With a story as varied and colorful as the apartment described, The New York Times delves into Lucy Waring’s eclectic West 67th Street home. Designed by Sulan Kolatan and William Mac Donald in 1997, it was previously featured in the Times when it was completed.

Since she moved in two years ago, Waring has revitalized the apartment and herself. Read the full story here. See more pictures below…

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From this week’s New York Times, we read about Steven Kurutz’s experiences with negotiating for lower prices at New York City furniture retailers. He has mixed success at stores such as Cite, BoConcept, The Conran Shop and ABC Carpet & Home amongst others. 

Read the full story complete with $5,499 to $1,199 discounted rugs here. 

How awesome is that word? Translated from Dutch, mooi means beautiful – here, with an added o for extra beauty. It is always satisfying when a company can deliver a complete and thorough package: great advertising and marketing, strong branding, cutting edge photography (Catalogue photos by Erwin Olaf!) and graphic design- everything down to the last chosen font style. Of course all of those fun details would not make any sense if it wasn’t also for great product and Moooi specializes in high end home furnishings. The company is composed of today’s premier designers, a truly international collaboration, all designing under one roof.

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A longtime fan of Shirin Neshat, I was excited to read about her apartment renovation in The New York Times this week. Her friend, designer Azin Valy gutted the apartment—a former warehouse built in 1902—that Neshat has been living in since 2000. Opening up the space in the loft and allowing more light to radiate in were two keys to the redesign.

Read all about the transformed space here. See more pictures below…

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