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00:05What room have you ever seen that has three chandeliers? And there are a few
00:09living rooms in New York City that could hold a seven-foot-long piano, but it just
00:13looks like a postage stamp in this space.
00:36Hi, I'm Sarah Gore, and welcome to Open House NYC, everyone. We've got some ultra-creative
00:41homes to tour this week, and I am bringing it all to you from this art-filled apartment
00:45on the Upper West Side, perched perfectly above Central Park. From the entry foyer, you step
00:51into this dramatic 35-foot great room. It includes the living and the dining areas with eastern
00:57and southern exposures. And I mean, look at these incredible views! The reservoir through
01:03the treetops, the skyline, and even in this bustling city, it's still pin-drop quiet. The
01:09custom kitchen is filled with Italian cabinetry, and it's just tucked away right off the dining
01:14area for easy entertaining. There are three bedrooms, including a handsome primary suite with
01:19a walk-in closet and a luxurious bath. This recently renovated home combines uptown elegance
01:26with the feel of a cool downtown loft. We are starting things off just a few blocks south
01:31of here at one of the most iconic buildings in New York, the Dakota. We all know the name,
01:36right? For the first time ever, we've been invited inside this national landmark. And who
01:41better to show us around than friend to the show, Garrow Kettigan? Enjoy.
01:48Hey, open house fans! New York City-based interior designer Garrow Kettigan here. And I want to
01:53welcome you to what might be the most iconic building in New York City, if not the world.
01:59Welcome to the Dakota! Back in 1880, when Edward Cabot Clark proposed to build the building,
02:05people told him that the building was so far north that he may as well have built it in North
02:09Dakota.
02:09So he called it the Dakota. This is the oldest as-built luxury residence building in New York City,
02:15and you'll know it the minute you walk in the front door that you've entered something absolutely
02:19amazing. And here it really is the architecture that dictates the decorating. Originally,
02:27this was two spaces. The foreground was a little library. We removed the wall between the library and
02:33the living room to create this immense space. This is really a classic seating arrangement where you
02:38have back-to-back sofas. But the space is so large that I was able to even put a center
02:43table between
02:43the two sofas. At the Dakota, you get this wonderful rich wood tone. So for the decorating,
02:49I wanted to contrast that, which is why I selected this brilliant blue fabric. And to continue the
02:54brilliance of this beautiful blue velvet, I actually did a high gloss ceiling because as you guys know,
03:01I love my high gloss. The chandeliers we found in the Paris flea markets, and they're perfect.
03:06What room have you ever seen that has three chandeliers? And there are a few living rooms
03:10in New York City that could hold a seven foot long piano, but it just looks like a postage stamp
03:15in
03:15this space. Welcome to the dining room. The soaring ceilings and the architectural detail is what drove
03:26the design in this space. My first order of business was to find an organic wallpaper for the walls,
03:31but I still wanted to add a little pizzazz to the space. So high gloss ceiling. And what other
03:37apartment in New York City do you know that could hold a table like this? And just like the piano
03:42in
03:43the other room, it looks like a postage stamp in this space. There is no doubt that this apartment
03:50is perfectly calibrated for grand scale entertaining. So it needed a kitchen to support that. And when you
03:56have ceiling heights this high and cabinets that go all the way up, you must have a ladder. The island
04:02is the heart of the space. So I wanted to make sure that I had an intimate seating area with
04:07the stools
04:07on one side and a great, very practical workspace opposite. And of course, I had to put a modern light
04:13fixture over the island. I always liked my bedrooms to be light and airy. And having a 14 foot ceiling
04:24definitely helps with that. But I wanted to add a little bit of warmth to the space. So I designed
04:28these dramatic curtains that are 12 feet tall. Aren't they amazing? I custom designed this bed with a high
04:35headboard and use this rich mohair velvet to embellish it. As an homage to the beautiful wood floors in this
04:42apartment, I designed the carpets to have a herringbone pattern. And of course, every bedroom needs a little
04:47bit of glitz and a little bit of glam. So this Murano chandelier, perfect! And because sometimes people
04:54think it's travesty to paint wood, I did paint this mantle only because I wanted to infuse a little bit
04:59of
04:59softness in the bedroom.
