The Installation

This post is long over due. I installed this project in June but am now just getting around to posting about it. sorry.

The project is in The Dakota. Famous for being the home of former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono (current neighbor to my clients!!)

The amazing view of Central Park and the East side skyline.

This is looking down at the 7 trucks that held 4,200 sq. ft. of our furniture. The craziest thing was that they (the moving company) recruited their employees to park their cars at 2AM so that they would have these prime parking spots for the trucks the next day. That's dedication!

All of the furniture had to be hoisted up by this huge crane and delivered through 1 window.
Talk about good aim!
In addition to the 15 man team on the ground the apartment was filled with 15 men ready to receive, unpack, place the furniture and get rid of the packaging before the next load came up. It was seriously insane. 4200 sq. of furniture hoisted in only 5 hours.

The clients are Chinese so this is a shoe cabinet in the foyer where they take off their shoes and put on slippers.

Oh the story and headache of getting these solid bronze fixtures install but we got it done and they are beautiful!!

These are the results of our efforts. This project has been ongoing for 2 years so it was so amazing to finally see it all together. This is the Formal Living Room. Very fancy, very beautiful, very expensive :)

Other side of the Formal Living Room.
This is the husband's office. (I custom designed the desks!)
This is the Informal Living Room. It is a very large room used for entertaining and dining.

The Master Bedroom
The clients saw this same scheme that we did for a show house and said they wanted it just like that in a different color way.
This is their Master Bathroom. It is so amazing. The bathtub was carved out of 1 huge block of marble. (yes, hoisted through the window! talk about a heart attack)

This is their 5 year old daughter's bedroom. One of my favorite rooms in the whole place. Such a sophisticated princess room. She loves it! (design lovers please notice the baby Panton chairs, so cute!!)

This is her princess bathroom with pink marble, pink mosaic tile and even a pink glass light fixture.

This is the room of their 16 year old son.

And his bathroom. His shower on the right is also a steamer...lucky!

The kitchen with the most amazing light fixture that I've ever seen.
I want a Christopher Peacock kitchen!

Unfortunately, these pictures dont even begin to give it justice. This project was in an amazing building with an amazing budget and I still pinch myself that I was able to participate in this. It was such a learning and rewarding experience.
I. LOVE. MY. JOB.

Happy Anniversary to us!

What a fun anniversary this was!! We took a lot of pictures to document our awesome evening...
It started out with Tyler picking me up from work with flowers! 1 for every year we've been married and in our wedding colors! Such a thoughtful creative husband I have! :)

We each chose an activity to do. Who is surprised that Tyler chose to golf?? It actually was way fun! There is this awesome driving range at Chelsea Piers where you hit balls off the pier towards the Hudson River. Great view, it was way cool and I'm glad that we went.
Then we went to dinner at this cute brewery on the river. It was a great atmosphere and fun to watch the sunset.
My activity of choice was to check out the Highline, a new "railroad turned park". Design meets nature, it was so awesome!

We were able to experience...
Amazing architecture

Amazing window displays

Amazing views

OK 100 points for who can name the home of this stair case...






















Yes these are the exact same stairs that Whitney Port walks everyday!!! Please tell me there are other "The City" fans out there... I feel like this is as close to seeing a celebrity as I've gotten :)

We Love Utah

We went to Utah this passed week for Tyler's brother's wedding. It was such a beautiful day I wish i\I would have taken pictures of everything. We spent the next few days with friends and family. It was so good to see everyone!

Family Vaca

My wonderful family came to visit us for a week. We had such a great time! I love my life here in the city and I love love love my family so to get the best of both worlds for a week was amazing!

Unfortunately I had to work a couple of the days they were here so we met up and did fun night things. This night we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to watch a movie in the park. It was so fun to sit on the grass, right on the water, eat pizza and watch a movie! (ok so I didnt watch the whole thing but the beginning was fun!)

Then we went up to Rochester for the weekend where Tyler had been working. We went to Niagara Falls, it was sunnier than when we went last month but much colder. Weird.

Then that night we went to see the Hill Comorah Pageant. Tyler and I hadn't ever seen it and we both loved it! It was such an amazing production education-wise, spiritually-wise, and pyrotechnic-wise. It was an all around amazing evening.

