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00:05Your cameraman pointed out to me that a bungalow cannot be a duplex. Well, I would
00:11have to disagree because this is bungalow 45 and it is a duplex.
00:35I'm Sarah Gore and welcome to Open House NYC, everyone. We've got some incredible home transformations
00:41to show you this week. White boxes, contemporaries, pre-wars, even a gymnasium. So it's fitting
00:48that I'm bringing it all to you from this duplex on the Upper West Side. It's located
00:53inside the landmarked former Central Savings Bank building, an imposing 1920 structure
00:58that was converted about 20 years ago into condos. This 4,000 square foot beauty is airy and inviting
01:06with western exposures, high ceilings, and wide plank oak floors throughout. From the foyer, you step
01:12into the main entertaining space featuring living and dining areas and a bespoke kitchen with custom
01:18Italian millwork. Upstairs, the primary suite is a quiet retreat with a show-stopping walk-in closet
01:24and even a terrace. With four bedrooms, this home perfectly balances luxury with livability.
01:31We are starting things off at the elegant Nolita apartment of New York-based fashion designer
01:36Danielle Fischera. Once a simple white box, she infused it with lush color, custom millwork,
01:42and a curated mix of pieces. See for yourself.
01:49Hi, I'm Danielle. I'm a New York-based fashion designer. Welcome to my home in Nolita.
01:55When it comes to both fashion and interiors, I'm drawn to very simple shapes, very simple styles,
02:01with intricate patterns and designs. Everything, of course, begins in an entry and I wanted this entry
02:08to feel like a jewel box. Design is not always about being practical. Sometimes it's more about the look.
02:18From the entry, you step into my kitchen and dining area. When I came into the apartment about five years
02:24ago,
02:24I decided to switch out all of the hardware, the faucets, and changed out all the appliances.
02:30And these pastry lights I added in because I thought it was a really good way to combine
02:35my love of old and new, and it was a way to make the space look a little bit more
02:40classic and less modern.
02:41I absolutely love the idea of having a banquette. So I found these vintage-style cane chairs,
02:48and I thought it was a really good complement to the more modern Saarinen table. I really don't like
02:54clutter, but this is the one space in the home where I have family photos,
02:59art projects from family members, and of course the space would not be complete without flowers,
03:05here and everywhere.
03:11One of the guiding principles behind the design of my home is that it was a refuge from the chaotic
03:16city,
03:17and I feel like the living room is a perfect example of that. I love books. I have so many
03:21books.
03:22So I designed a cabinet that had softer corners, obviously function, hold my books, hold the TV,
03:27but at the same time it also makes the space less harsh and a little bit more inviting.
03:33The focal point of the room is the painting above the fireplace. It's one of my favorite pieces,
03:38and I still feel that way every time I look at it. Now let's take a look at the bedroom.
03:46Because it sits right next to the living room and visible through the glass doors,
03:50its design needs to complement the rest of the home. And the way I made sure was through my use
03:55of color.
03:55For example, the blue and green that you see in the floral design is the same shades of blue and
04:00green that you see throughout the living room. It all goes together and it all coordinates.
04:05I sourced these nightstands in Berlin and was drawn to them because of their mid-century aesthetic.
04:10When it comes to the larger pieces of furniture, I like them to be simple in design. And around the
04:17space,
04:17whether it be the wall coverings or the chair or the curtains, that's where I like to bring in
04:23more playful and more exciting elements. As far as the lighting goes, I went for a combination
04:29between table lamps and a Murano glass chandelier. And I can't forget my beautiful blue bonbon lamp.
04:37And between you and me, it looks much better when it's off.
04:43Geographically, the bathroom is the last room that you enter as you journey through the apartment.
04:47Everything about it feels fresh, refined, and luxurious, from the big marble slabs to the deep
04:54soaking tub. The vanity was originally taupe, which I did not like, so I decided to paint it a high
04:59gloss
05:00white finish. The white vanity makes the space look a lot larger and more open.
05:04The white vanity makes the space look a lot larger.
05:10Whether in fashion or interiors, I'm drawn to simple silhouettes, cohesive color palettes,
05:16and floral motifs. Thanks so much for coming.
05:23Coming up just after the break, how this Amsterdam architect transformed a gymnasium
05:28into the stylish loft. We'll be right back.
