In the living room, painted in Ralph Lauren Pocket Watch White, an artwork by Rodney Dickson hangs above a custom-made sofa clad in a Pollack velvet; the floor lamp is by Arredoluce, and the fox-fur pillows and calfskin rug are by J. Mendel.
Let’s pretend this beautiful apartment is ours, shall we? Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel is adding home furnishing designer to his resume so it’s only right that he invites us into his stunning Chelsea 1 bed, 1 bath 732 sq ft apartment to show the place off. Mendel asked his boutique interior designer, David Mann of MR Architecture + Decor to design the space with high drama and minimal luxe.
In the bedroom, the headboard is made of panels of camel-color cowhide; the linens are by Frette, and the badger-fur throw is by J. Mendel.
The kitchen includes a Sicis mosaic-tile backsplash, a Samsung ultrathin LED television, and a Sub-Zero refrigerator with bespoke lacquer panels.
In the dining area, a black-lacquer chandelier hangs above a custom-made marble-top table and vintage J. L. Møller chairs from Belkind Bigi with Spinneybeck leather seats; the bronze sculpture at the window is by Leopoldo Nóvoa.
In the living room, painted in Ralph Lauren Pocket Watch White, an artwork by Rodney Dickson hangs above a custom-made sofa clad in a Pollack velvet; the floor lamp is by Arredoluce, and the fox-fur pillows and calfskin rug are by J. Mendel.
For the Manhattan apartment of Kylie Case and Gilles Mendel, David Mann of MR Architecture + Decor conceived a lush high-contrast scheme.
Mann used the Mendel boutique signature color scheme of black and white to create a high contrast and then added in luxe materials in unexpected places like the velvet on the crown moldings and leather on the doors. The result is amazing!
“At night black blends into everything else,” Mann says. “I’m trying to dissolve the parameters of space.”