The next day I insisted we go to brunch at Cracker Barrel (So random, that was my 80 year old self coming out) Then we went to Palmyra again to visit the Joseph Smith homes and spend time in the Sacred Grove.

The Sacred Grove truly is sacred. It was so beautiful and held a beautiful spirit. I really enjoyed spending time there with those who I love most.

I took at day off work and we had a beach day! I have been going to the beach almost every weekend and haven't had the best luck with weather but that day was perfect! I was so glad. We had so much fun.

That night we went to a Yankees game. My first in the new Stadium. I loved it! Yankees pulled it out in the 9th inning 2-1. GO YANKEES!

It was so fun to spend a week doing all the things that I love in the city but it was so amazing to do it with my family. Thank you Mom, Dad, Taylor, Dallas & Tyler for such a great week! I love you guys!

Movie in the Park

Not only was it fun to watch a movie in the park...it was TWILIGHT in the park! Loved it.

An NYC 4th of July

We had a fabulous 4th of July weekend! We have had crazy weather the last month with so much rain so when the forecast was sunny and 80ish we knew exactly where we wanted to spend the day...

Apparently I wasn't the only one with this bright idea. There were people as far as the eye could see at Jones Beach. The sun was out, the sand was soft, my hubby was with me. I was happy.

Please don't make fun of Ty's mad farmer's tan! ;)

That night we went to dinner with a group of friends at this great place near us. There is nothing like outside dining in the summer!

No, New York City is not burning, this is the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks show was on the Hudson River as opposed to the East River (which we live on) where they have been for the past however many years. bummer. We went to the roof to try and watch them. We could see the show but it was behind the city sky line which actually turned out way cool! Made for a sweet photo op!

Cover Model

Check out the boss man as a cover model!

You can find an article in this month's Metropolitan Home magazine featuring Jamie's amazing landscape at his home in the Hamptons, which I've been lucky enough to experience in person. It's seriously so beautiful.

He is also featured in this month's Hotel Design Magazine.
So fun!

Dinner with the Mayor of New York City

Last night Tyler and I went to Gracie Mansion (the official residence of the Mayor) for an event for the Historic House Trust. Jamie (my boss) went on vacation this week and asked Tyler and I to go in his place.

It started off with a cocktail party in the house. It was fun to tour it and see all of the beautiful rooms. Drake Design Associates (my work) re-designed the whole mansion a few years ago so that was way cool to party there. Then we had a great dinner out on the lawn overlooking the river. It was really pretty and the food was amazing ($1000/plate so I would hope it was good) and then there was dancing. It was so fun to get all dressed up and go to a party with the rich and famous (the Mayor counts right? haha)

Beach Day

Someone forgot to turn off "April Showers" because here we are in June and it wont stop raining! We couldn't take it anymore so we thought we'd try the "mind over matter" approach and went to the beach this weekend. Our efforts were recognized by mother nature and it didn't rain but it was still cold :( A walk on the beach is therapeutic no matter the weather so I wont complain.

Niagara Falls

Tyler is working in Rochester for a couple weeks so this weekend I went to visit him. We spent one day at Niagara Falls. Neither of us have been there and we both loved it!! The falls are absolutely amazing. It really is one of the wonders of the world. It was so much fun spending the day together enjoying God's beautiful creations and enjoying one another.

Dream Apartment, Dream Job

Last week I oversaw the taping of HGTV's Top 10. Our work has been featured in 4 different episodes which is so fun. It was cool to actually be there during the taping. I hadn't seen this project in person so it was fun to explore and snap pictures. I would love to have this place!

Foyer

Notice the small discrete door pulls on the left. All of the doors in this place are "hidden" like this . It was a nice contemporary touch.

Living Area

This was such an amazing space with the corner windows. I love the eclecticism of this project. That is what we are known for, like that super traditional gilded chair upholstered in hot pink velvet ... love it!

Dining Area

Color, color, color! I love the chairs in that blue cowhide. The accessories in this place were great too.

Library

Master Bedroom
I am such a windows person so this bedroom would be just perfect for me.

Master Bath

Boys Room

so cute!!

Boys Room

Look for Jamie Drake on HGTV's top 10!!