictures in either the slidshows or the thumbnails and just get the ads?

I only like the kitchen. The rest is boring. Everything is shoved up dagainst the walls.

I meant "against".

Very nice. Tough luck for those who can't see the pictures.

[Note to Scott, the tech guy: No offense, but 'works for me' is the absolute worst response I could think of when dealing with problems reported by quite a number of people]

Oh I love all the brick wall!! It may be long and narrow with separated rooms but I think it's a beautiful apartment.

I, too, cannot see the slide shows any more. It is discouraging me from looking at most of the posts.

Very nice. Love the floors, brick walls, and Heywood-Wakefield dressers/cabinets. From the floor plan, it looks like the bedroom has a door to the outside hallway. Is this right? Does the curtain cover that door?

I think this is an awesome update of a typical NY railroad apartment. You really made the best of the space, and the combination of old tenement and chic modern is great. I spent most of my twenties living in non-updated railroads, and I'm really impressed with how much nicer this feels. It makes me miss NY! If you ever want to do a short swap for SF let me know, I'll send you pics of our gut and redo!

Very thoughtful renovation. Love the kitchen.

Can anyone identify the rug in the living room? I have been looking for something with those colors for a while now without much luck.

Hello All--very sorry about the state of the slideshow. We are hard at work to make the slideshow accessible to all, but for now, if you want to see it, you'll have to use either Firefox or Safari as your browser. Unfortunately, Internet Explorer (IE) doesn't feel like displaying the photos.
Thanks for your patience,
Jill

Not sure if I could live here, but it's a great and treatment of the space!

FWIW Netscape also shows the pix.

Love the place, especially the kitchen - it's looks super functional & clean. I love white in kitchens and bathrooms - they feel very sanitary.
Where are all the light fixtures from, the ones in the hallway & kitchen?

Great job! Looks like you put a lot of thought into lighting as well. Even though the kitchen is in the middle of the unit with no direct natural lighting it is inviting and pleasant because of how you approached it.

This is brilliant. I love the repeating curtains/flows of material in the space the most, I think.

I have a personal issue with televisions in the bedroom, but pay no attention to that, it's just me. Everything else in this place is stunningly put together.

Great bathroom and kitchen--love that you incorporated the brick in the backsplash. It's great for continuity. One tiny bit of criticism--like one previous comment said, I'm not sure I like all the furniture against the walls. This is a major pet peeve of mine. But the space is compact so there might not be another solution. Otherwise, it's a beauty!

The Kitchen is fantastic, but did I miss the living room? The dining room is nice and the bedroom is nice but where do people hang out?

OK, I found it! I would place the second chair opposite the one next to the couch instead of against the wall. But anywho...I really like it! Plus people give them a little slack! They probably spent a fortune in that kitchen!

Jill, the slideshows aren't working for me in Safari either. Not a complaint, just providing info.

I think this is a great re-do of a railroad apartment. Love the brick, the chandelier, and the dressers in the bedroom.

I'm using Firefox and it won't run for me.

The images are visible for me using Safari or Firefox, but it definitely does not run as a "slideshow".

Great floors. Nice exposed brick. I don't know if I could live there (it's a little TOO narrow for me) but, hey, you own property in Hell's Kitchen so good for you.

Oh the things that people will put up with to live in Manhattan. I love the city. I love being outdoors, on a sidewalk, using that prehistorical mode of transportation, called walking. (Somethat that suburbanites and residents of other American cities only know about from hearsay.) But I also like being able to open a window.
Hells Kitchen was built as a slum for Irish Dock workers. (West Side Story was about it's later history) All of the good taste, and millions that you pour into some appartments, won't change the fact that it is stuffy and clostrophobic.
And the airshafts with a dozen air conditioners in a space one yard wide. Like getting mouth to mouth from someone who just ate 4 whole raw garlics.

I live in Hell's Kitchen, and wouldn't trade it for any other neighborhood. The amenities and excitement are incomparable, and I will gladly put up with the drawbacks to live here.

This apartment is dreamy, and it's value is going up by the minute.

I just don't understand why AT doesn't revert back to the original slide show format until they can get the bugs worked out of this one. How long has it been anyway? Two Months?

At least the old format worked and didn't have the huge box at the top requiring you to scroll down to see every picture. Seems like a no brainer to me.

What a great floor plan - you've made a narrow space very inviting. The lighting is well done too. I also love that living room rug.

Can you please share the sources for the bathroom sink and the medicine cabinet?