05:39Welcome back everyone. Now we're in Amsterdam where artist and architect Robert de Gouda transformed
05:45this former gymnasium into a bright multi-tiered family home that's as warm as it is dramatic.
05:52See for yourself.
05:58Hi, I'm Robert de Gouda. I'm an architect based in Amsterdam. I'd like to show you a project I did
06:03in
06:03the Jordan, right in the center of the city.
06:06The houses are very beautiful but small and we found a client that lived on the outside of Amsterdam
06:10but needed a lot of space. We found a gymnasium from a former monastery. It's like a dream for
06:15every architect. The client was very willing to work with us to get our fantasy moving. I'd like to show
06:20it to you.
06:24The first thing we had to do is do well the real architecture. We built a two-story house. I
06:29wanted
06:29to make a central staircase. A bit dramatic. Everything revolves around it. There's no life
06:34in a house without natural light. So we put in the skylights about 10 of them. From the stairwell
06:39everything evolves. We're on the ground floor where it's in public area where all the functions are.
06:43Upstairs we have the private spaces, the bedrooms and the bathrooms. We have a main dining area. We
06:49have a living area here and there's a media room upstairs.
06:55The main building is a lot of hard materials. There's a concrete floor, there's wooden ceiling,
06:59there's steel. This is a living area. You want to dim the sound of the place to make everything
07:04more cozy and peaceful. The rug is from the Uruguayan alpaca and you just want to lie in it all
07:10day.
07:10We put in one chair by Mies van der Rohe. When you study architect, this is one of the people
07:14you
07:14kind of admire of course. He doesn't compromise. He does what he wants. He's the boss of the project.
07:19He had to be here. The fireplace we made from steel and together with the wooden beams it worked very
07:24well. Okay now follow me to the media room. This was the equipment room of the gymnasium of course.
07:31I turned it into a media room and we elevated the floor. In a building like this things keep popping
07:36up.
07:37We took down a wall and we put in this beautiful De Padova closet, which is an Italian original.
07:42When you stand here, the house really comes to life. The sidelines, the light going down,
07:47and actually it feels like you're standing on a stage. It's the perfect place for a media room.
07:54This is what we call in Dutch the Overloop. It's a walkway. Connects every room in the bathroom
07:58on the floor. We opened the ceiling of the gymnasium, which was of course flat and dark,
08:02and then we found this steel structure. This is an incredible gift from the building. Above the square
08:07open space we added one round shape, which is this light fixture. So this is where all the skylights
08:13bring the light in. The six above the main stairwell, everything just comes together.
08:20In the bedroom we kept the interior pretty simple because the architecture kind of does most of the
08:24work. This glass wall gives you a view of the garden and the downstairs area. And above my head you
08:29can see the beautiful ironwork. Let me show you what we did in the walk-in closet.
08:34In here I really got to play with materials. We have eucalyptus wood and we have the see-through
08:38panels to bring some more light in the room. We have a seating area here. It's finished with leather.
08:43Of all the spaces this is the darkest and the dark material makes a beautiful and solid contrast with
08:47the bathroom. This is one of my favorite rooms in the house. We wanted to make it really bright,
08:52airy, two skylights in. Put in white materials and this is the place where every time I had a conversation
08:58with my client about tiles or the beautiful marble. And they chose the marble, of course.
09:04And luckily we found exactly 11 matching sheets. Just enough surface for the entire bathroom.
09:13This project was all about making a beautiful family home for a very nice client of mine.
09:17And I think it turned out quite nicely.
09:23Coming up next, Maximalist design in LA. Stick around.
09:36Welcome back everyone. LA-based interior designer Dani Daisy has been dubbed the Maximalist Queen.
09:43And her latest project in Sherman Oaks shows us why. Created for musicians Andy Hurley of Fall Out
09:49Boy and Meredith Hurley of the Millionaires, this vibrant home is a full-on celebration of color,
09:55pattern, and personality. See for yourself.
10:01Hello, my name is Dani Daisy. I'm an interior designer and print designer and the author of
10:07The Maximalist. And today we are at the Hurley House. The Hurleys are my amazing clients. They're a
10:13rock star couple. Andy is the drummer of Fall Out Boy. Meredith is one of the lead singers of The
10:19Millionaires. And this is their magical Maximal home that I designed.