05:05As an interior designer, working on an iconic space such as this, you really feel like you're a kid in
05:10a candy shop.
05:11And I took every opportunity to infuse as much color, pattern, textures, and beautiful furniture
05:17pieces as I could. It turned out so well that I'm actually thinking it might be a challenge to top
05:22it
05:23on the next one.
05:26Thanks for the tour, Garo. God, that building has so much history. If those walls could talk, right?
05:32All right, coming up, sweet treats in LA at the home of author, baker, and food artist, Amira Kasem.
05:53She's best known for her whimsical, rainbow-filled explosion case. You know those showstoppers that
05:58release the cascade of sprinkles when you cut them open? I just love those. It's so fun. And as you'd
06:04expect, color is everywhere in her vibrant home. Take a look.
06:12Hi, I'm Amita Kasem of Flower Shop, and now also Hall Pass. Hall Pass is my latest creation. It is
06:20an
06:20ice cream shop located in Los Angeles. It's everything you loved as a child, but a little bit elevated.
06:26Today, I'm going to walk you guys through my house so you can get a little sense of where all
06:31the
06:31inspiration comes from for all of my creations. It is colors, rainbows, sprinkles, smiles, glitter,
06:37and anything fun.
06:41My favorite piece in the living room has to be this rug. Because the rug is so loud and colorful,
06:46I wanted to tone down and ground the space with my fireplace using a matchbook stone. And I just love
06:53how
06:54the natural white in it is giving me a little bit of a flame vibe. I also chose this table
07:00because
07:00you can see straight through to the rug, and I feel like that is my focal point here. I wanted
07:05to offset
07:05the white of the couch with these chairs here, and they're amazing because the lucite kind of ties in
07:12with letting me see the rug again. So I guess a lot of what was designed here was about the
07:17rug being able to be
07:18the focal point. This is my daughter Coco's room, and most of the pieces in here are from
07:27my Pottery Barn Kids collection for Flower Shop. So this rug I designed, the wallpaper, the bedding,
07:33everything is part of Flower Shop, and she wanted a two-story house. I would call the bottom her bed
07:39in the top her cozy corner because she keeps anything soft and cuddly up here.
07:47I wanted my bedroom to feel a little bit more calm and still colorful, but maybe a little more jewel
07:53tone mixed with a little peach. Since I already was making the bed, of course, it's the shape of
07:58a rainbow, but still keeping it in just that warm, cozy green color. I wanted to bring in a little
08:04bit of
08:04the nature that I see outside. A little bit of green from the leaves, the textures of the rattan,
08:10warm everything up. Even these little guys kind of remind me of palm trees. I don't know.
08:18So this is where I spend all my time getting ready. When I designed this closet, I wanted it to
08:24be
08:24highly functional. So I wanted my bags to be enclosed. I have my, I guess it's a shoe wall,
08:30but I call it more of a sneaker wall because I mostly wear Vans. But my clothes I am obsessed
08:35with.
08:36I love sequins and sparkles so much, as you can see, that I put them inside my cakes. Let's go
08:41find one.
08:47Last but not least, one of my favorite rooms is the heart of the home, the kitchen. I designed this
08:53space to have people gathered around it at all times. This is my favorite piece. I feel like it's
08:59art in the home. It ties perfectly for my Barbie dream house. The lights in the kitchen are pink,
09:04and we'll just call this my room. Growing up in Mexico, I was obsessed with piñatas,
09:09so I created the rainbow explosion cake. Unlike every piñata, we have a surprise inside.
09:21Thanks for coming over to have some cake with me. I hope you had as much fun as I did,
09:25and I hope I inspired you to live every day like it's your birthday.
09:31Well, as a baking enthusiast myself, I so loved all the inspiration that you have there in that
09:36sprinkle wallpaper. I think I need to put that in my daughter's room. So cute. All right,
09:41coming up next, how this architect designer transformed a classic Tribeca home.
09:54Welcome back, everyone. Now we're with architect and designer Karina Agirescu-Rogar at her client's
10:00penthouse in Tribeca inside the iconic American thread building. See how she transformed a former
10:06social club into an art-filled home perfect for modern entertaining. Take a look.
