9 By Design

Because raising just one child in this crazy city called Manhattan is a little overwhelming, it's with great awe and admiration that I watch the hectic, high-style, life of the Novogratz family. Bravo TV's latest voyeur fascination, 9 By Design, is a show about a family of 9 (2 outnumbered adults and 7 adorable kids) who live in NYC, renovate and flip, commercial and residential spaces... some of which they live in. What captures my attention most about the show isn't the fact that they are raising a gaggle of kids (that concept seems all too familiar in reality TV) it's their devil-may-care attitude to design that makes me tune in. True, they have the luxury of big budgets and amazing spaces but there is a lesson for all of us in the way they approach design... use what you love. Buy something that you may not have a place for, you'll find one and your home will be a reflection of you because of it.




Some spaces designed by SixxDesign...

Bar None - The Most Beautiful Mahattan Bars

After a late dinner with friends on Friday night the group was headed to NYC's Boom Boom Room - a club notoriously difficult to get into. At five months pregnant the Boom Boom Room was probably not the best place for me to go so I sadly declined but a friend of mine said since I was into interior design I should check out some pictures online (a sad substitute yes but inspiring none the less). Fashioned after the likes of Studio 54, this fantastically hip 70's styled lounge does not disappoint from a design perspective. It got me thinking, Manhattan is full of insanely gorgeous bars. When the lights are low and it's packed to the gills with fashionistas and hipsters it can be hard to see the beauty around you so today I bring you a rare, sober, lights-on, snapshot of some of NYC's most stylish bars...

The Rose Bar

The Lobby Bar at The Jane Hotel

My personal fave, Gold Bar

Campbell Apartment

Buddakan

The bar at The Bowery Hotel

The Boom Boom Room

The Box