10:26This is the first room you see when you walk in the house. It's sort of like a sitting and
10:31family
10:31room. So we really wanted to make a big statement here. We added a whole fake fireplace facade. It
10:37almost looks like the fireplace keeps going up, but that's just wallpaper. My clients have this epic guitar
10:43collection and we use that as the main focal point in the room to really drive home the rock star
10:49renovation feel. I'm known for mixing different prints and I use that by tying the same color scheme
10:55over and over again. And I'll use a mix of larger scale prints and smaller scale prints so they don't
11:00fight too much. And connected to this room, we have the dining room. So let's go take a look.
11:07What I love about this dining room is it feels very fancy and elevated, but we also brought it back
11:13down
11:13to earth with lots of earthy naturey things and animal prints. My clients love animals and they really
11:20wanted to bring that into their home. This room is kind of dark with all of the navy and we
11:25wanted to
11:25bring in a little lightness so we did that with the table. These amazing vintage chairs that were somehow
11:30already that color and then the paint on the ceiling. This is certainly the most sexy room in this space
11:39with the red on red color drenching, the neon signs, and it really has that rock star feel. Over here
11:46we
11:47have these cool built-ins that came with the space. The mirrors were all plain, but we added colored film
11:53in another color blocking print. And then we put a bunch of really cool curated items that match the room
12:00on the shelves along with a bunch of Andy's awards. What we really designed this room around was these neon
12:07signs. They were used in my client's wedding, so we wanted to incorporate them into the space. This is the
12:13main
12:13hangout room. Now, let's see where Meredith, my client, works.
12:21You thought we were going to have a boring workspace? No, my client likes to have fun in every single
12:26room of her
12:26house. The theme of this room is disco cowgirl, and you can see that there's a lot of disco balls
12:33in here.
12:33We even sourced disco cactuses, potted them with pink crystals. It was an interesting
12:41juxtaposition of themes, and I think it turned out really cool.
12:50Okay, we had to make a quick stop on our way upstairs because this area is just too good to
12:54skip.
12:55My client has won a ton of awards, platinum records, so we dedicated the whole staircase to showing them off.
13:09Because the primary is attached to its little lounge, we wanted them to feel similar yet different.
13:14It's a little more simple in this space. We opted for paint instead of wallpaper everywhere. We added
13:20trim on the walls that broke up the color. Your eyes go right to this epic headboard. It's super
13:26textural with the velvet and is also 3D. How fun.
13:34Hope you enjoyed the tour of the Hurley House, and maybe it inspired you to add a little more
13:38maximalism to your space.
13:43Coming up, an East Village prop master invites us inside his unique apartment.
13:49You're not going to want to miss this.
13:58Welcome back, everyone. Sean Patrick Anderson's Brooklyn prop house, Acme, is packed with everything
14:05you can imagine. It's no wonder it's a go-to for countless productions, including many here at NBC.
14:11Now he shows us how his work and life collide in his own East Village apartment. Enjoy.
14:21Welcome to my apartment. I'm Sean Patrick Anderson here at Bungalow 45. I am a set designer and a prop
14:29master, and I own a prop house in Bushwick. For a person that runs around and digs into flea markets
14:36and
14:36goes to antique stores, a lot of the props end up here when they're supposed to end up at the
14:42prop house.
14:43Your cameraman pointed out to me that a bungalow cannot be a duplex. Well, I would have to disagree
14:50because this is Bungalow 45, and it is a duplex.
14:55So when you walk into my apartment, you're in the kitchen, and this is my new front door. I said,
15:00just put a snake on it. And look, the snake is perfect. And I am slowly having to put art
15:06on the
15:06ceiling because I'm running out of room. Once you start hanging art on the ceiling, you've got a lot
15:10more wall space. I made this chandelier, and it is a found object slash mutilated baby doll sculpture.
15:19And the reason why I have all these mirrors is just opens up the space. I still hang art over
15:24it,
15:25but it definitely makes the room feel much bigger. I did a shoot with Amy Poehler for her book,
15:31and so I ended up with the please of the yes please from the neon.
15:39On the way to the bedroom, we stop off at the bathroom. This is a vinyl snakeskin yellow
15:45treatment on the door. And then we have this beautiful display here of happy faces,
15:53and also inside. Take a look.
15:59So this is the bedroom. The back wall here, I started with layers of paint that I would just
16:04pour, and then I hung more art on top of that. It's kind of a salon style, if you will,
16:09cluttery salon
16:10style. And this is a photo from Mary Ellen Matthews, Mick Jagger. We love Mick Jagger. I bought this
16:18Salvador Dali. They did not put it on acid-free paper, so maybe in 300 years, it will be totally
16:24yellow.
