Before and After: NYC Digs

So, as promised, some after pics of our NYC digs. I tried to get the same angles as the 'befores', but the rooms aren't large.

The hallway

Ric being an artist means that we have a lot of artwork. There is a series of flowers in the hall along with a small drawing by our good friend Jim Bloom and a small 18th c. print.

The library/dining room has already had a few changes of chairs, they seem to just make an appearance on their way to other homes. The blue industrial shelving and a 19th c Indian rug keep it from getting too serious. We have a French cartonierre with a seated Mercury and a large Hundi lamp over a rosewood table.

The Living Room

The Regency bookcase we've had for 20 years, since my school days when I bought it from Virgil at Art Industrial Design Store. It was entirely out of place there as it had originally come from Stair & Co. I had no money, but he let me pay it off in installments......I never told Ric what it cost!

You know it's really home because my wooden foot roller is in the corner, the cats like to play with it and it's always somewhere......bronze athlete on a deco pedestal.

 A dancing faun on a deco pedestal anchors a corner and between the windows is a picture by William Hillman, a 19th c French landscape and another drawing from Jim Bloom.

 A peek into the office. 

We have a large Empire bookcase filled with design books, an old William IV chair and a mod desk and console.

Detail of the bookcase. I like Empire furniture and this was originally destined for a client's house, but we decided to keep it. The painting by Neil O'Brian reminds me that it's never as bad as I think it is and the lions are actually arms from a once great chair.

So that's our new NYC digs.