FROM THE MOMENT THE ELEVATOR ARRIVES AT THE PRIVATE FOYER AND THE GLOSSY BLACK DOOR OPENS,
the apartment’s generous proportions become apparent. A large canvas by Albert Oehlen, a symphony
of yellow and purple, dominates the living room wall nearby—a hint of the colors that punctuate the
open living areas. “It doesn’t match anything; we never want paintings to match,” Post notes. Still, it
teases what’s to come, like the violet Doris Leslie Blau banana silk carpet in the master bedroom and the
Ceccotti armchairs upholstered in deep purple alpaca by Sandra Jordan that anchor the living room’s
custom oversize coffee table, a Jennifer Post signature. Visually, the space flows seamlessly to the formal
dining room, where a pair of customized bronze and lacquer Jiun Ho tables are surrounded by Natasha
Baradaran Little Black Dress chairs upholstered in rich black suede. “Everything has to carry and touch
everything else,” she says. That way, the home feels organic, not forced. “I can’t stand when people go
in and you can tell this house has been decorated.”
To arrive at this result, she thinks about the home holistically, making design decisions as a whole. “After
I see the floor plan and I meet the people, I don’t think about just one room,” Post says. “The public rooms,
the dens, the living rooms, the dining room, the kitchens—they all have to have a language.” Creating
this lexicon is a balancing act of both repetition and contrast.
Off of the entryway, which holds a metal sculpture by Antony Gormley, a piece by Cy Twombly hangs
over a Ralph Rucci bronze console from Holly Hunt, which Post topped in white marble, illuminated by
Fuse Lighting’s bronze and silver Acacia pendant. “It’s a very abstract, handsome painting,” says Post, so
she paired it “with a soft, white stone tile and kind of crumbly, pounded metal.” An art collector herself,
Post relies on instinct when designing with a collection. “My eye tells me where to place the art.”
Post often works with clients to develop their collections, but in this case, the residents had a
longstanding relationship art advisor Ann Cook. Modern and contemporary pieces fill the apartment,
from the Andy Warhol soup cans that cheekily line the sunny kitchen to the Andreas Gursky photograph
of a Prada store that provides a soft counterpoint to the orange walls of the Hermès-inspired den. “Art
brings personality,” says Post. “Everything else is a couch or a lamp. Art is humanistic; it makes you look at
it, it makes you contemplate, it makes you think. You don’t look at a couch and contemplate.”
Throughout the home, the owners’ collection is carefully arranged to soothe and inspire. In the master
bedroom, Andy Warhol’s 1980 Diamond Dust Shoes silk screen nods to the homeowner’s love of fashion
and offers a colorful counterpoint to the custom A. Rudin bed with soft gray fabric and leather upholstery.
In the living room, a hanging brass wire sculpture by Ruth Asawa complements a pair of ebony Progetti
arm chairs by Giorgetti upholstered in buttery leather, a move Post calls a “no-brainer.” Creating this
dialogue between art and furniture is a key to Post’s practice, but she’s quick to assert that design leads
the way. “You always start with the furniture,” she says. “Because I don’t care; if they have a Picasso, we’ll
find a place for Picasso.” Jennifer Post, jenniferpostdesign.com