16:29We are upstairs in the living room, and as you can see, there's just more art on the wall,
16:34but not on the ceiling. I took some leftover sets, and I created a ceiling that sort of reminds me
16:41of
16:41a carnival ride at Coney Island. This is a Rauschenberg, and then I got a little tipsy
16:47and painted over it. But I only painted over the glass, so it's still worth a real Rauschenberg.
16:53This sofa is from West Elm. It's great. It's comfortable. It's decent leather. This came from
16:59the Chelsea Flea. This thing's amazing. It's a resin pour coffee table, probably from the 60s.
17:05Look at this hideous thing. This is something your grandma would have. I love it.
17:11Here at the top of the spiral staircase, it made the most sense to put the loft bed. So we
17:17made some
17:17sequent drapes, and boom, we reveal the blue. We have some blue bulbs going all the way around.
17:23We have beveled mirrors. So cool. It just makes the whole room feel big and weird up here.
17:38Hello. Welcome to Acme Prop House here in Brooklyn, New York, where we rent all kinds of props to all
17:44kinds of productions, including NBC. We have vases. We have TVs. We have boom boxes, old cameras, new cameras,
17:53bird cages, taxidermy, and we have art. We have frames. We have mirrors. We have rattlesnakes.
17:59This is my home away from home. The playground, if you will.
18:07Okay. Well, now you've seen my prop house and my home, so thanks for watching.
18:15Coming up, a modern, sky-high apartment transformed. We'll be right back.
18:28Welcome back, everyone. Now we join interior designer Melanie Calderuso at this modern duplex
18:34on the Upper East Side. Delivered as a sprawling white box in the sky, her clients gave Melanie free
18:41reign. Designers just love that, too. Let's see what she did.
18:48Hi. I'm interior designer Melanie Calderuso. Welcome to the 6,200 square foot duplex I designed
18:55on the Upper East Side. Upon entering the space, the first thing that hits you are the massive
19:03floor-to-ceiling windows. You'll also notice this floating wall, which we created to separate the
19:10kitchen and lounging area from the dining space. We clad the wall on all four sides with these
19:15hammered bronze panels, which keeps this element lighter than a sheetrock wall and adds a bespoke
19:20touch. And for a little pop of color, we introduced this rich rust hue in the throw pillows, the ombre
19:27of the area rug, and in the lampshades that I designed just around the corner. And as you can see,
19:32they really make a statement. Here in the dining area, you really appreciate the 22-foot-high
19:43floor-to-ceiling windows that frame panoramic views in three directions. We're talking north,
19:49east, and south. To amp up the drama and add some whimsy, I suspended five rings of light over this
19:56gorgeous handmade walnut and bronze dining table. It also really anchors this otherwise ethereal
20:02space. We clad the fireplace in a silver wave marble, which creates a distinguished focal point
20:07for the ever-changing city beyond. What are you waiting for? Come join me in the great room.
20:17Now isn't this room just begging for a party? The space was originally a kitchen-living room combo.
20:23Once everything was removed, we were left with this incredibly large living space, which I divided into
20:28two seating groupings, grounded on this vintage-designed area rug. I just love the unexpected yellow and
20:34green tones, which add a sprinkle of color without fighting the bolder colors in the sofa, chairs,
20:40or high-gloss red lacquer hydraulic bar cabinet. The only accent wall is the area between the two
20:46custom built-in bars flanking the TV. I chose a padded, book-embossed, tone-on-tone wall covering,
20:51which draws you in to sit, relax, enjoy a cocktail, and some killer views of Central Park. Here or even
20:59out on the terrace. Thank you for taking a look with me at this gorgeous contemporary duplex in the sky.
21:10It was truly a pleasure to design, and I hope you liked it too. Now if you don't mind, I'm
21:15just going
21:15to sit here and enjoy the views a bit longer. Bye. That's all for this week. We hope you enjoyed
21:23these tours today. Don't forget, we'll be back next week with more homes and design inspiration,
21:28but if you can't wait that long, check us out online on our YouTube channel and our Instagram page
21:33at OpenHouseTV. We're adding new stuff all the time. Thanks so much for watching, and we'll see you next week.
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