This 350-Square-Foot NYC Apartment Has Plenty of Room to Entertain
Photo by Nicholas Venezia
By the time Rachel Robinson, a partner at Durodeco, had set eyes on this studio apartment in New York City’s Upper West Side, she already knew what she and the owners could do. Robinson met the couple five years earlier as they began building a property in Colorado to be closer to family, and they had relied on her expertise.
"The owners were working with a local architect who had given them traditional two-dimensional floor plans, but they were eager to better visualize the home they would be living in," she says. "In the process, I got to know their tastes and I was able to offer design advice along the way."
Even after the Colorado home was completed, the couple didn’t fully give up their ties to the city. They frequently returned to Manhattan for work and friends, and decided they wanted a place to gather that wasn’t a restaurant or hotel. "They love to cook and entertain, but they also needed to downsize from their previous two-bedroom apartment," Robinson says.
