Asad Syrkett stays close to his Brooklyn home, doing Pilates, seeing friends, burning incense and reading fiction. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Interior Design and Furnishings”
In a Reimagined Victorian Schoolhouse, an Artist Finds His Third Act
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2022
By moving into a turn-of-the-20th-century building in upstate New York, the ceramist Dan McCarthy learned that he didn’t need the city that had defined him — and his career — after all. Source: New York Times
When Life Changed, Reiki, Tarot and a Home Redo Were There to Help
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
Helen Ho was laid off from her urban planning job at the beginning of the pandemic. She saw it as a chance to focus on the things she really liked doing. Source: New York Times
For One Rockaways Couple, Lockdown Was a Creative Windfall
By Gotham Rex on January 3, 2022
While many hoped to use the enforced isolation of quarantine creatively, the couple who started Locus of Occult actually did. Source: New York Times
Today’s Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space.
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2021
Thanks to the pandemic, there’s a major shift in what New Yorkers consider luxury. Source: New York Times
Pandemic Decluttering
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2021
With little else to do during lockdown, many people decided to do some good housekeeping, and thrift shops are booming. Source: New York Times
In Brooklyn, a Couple With Opposing Tastes Strike a Balance
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2021
Following a period of editing and rediscovery, austerity and abundance — and a wide range of objets — live side by side in this Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment. Source: New York Times
Getting Married and Leaving a Roommate Behind
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2021
A Brooklyn couple find their own home, but saying goodbye to their roommate is ‘bittersweet.’ Source: New York Times
A Tennis Pavilion With a Throwback Vibe
By Gotham Rex on May 4, 2021
A family gets an athletic retreat on Long Island that is just this side of camp. Source: New York Times
Carol Prisant, Elegant Design Writer, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2021
She was a 51-year old former antiques dealer with no experience as a writer when she wrote to the editor of The World of Interiors magazine about a job. She was hired. Source: New York Times
The Return of the Foyer
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2021
The pandemic has prompted some builders to reconsider open plan apartments to include an entry space, a de facto “airlock” between the outside world and the rest of the apartment. Source: New York Times
In Hudson, a Glass House for an Expanding Family
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2021
They were looking for a weekend place in upstate New York. They never expected to build it themselves. Source: New York Times
Co-Living in a Brooklyn Townhouse
By Gotham Rex on January 4, 2021
A two-room suite in a Park Slope brownstone provides a nice middle ground between living with roommates and all alone. Source: New York Times
Furnishing Your Home in a Pandemic Will Require Patience
By Gotham Rex on January 1, 2021
The coronavirus has disrupted supply chains in unpredictable ways, creating long waits for basic items like dishwashers and love seats. Source: New York Times
New Luxury Condo Design: Understated
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
Exotic finishes and ever-clubbier amenities in new developments have given way to livability and calming design. Source: New York Times