Last week, I had the opportunity to tour one of the Setai’s new model apartments down on Wall Street. The space offers luxurious residences, a private club, a spa, and a Michelin-starred restaurant, but I was most interested in meeting interior designers Shea Soucie and Martin Horner, who collaborated to create a space that, in their words, “appeals to young, savvy world-travelers.”
The relatively cozy apartments (I say “relatively” because the living room in the model apartment was larger than my first one-bedroom when I moved to NYC) were designed for maximum efficiency, with sliding walls between the bedroom and living room that can be opened to create a larger space, and a home office that doubles as a second bedroom. I was particularly interested in the long hallway between the model apartment’s living room and home office, which featured a whole bunch of different types of artwork. Soucie explained that her technique for dealing with long, bare walls is to break up the space with several different areas of interest that incorporate varying textures.
