Instant Attraction: Home of Alfredo Paredes and Brad Goldfarb

I love everything about this apartment.  It's in the East Village, has a KILLER terrace, the architecture is so lovely, and the design that was implemented is gorgeous.  I want it all.  The materials palette, those windows!, the fireplaces, fixtures, millwork, furnitures, fabrics, the floor-to-ceiling wraparound draperies in the master bedroom.  And that dog is a muffin too.  What a retreat it must be to come home to this place. 

All images by Miguel Flores-Vianna, from www.architecturaldigest.com.  Featured in Architectural Digest April 2012, "Partners in Style".

Instant Attraction: West Village Garden of Julianne Moore

I am mega-crushing on Julianne Moore's West Village garden.  I might truly consider killing for a garden like this, especially in the WV.  I am oving everything about it.  The greenery (no flowers!), the wild look or it all, the walls of ivy, and I LOVE the way the aptly named staghorn ferns are potted in wall-mounted planters so that they look like game trophies.

Above photo by Christopher Baker from Architectural Digest.  Definitely go have a look at the rest of the photos of this lovely secret garden.