10:15I am Karina Agirescu-Rogar. I'm an international architect based in New York. Welcome to my project
10:22in Tribeca. It is the penthouse of the American thread building. The main idea behind the project was to
10:30transform this into a wonderful space where the clients could gather, entertain, and help parties.
10:37I can't wait to show it to you. This is the entrance. It's the fire of the apartment,
10:45and where you get a glimpse of the rest of the space. You come in, and you will see my
10:50client,
10:51Claudia Bez, latest artworks, and then head into the rest of the apartment.
10:59So this is a space where you can dine, you can have a party, you can read a book, or
11:05enjoy a quiet
11:06morning in the weekend. As much as I love my interiors to be bold, I think it is important to
11:13care about functionality. This is why we created these window seats that will invite you to have a
11:18seat, have a drink, chat, and also give a glimpse out of the window. For the salon, we had to
11:25keep into
11:26account the historical existing elements like the ceiling, the columns, the fireplace, the wall
11:32panelings. All this becomes a layer, a context for what the furniture is going to be.
11:40The stackable tables are color toned with this large artwork, and so is the Dreaming of Joe armchair
11:49that we designed customly for the room. These two chairs, Claudia's chairs as we name them, are meant
11:55to invite to a dialogue between a couple. The Iele chair is a chair I designed inspired by Romanian
12:04mythology. The myth of Iele actually relates to supernatural beings that live at night, that
12:11party in the woods. I love this because my clients are always having parties in the space.
12:22Obviously, when we design a bedroom, I wanted to feel comfortable and cozy and the color to feel
12:29tranquil. But I also love to bring a narrative. So in this case, the throw on the bed has a
12:35print,
12:36which is inspired by the poem How I Love V by Elizabeth Barnett. And the table itself, I sat in
12:42the yard, it's entitled Melancholy Table. The bed was carefully planned to offer the correct back support
12:49and also to float around the art pieces. Every time I come in here, I just love the juxtaposition
12:56between the materiality and the color scheme. Very soft, very muted, but interesting at the same time.
13:06This project is all about the incredible architecture of the American thread building,
13:12the art collection of my clients, and the collectible design pieces I designed for the space.
13:17I'm glad you could take a look. See you on the next one.
13:24Coming up, sustainable, healthy design in Brooklyn. We'll see you in just a few.
13:37Welcome back, everyone. Now we're in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with Parsons professor and interior
13:42designer Jansara Ruth. She specializes in sustainable, non-toxic design. She transformed this
13:49modest 1890s townhouse, preserving its original vibe while creating a safe, stylish home. Take a look.
14:01Hi, my name is Jansara Ruth. I'm founder of Salty Labs Design Collective and co-founder of
14:07Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design. We're here at our newest project in Clinton Hill,
14:12Brooklyn. Our work is about eliminating exposure to toxics in indoor environments. At Salty Labs,
14:19this is our design ethos. So there's several things going on in this project. One is to keep the
14:24cultural vibe of this 1899 townhouse. Another is to create a healthy and whimsical living environment
14:30for the young family who'll grow up here. And the third is to reduce or even eliminate
14:35negative impacts on the planet. So come with me. We'll take a look.
14:43You enter onto the parlor floor and outside the vestibule, there's a front hall, living room,
14:49staircase, office nook, kitchen, and terrace. In the living room, we wanted to make everything as
14:56healthy and sustainable as possible. One way to do that is to use vintage items. This piano was in the
15:03home when the owners purchased the home. The rug here is an antique Moroccan Berber rug. The mantle and
15:11the hearth are both vintage. These shelves are actually a piece of old Brooklyn history. They're
15:18antique hemlock, which come from big beams from the Domino Sugar Factory. For the furnishings, we choose
15:24natural fibers. Linen on the sofa, wool on the chair and stool, all unfinished. No added stain repellent,
15:31no added flame retardants. So these are healthy and they look nice too.
15:37This staircase is emblematic of our ethos. We preserved the original staircase. This is a brand
15:43new wall that was CNC'd into this shape that we drew. And this half wall is made by reusing the
15:51studs
15:51from the original walls of the home. So you see that we've preserved, we've innovated with new technology,
15:57and we reused so that we don't send anything to landfill.
16:05A healthy kitchen for a young family is not only about healthy food. It's about a healthy environment.
