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Athena CalderonPhoto: Kate Owen
There are regular housewarming ceremonies, and there are housewarming ceremonies that are held simultaneously with the housewarming ceremony. architectural digest Cover story and debut furniture collection extending home’s aesthetic character to shoppers around the world. Such was the case this week, as Athena Calderone pulled back the curtain — literally and figuratively — on the design world to reveal what she’s been brewing for the past two years.
When your original address—not just a Brooklyn townhouse; this Brooklyn Townhouse—Becoming Pinterest’s Definitive Mood Board Inspiration Space—What’s Next is under pressure to follow suit. With the birth of her eponymous design firm, Studio Athena Calderone, the veteran New Yorker discovered a piece of city history that needed updating.
Her Tribeca residence was most recently owned by French architect Thierry Despont (whose own designs include the Statue of Liberty and the Ritz in Paris). The multi-talented actress and her family recently moved back into their home after a lengthy interior renovation process, and she shared the first photos in the April 2017 issue. advertise. Amy Astley, the publication’s global editorial director, was one of the first to offer her congratulations at a housewarming party hosted in partnership with Future Perfect on Tuesday night.
Calderone, author Live beautifully, As one would expect, she takes her role as the consummate host seriously. Wearing a liquid bronze silk gown by Heirlome, she greeted supermodel Ashley Graham in a soaring bathtub filled with ice-cold Veuve Clicquot and presided over by a blazer-wearing bartender.
In the kitchen, Martha Stewart reunites with design editor Kate Berry (her former employee) around a gleaming tower of kebabs (a hodgepodge too delicious to touch, the work of fashion’s favorite caterer, Acquolina). Jacquelyn Jablonski and Selby Drummond hung out in the living room to get a sneak preview of Calderone’s upcoming furniture line, which will be featured throughout the home. Many designers, including fashion designers (Maria McManus, Rachelle Hruska, Francisco Costa) and interior designers (Nate Berkus, Madelynn Hudson Furlong, Alyssa Kapito), also appeared.
As well-wishers floated between the recording studio, walk-in closet, media room and guest bedroom, Tuco looked completely unfazed by the dozens of curious guests peeking around every corner.