A beautiful apartment with a generous touch of luxe. I like the idea of using a nonfunctioning fireplace as a media center. Taking the idea a little further, you could hang the screen above where the mantle would be, drill a hole through the brick and shove all of the wires down the chimney to the DVD and other black boxes sitting in the hearth, giving a clean wireless look.

My only gripe: the anal-retentively clean saucepans. Have they ever been used?

I love it! I wish I had your apartment. The bedroom is particularly well done.

Firefox here and the pictures work, no slide-show though.

But that always made me panicked....is it going to change before I'm done looking ahhhh! I ended up looking more at the status bar than the pictures. Besides there are so many pics I save for inspiration.

Lizzykewl, I always had the same issue with the slideshows. I figured AT had just changed the presentation - I so much prefer hitting my spacebar to go to the next picture when I'm ready, rather than frantically trying to pause the slideshow!

I use firefox at home and have significant trouble viewing slideshows for the past few months. Used to visit this site all the time but now only infrequently to see if the problem is fixed. :(

STYLeyes:

thank you.

kdkaboom:

thanks!!

Lizzykewl:

The dining room fixture is a Cellula Chandelier, designed by Nunzia Carbone and Tiziano Vudafieri, produced by Anthologie Quartett with Swarovski Crystal. Ours came from Moss on Greene Street.

Blah Blah person:

I could suggest a better place for you to shove it.
:)

particlebored:

Thank you.

mva1201:

Thank you. The brick walls are pretty much the only thing left from pre-renovation. We tried to preserve them everywhere we could, and even revealed them in places where the prior owners had them covered.

Shawn:

Thanks. Yes, the curtain hides the second entrance.

SFGail:

Thank you very much. The apartment is on the market, if you're interested in buying it.

bibliophage:

The rug came from ABC Carpet.

Jill:

Sorry I did not get your phone message until you had already posted the house tour. Details you requested: Holly and I both work in advertising. She is with BBH-- EA to the ECD. I am an independent Creative/AD, working primarily in new media. I'm currently developing for M&Ms at G2, and launching ThinkMusic.net , an independent project/joint venture between PrimaryWave Music Publishing and Pulse Recording Studio. At one time I briefly studied architecture at Pratt. -- ChrisGrayson.com

There was actually a lot of detail included on the site with the pictures:
http://www.awardshow.name/apartment/index.htm

ferha:

The track lighting is Lightolier and came from LightForms on Amsterdam. The kitchen pendents are Flos Fuscia One, ordered direct from Italy, but they are available many places around town.

bumblebeechicago:

Thank you. Yes, a great deal of thought was put into lighting, especially in the kitchen for this very reason.

Juliet:

Thank you, thank you. Ha, ha-- I can relate. I have a personal issue with TVs in the living room (as in, all the furniture arranged around a TV. Note there isn't one).

SadieinDC:

Thanks.

labchick:

Thank you. The orignal plan was broken up in a very strange way. I tried to lay the place out to be conducive to entertaining, and it has proved to work well. We did actually try the second Wassily chair on the opposite side of the sofa, but it really gets in the way there-- both in the foot traffic, and with access to the bookshelf. It also splits the space up and makes it smaller. Moving it over to the side of the credenza opens the space up quite a bit. In regular (non-staged, he-hem) use, honestly it mostly serves as a coat rack. Guests always toss jackets and purses there. Just works out that way.

jooly:

Thank you.

Nani:

You and Blah Blah should bunk up.

beyd:

Thanks neighbor.

greer:

I cannot remember the name of the bathroom medicine cabinet. It was relatively inexpensive (like $175?), and was ordered through Blackmen's on 5th Avenue. The bathroom sink is the Domino 75 with right side basin, made by Catalano of Italy. Faucet is from Hansgrohe's Axor line. The under-sink drain and valve hardware is High-Tech AG of Germany.

Blandwagon:

Thank you. And yes we actually cook at home several nights a week. We make good use of the kitchen. The pots and pans are All-Clad in stainless steel. They clean up nicely, but are used all the time.

glassesgirl:

Thank you.

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I'm pleased to read so much positive feedback. We thank you all.

Those gleaming floors with the great lighting and white walls are fantastic. So jealous of your lovely bathroom and brick walls. Everything looks great. Clever use of a small space.

Hello! where can I find these acrylic folding chairs. I found some similar ones on overstock.com but i wanted to know where the ones in the pic are from.

this is beautiful...where did you get the alcove chaise? i have
a similar problematic space in our maine cottage. it has a fabulous view but until now I didn't know how to make it comfy without a pricey built in.