00:00Shh. Oh hey AD, how are you? Christopher Maloney here just doing a little light reading.
00:07Come on in, let me show you around. This is our crib here in New York City. Here we have the living
00:24area and we were going for something that had a little bit of flow to it. We also wanted an
00:29openness to the outdoors so we have a kind of connection to it so these used to
00:34be windows that only went up to about here and we knocked them all out. This is
00:40really kind of the entertainment area and you know you can just spread out and
00:44enjoy either the intimate conversation or the conversation over there with the
00:48backdrop and the view and everyone gets to share in the fireplace. Custom coffee
00:52table. My wife had it made. This is Beth Carter and I just found this so profound
00:58I don't know just a little bit of Diane Arbus, those old-school Carney pictures
01:04but also I thought it was kind of an homage to superheroes. Creepy, interesting,
01:09whimsical. I like it. There are a few right angles in the building. We worked with our
01:15architect Alexander Hughes and we kind of went with that and we just felt like
01:21smooth everything out. Over here is the bar area where no one should keep their bike
01:26but they do. That was me. Want some wine?
01:32And this is the dining room where my wife sets up the Parcheesi game so she can cheat
01:44before we play. Hey, where did we get this table, babe? This is Tucker Robbins. He finds
01:49already felled trees in South America and brings them back. Doesn't cut anything down. We love
01:54natural materials. Marbles. Every room has a different marble. There's a lot of natural
01:58woods, stones, tiles. It brings an organic feel to the very modern space. So let's be
02:04clear. The genius, the brains behind this entire operation, everything you see in
02:09here is my wife Sherman and she's always the brains behind the operation when it's
02:14anything style or anything that needs to get done. Actually, I just act.
02:19I've often heard the phrase that, oh, it pulls the whole room together. Well, we were supposed
02:27to put tiles here.
02:30Yeah, we were going to duplicate those tiles. Yeah, we were supposed to duplicate those tiles that are out
02:34there and put them here, but we couldn't reach the tile guy because he was on his
02:39boat in the middle of the Mediterranean. We were tired of waiting. So you came up with
02:43the great idea of the fluted maple, right? Walnut. Walnut. Yeah. And on top of it, this pulls the whole thing together.
02:51Now, these are crystals that are magnetized. I also use it as a way to align my chakras and I
03:01know it's happening because this lights up after a while. I just sit here. I feel better. Come on down.
03:12So when we first got this space, that floor is what was for sale and we almost didn't buy it. And we told the guy,
03:28look, it's just not enough room. And he said, well, I have two apartments downstairs. Why didn't tell us? I don't know.
03:34But anyway, we decided to get it all together, but we had to connect them because this wasn't here, obviously.
03:38So we drilled a hole and we hired a welder, Gabrielle Shelton, to fabricate this fantastic staircase.
03:45It's one of my favorite pieces in the whole house. This twist, the spine of the staircase, I just find fantastic.
03:52So come on, second floor.
04:00All right. So, geez, are you hiding back there? Oh, yeah, I was trying to.
04:08So this is our daughter's room or her wing. And we did that intentionally to kind of entice her to hang out
04:15with us for just a little bit longer before she goes. It's the same daughter who came up with the great
04:20idea about having a demo party. We had to gut the entire apartment, both floors. My daughter came up
04:25with a great idea that, you know, because space is kind of rare and difficult to find in New York,
04:31especially kind of open. And she just wanted to have a party with a few friends over.
04:37Turned into a rave.
04:40With spray paint cans.
04:42And guys hanging over my balconies.
04:44I still love her.
04:45I happen to be a rug freak. I can't travel anywhere without spending money on carpets.
04:56So this one and this one out here, we met in Morocco. Each area of the world always has
05:02their own special way and vision and motifs. And I'm just enamored with all of them, wherever
05:11they may come from. See this right here? Handmade by a young artist named Christopher
05:16Maloney 50 years ago. I love Delvis Costello. And my daughter has kept the tradition alive.
05:28When my wife and I first traveled to Bali, we noticed all of the beautiful carvings that
05:31they do. And they're world-renowned for their ability to carve wood. And so we got these yogis.
05:37But we had them shipped to us. And through a friend. And they thought it was a yogi emergency.
05:46So they sent it overnight express. So the yogis cost $50 a piece. And the shipping cost $1,600.
05:56Before we go to my office, Carpe Noctum. Seize the night. Our son at the bottom of the door.
06:07My office. Go ahead. Scan. My wife is a young ballerina. My wife is a young beauty. You know
06:18them. You know them. You know him. This is one of my prized possessions when SVU got spoofed by
06:24Mad Magazine. In fact, I wrote Mort Drucker. And he wrote me back. He was 94 years old. I told him
06:32how I'd grown up on him. And he was such an inspiration to me. And this is where the magic
06:37happens. This is where many acting decisions are made. Right here is where I wrote my one
06:43and only Law & Order Organized Crime episode. Most of the time I just look at comics though.
