The $300 Makeover: One-Bedroom in Williamsburg

CLIENT Benjamen Segal, 40; lost his job in January as a sales director for Vaultus Mobile Technologies, a wireless technology firm.

CABIN FEVER SYMPTOM Feeling “the opposite of Zen” in the living room of his one-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

DESIGNER Christopher Coleman, principal, Christopher Coleman Interior Design.

“He lives like a kid,” Christopher Coleman said after visiting Benjamen Segal’s apartment for the first time. Amplifiers and guitars piled up in one corner. A stack of books in place of an end table. Plain, unadorned gray walls. And amidst the chaos, a neatly organized record collection. “It’s somewhat collegiate,” Mr. Coleman said diplomatically.

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/garden/12m-segal.html

March 11th, 2009  in Real Estate, Renovations Comments Off

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