virtual voyeur

I've said it before, and I'll admit it again, I'm one of those that walks the dogs at night, glancing into homes from my sidewalk perspective. Nothing creepy, I just like to see what's going on in there, paint-wise, art-wise, furnishing-wise...It's always fun to see how other's approach their living environment. I'm nosy. I like to know.

Recently a friend of mine and his wife decided to put their beautiful New York city loft on the market. I had caught glimpses of the space in the backgrounds of kid-photos shared via email and facebook, so I knew that their home was one of skilled and brave color usage, great furniture, lovely art and the bones of a vintage loft to house it all.

But until I saw those glimpses in their full context, I hadn't realized (well,two things) 1. how really beautiful their home was in its entirety and 2. how much I still dream of living in a cool industrial NYC loft.

come along...let's spy....

The loft itself is housed in this beautiful 1916, factory building { we don't find many of these at the beach~it's hard for me not to add 'exotic' to that description }

I think what's pretty amazing about this loft, is that it's not a ton of square footage, but it feels spacious. A family of four can live stylishly and everyone can have their own space because of the lay out. {how about those windows~ an outstanding feature}

of course it helps that the couple has discerning taste {jean prouve´dining table above~love.}

The open floor plan accommodates living room, dining room and kitchen all in one space.

having a built in desk shelving system is key to this sort of living. instant office while mainting a beautiful place to entertain

{I just keep thinking, do their kids ride their tricycles like mad all over this place? If I were five, I totally would}

Like the rest of the loft, the master has a distinct, urban modern feel. I love the idea of bringing in a blue the color of a bright summer sky, as a backdrop to it all.

So much great color and fabulous poster art in the kids' room.{I'm told that most of the furnishings are from ikea- here's to not breaking the bank when it come to designing a cute, functional kid space}

Speaking of great poster art, I'm in total hearts over this gallery powder rooom.

What better way is there treat a small powder room than painting it a dark color and adorning it with, salon-style, hung art. These two are fortunate enough to have some fantastic work. My favorite may well be the ode to Bill Murray that hangs above the 'comode'

Thank you, C & G, for letting the blog world come in and satiate our voyeuristic hunger for a great pad, tricked out with all kinds of beautiful ideas.