New York apartment tours

Browse photo galleries of some of NYC's best apartments, and pick up some interior-design ideas.

Apartment tour: Urban scrawl

Kid Robot's marketing manager finds street art a home in her vivacious Greenpoint gem. When Nichole Lindsay traded in her cramped, cluttered Jersey City apartment for a roomy one-bedroom in a Brooklyn brownstone, the longtime vinyl-toy fanatic and art enthusiast knew she'd finally snagged a space

Apartment tour: Collector's edition

A traveling musician finds a place to hang her hat-and a few other favorite things. Last year, Shara Worden, lead singer of indie-folk band My Brightest Diamond, played 185 concerts on the road. "When you're touring so much you lose a connection to your home, but somehow this place really does

Apartment tour: Curator of curiosities

This Jackson Heights space bears more resemblance to a museum with sleeping quarters than a one-person apartment. Photographs: Imogen Brown To say that Mike Drake has a lot of stuff would be an understatement. In fact, after handing in the renter's insurance application for his 800-square-foot

Apartment tour: Mod pod

This designer's apartment is more modern than MoMA-and a little less conventional. "Ten years ago, everyone told me not to move here," says fashion designer Adrienne Landau, gazing at the city skyline from her penthouse apartment in Hell's Kitchen. Landau gut-renovated two top-floor studios to

Apartment tour: Babe in Toyland

A fashion designer uses a blank canvas to showcase her brightly colored knickknacks. Stacey Bendet, designer and owner of the trendy women's clothing line Alice + Olivia (80 W 40th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-840-1155), understands the value of simplicity: The bones of her Midtown West

Apartment tour: Pretty in pink

A French interior decorator offers up his Upper West Side apartment as proof that rosy hues aren't just for girly girls. Like Julia Roberts's character, Shelby, in Steel Magnolias, pink is Guillaume Gentet's signature color. But his Upper West Side abode manages to be more subtle and sophisticated

Apartment tour: Studio in Chelsea

Flea market finds and vintage goods from eBay transform this fashion photographer's pad into a Grecian shrine. As a fashion and beauty photographer and avid traveler, Steven Menendez's work (stevenmenendez.com) has taken him all over the world—and yet he's never been to Greece. That's probably

Apartment tour: 2BR in Harlem

Church organist Erik E. Carlson’s clean-lined sanctum is a showcase for era-spanning art, design and pop culture. Love the look? Get it here! Housing Works Thrift Shop 202 E 77th St between Second and Third Aves (212-772-8461, housingworks.org) “The mission is noble, and I think the Upper East

Apartment tour: Studio in Midtown East

Digital-content strategist Chris Haines packs his NYC penthouse with exotic accents from unexpected sources. Chris Haines, a digital-content strategist and D.C. transplant, lets us peek inside his Midtown East apartment. He shops at flea markets and home-decor stores such as Calypso St.

Apartment tour: Studio in the East Village

Painter John Serdula uses his NYC studio apartment as a gallery for his ever-growing, rotating art collection. Take a tour of painter John Serdula's studio apartment in NYC. The former gallery director uses artwork as home decor and scours antique and vintage stores such as Center44, Vintage

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