06:50You know what's funny about the baseball bats? I have about 15 of them lying around. And I have
06:55no idea why, except I know how it started. When my daughter was first born, one of the
07:01background players on the show Law & Order Special Victims Unit gave me a baseball bat
07:08as a birth present for my daughter. Because he said, oh, you're going to need it when she
07:14gets older. True story.
07:16I'm a view freak. That's why I like it here. Because I get to see the classic West Village
07:22that will remain unchanged for the most part. And behind it is the ever-sprawling, ever-changing
07:28metropolis that will grow like the weed that it is. And that's okay too. You know what you
07:34signed up for.
07:46This is Happy. It's a neon sign of one of my co-stars from the show Happy that I did. And
07:52this kind of stuff right here with the branches of the trees, you know, that's our way of connecting
07:58to the natural, the elements, the stones, the woods that we've used. You know, we live
08:04in a concrete jungle, but you need nature.
08:08So this is the other side of the downstairs. My wife painted these portraits of our kids.
08:15My wife painted that of our son. So out of the blue, David Wayne, who was the director,
08:20co-writer of Wet Hot American Summer, calls me up and says there's this art exhibit where
08:25people displayed everything Wet Hot American Summer. And so I got on it and I went online
08:31and I got this. I think it's really cool. That's my character, Jean.
08:38This is my wife's art studio. You know, all of her things that she's worked on or working
08:43on and she does the work, but I come in here and I just enjoy seeing her work come to fruition.
08:50This is what I do. I'm the sculptor in the family.
08:54I haven't found my niche yet, but I'm getting it. This is a boxer. This guy just got, is
09:00throwing a hook, but he's already been knocked out. So the guy hit him first. So that's what
09:05I'm going for here. So we'll see. We'll see. So I'll let you know how it turns out.
09:13And this is my happy space. This is my stress reliever. And this is where I pump the iron
09:19and all that stuff. Get the sweat on and yeah, try and get in shape. This is my favorite
09:25machine for getting the workout in and out quick. But you know, this is the one that you
09:30go to build a little bit of strength. You can do your squats and your deadlifts. And then,
09:35you know, I like the dumbbells. I like it all. I need a kettlebell or two or three or four.
09:40But the Peloton I also use. Love that. I think these were placed here. I don't know. I think
09:47it's a little hokum, but, uh...
09:49Come on into the primary.
09:59I think it's the only room like this. You get a 270 on the views. You got the Hudson,
10:06you got the South, and then you got Manhattan behind you. That was a picture that we took
10:12on our trip to Africa. My wife had this made. She designed it herself. This rug.
10:18This rug is one of the larger commissioned rugs. It's about a hundred years old from the Hopi
10:25nation. I got it out of Santa Fe on a trip a long time ago. I think my wife got this because
10:32of, obviously, all wood. So, you know, that, again, we're staying in the organic feel of
10:37things. And then, you know, these irregular shapes, you know, the bubble effect to go with
10:42the no right lines to things, that it is swaying around. Now, this room where you can go to bed
10:50at night and you have 270-degree view, but you feel very, you know, hunkered down and secure.
10:56And, you know, the shades go down and you're done. You're out.
11:06Here we have the kitchen. We have brass inlay into this very long counter. We've got the stools back here.
11:14So, we'll set it up there. We'll eat at the dining room table. What is that, imperial blue, I think,
11:20with the inlay? And this goes into the media room because, again, we're looking for constant flow as
11:26opposed to it's just one room and just another room. We're trying to get everything kind of lofty.
11:33Is that a...?
11:34Yeah, just open.
11:35Yeah. And our reading room. I'm the great pretender at guitar. Anytime you want to hear Blackbird from the Beatles,
11:43I'm happy to pick it up and not play it for you.
11:50Don't be afraid. I've never been more proud of a bathroom than I am of this and the marble and how it was framed in there.
11:59Come here. Come here. Now look over there.
12:03We like to watch.
12:04And the most important part of this whole operation, the espresso room.
12:16Shh. Let's just stare at it. You want an espresso?
12:21This is the best part of the place, but especially at night, it's the only part of the place.
12:35So, we redid the whole thing. Obviously, the terrace was here, but we put down new pavers.
12:41This thing about the motif of nature. All the flowers and the tiles. We like it. It just gives you a hint. Nature.
12:51And then beyond it, Manhattan. It runs the length of the apartment.
12:56New York, baby.
13:06Bye-bye, Architectural Digest.
13:19Glad you came. You look fantastic.
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