A Retro style It is ideal when taste is dynamic, contemporary and refined. When this young New York family bought her dream department with a view to Central Park at the Upper East Side, they loved the spaces, the Natural light and the flexible plant. As for the outdated reform, which had not been touched since the 1990s, did you love it? They would have to do something about it. So they called the designers of AD100 Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro to renew the interiors. The commission was very simple: a comprehensive reform to give a cleaner and more modern aspect, according to its active lifestyle.
Ashe and Leandro accepted delighted. But they didn't want to turn the place into an elegant white box, something 'too' contemporary. Instead, they wanted to inject a little historical charm before the war, imbue a sense of belonging and, at the same time, lighten and illuminate the space. As Leandro explains: “We wanted traditional details to seem a bit more contemporary but Without losing that Feeling retro style ”.
Starting from scratch, they installed moldings with frames, rolled and white oak floors that evoked the story of the apartment. (When opening the plant, they created a more diaphanous atmosphere that revealed wide views towards the Central Park reservoir).
Throughout the house of the Upper East Side, the functionality was the basis of many aesthetic decisions. The sofas had to be comfortable; The kitchen needed space for kitchen books, to store wines and for an extra large refrigerator. «We are an active family that spends all the time that can in the climbing mountain, riding a bicycle and skiing,» explains the client, who asked for an exercise room where he could keep all that team along with the house. With two young children, there is always someone returning from one activity or another. To adapt, Ashe and Leandro designed Perforated oak cabinets White that, in addition to being very chicthey are great to ventilate the sweaty clothes of the gym: «They wanted everything to be simple and practical for their lifestyle,» explains Ashe; So everything has, in addition to functionality, a Elegant retro style.
Unlike other families, the screens were not a priority in this house: «It was very refreshing that they only wanted a television room,» admits Leandro, who worked to create a Multimedia room Supercomoda wrapped in White oak carpentry and with the ceiling painted in Country Redwood by Benjamin Moore. A brilliant photograph of Marilyn Minter gives him a touch of glamor: «We wanted it to be very cozy and at the same time cohesive,» explains Leandro, «so we use the same wood from the entrance and the bathroom to create these warmer spaces within the plant. «
At the time of furnished, the designers selected pieces that seem collected over time but functional, leaning for a slightly seventy environment but with a very traveled eclecticism. In the living room main, created two differentiated areas: in one, a black leather armchair Kukkapuro sits next to a PUF With skirt and a Jean Michel Frank sofa around a Gae Aulenti's travertine cocktail table. Close, a co -one sofa snakes around a cocktail table CourTney Applebaum glass. In this room few works of art are hung, but a dream picture of Marria Pratts marks the guideline.