16:11So for the countertop, it's maple with a little bit of wax. For the cabinets, it's formaldehyde-free
16:18plywood, finished with linseed oil paint. Pressed flaxseed makes linseed oil. For the backsplash,
16:25these are handmade ceramic tiles with lead-free glazes. The countertop is untreated limestone,
16:32and the walls and ceiling are lime plaster, which absorb toxics from the air, absorb odors from the air,
16:40and allow the room to breathe. So the homeowners moved here from California and wanted indoor,
16:48outdoor living. So we continued the floor from the inside to the outside, so the kitchen and garden
16:53feel as one room. We wanted to accomplish a lot with this project. We wanted to celebrate the 1899
17:03Brooklyn townhouse, the culture and the vibe. We wanted to provide a healthy and delightful
17:09environment for a young family. And we wanted to show how we could dramatically reduce negative impacts
17:15on the planet and on climate change with design and construction. Thanks for taking a look.
17:24Coming up just after the break, we are at home with the co-host of On Brand with Jimmy Fallon,
17:29Bozema St. John. We'll be right back.
17:40Welcome back, everyone. Now we're with entertainment executive Bravo Star and now co-host of On Brand with
17:46Jimmy Fallon, Bozema St. John. She shows us around her Hancock Park home, which she designed as a
17:52reflection of her personal style. And let me tell you, I do love her personal style. See why.
18:01Hi, I'm Bozema St. John. I am a marketer, a businesswoman, an author, and a general badass.
18:09And I'd love to welcome you to my home.
18:13Everything in my home is chosen intentionally by me. So there's lots of wallpaper, lots of patterns.
18:21Now I love a floral print. I also like this detail called flock. So it gives it a three-dimensional
18:30type
18:30of feel. Here's a secret. Many people don't see this often. There's a word hidden in the wallpaper.
18:36Love. And I decided to panel the walls so that when people enter my house, they feel love and beauty
18:44and
18:44color. And why not have a big gilded mirror so you can see yourself too? Oh, and throw in a
18:50beautiful
18:50chandelier because who doesn't love light? And it kind of feels like the sun is shining down on this
18:56bouquet of a living room.
19:03Welcome to my office. There's so many elements in here that truly speak to me as a working woman. First,
19:10the wallpaper. This wallpaper is significant because it features black women. And I love a
19:17powerful black woman, but I also love hair, clearly. So as you can see, the pattern is incorporating
19:24beautiful hairstyles. It's also soft to the touch. Everything in my office has significance,
19:29and there's probably nothing more significant than this letter that my daughter wrote me a few years ago.
19:35She was little and just expressed her appreciation of me. And so I keep it here to remind me that
19:41the
19:41work I do is not just for me, but for her too.
19:49Voila! Here you are, the cherry on top, my personal sanctuary, the place that feels like a little slice
19:55of heaven. And I decided to wallpaper the ceiling because I want to look up and see the cherubs who
20:00are
20:01frolicking in florals. And it's a soft color, but also puts in a little bit of that gold texture
20:07that I like. It gives a little dimension to the ceiling. Now, I know my bedroom is interesting,
20:13but I know what you really want to see. You want to see my closet. So come on, I'll show
20:18you.
20:22I love my closet. It is where I come to play. The clothes in my closet are so important to
20:27me,
20:27and some of them have special significance because of where I wore them. Like this piece here that I
20:33wore to the Oscars, I think probably four or five years ago. But look at how much color is in
20:40it.
20:40And it shimmers and shines. I just love it. Drapes. Can you imagine? Now, no girl's closet would be
20:47complete without some shoes, okay? Now, here's the thing. I'm either in a stiletto or some Jordans.
20:54Those are my only two gears. I love a little bling, even on a sneaker. So come on now.
21:01These are designed by Tiana Taylor. We love her.
21:09Thank you so much for coming to visit me in my fabulous home. And I will see you soon.
21:17That's the show, everyone. We hope you enjoyed these tours today. Don't forget,
21:21we'll be back next week with more homes and design inspiration. But if you can't wait that long,
21:25do check us out online on our YouTube channel and our Instagram page at OpenHouseTV. We're adding new
21:31content all the time. A lot of things that we don't even show on the episode. So do check that
21:36out.
21:36Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next week.
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