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I really enjoy living in this small space.

I feel like it's very practical.

It kind of has everything I need and feels very intimate.

I wish I had a bigger house.

I'm joking.

I'm Christy Ward.

Welcome to my 650 square foot apartment in New York City.

When I was studying at Parsons, I met my now business partner, Staber Gray, and we then started Warden Gray about four years ago,

focusing on boutique hotels.

I love designing hotels.

I like how they can be experiential and fun, and you can take a bit more of a risk with them.

When designing this apartment, I really thought of it as a hotel.

The space is about the same for a large hotel room, so I thought in the same way, how do I create rooms within a room?

It is a studio apartment, but I wanted to have a dining space, a living space, a workspace, and creating all those little nooks was something very important to me.

The first time we walked through the apartment, every single wall was a different color.

So there were avocado green walls in the living room, pink and purple walls in the bathroom in the kitchen and I was excited because I saw all this opportunity here.

So I started drawing all these options for the floor plans.

The idea was to bring as much function as possible into it.

This is our living room.

When we first saw this apartment, one of our favorite things was that we were just across from two parks actually.

So you get a lot of greenery in the space

and you kind of get a break from the city so I wanted to bring that color through into the fabrics here.

I had photoshopped this room with a really deep navy first

but then when I got here

and started putting color on the walls as as test runs I saw

that the lighter color just really opened up the space more and that's kind of what we needed here.

For our chandelier we had it made with a glass master

and I pulled that same green that you see from the park

and on the wall sconces into the chandelier with the light blue that's also in our kitchen.

So it just kind of helped to tie that room together.

The sofa has been with us through our whole time in New York, and when we moved in here we thought, why not keep it?

So we decided to reupholster it in these really fun and lively colors.

And then we have this cordenza on this side, which is just kind of the focal point of the room and it kind of showcases the art.

These are fish I found.

They're little ceramic ones.

Every summer we like to go to Priano

and in their alleyways they stick ceramic fish into the stucco walls

and I always thought that was such a beautiful idea and

so I've been collecting them kind of thinking of doing that for a future project or house.

I love this lamp in the corner as well.

It's really fun because you can kind of tilt it if you're reading here just hanging out.

I thought what was nice is

that it just kind of makes the room feel a bit

taller being installed higher it just creates a lot of height

in the space this room used to be a lot bigger

because it was an open floor plan before for the bed

and the living space we did decide to cut it off

and make it two spaces so that we had more privacy into the bedroom

and i think

that helped to create a more intimate space here to us

i think making it smaller actually made it a bit more

functional this is our bedroom so we're just off the living room

which we separated by this glass

and metal divider we knew we wanted to have some sort of separation between the living room

and the bedroom and so i came up with the idea to do a glass

and metal divider something i did previously in a project for Soho House.

We were trying to separate there the bedroom and the bathroom but here I thought that was a great solution for privacy.

We were really deciding between a ribbed glass or a clear glass

and ultimately I really wanted to get that natural light when I woke up in the morning.

Sometimes I like to just hang out in bed, have a cup of coffee on the weekends

and I wanted to feel like it was morning

and I could see what was happening in the city without feeling too disconnected

so that's why we ultimately decided to go with the clear glass.

This bed I designed with a factory actually in Portugal

and the fabric we custom designed for the bed

so we've pulled out that green that's in the wall sconces and used the same color to create this hand block stripe.

My favorite detail of this bed is the fringe at the base which is really fun and playful.

The position of the bed was important.

at one point i had moved it over to the side

and played around with a little bedside table

but ultimately you really wanted the space on either side of

the bed to just free up the space feel a little lighter

and not like you're smashed up into a corner the challenge

i think with living in a small space is having self

-control not to buy everything you see in an antique shop

or when you travel you just have to know what you need

and not over purchase but it is nice to collect

this is our kitchen when we first saw this space the previous owner had cabinets

that were on either side of us

and we felt like we wanted to open it up with

this space we really wanted it to function as a kitchen

but also as a workspace

so we actually cut this countertop in here to create this little nook

and we added the bar stools

and this is actually what we use as a little workspace

and then we added these upper shelves here so we can just put our little objects

and then in the cabinets we actually used this clear glass on top

so that it felt more open

and we also had beadboard done at the back of the cabinet just to add that nice little detail.

The biggest challenge with this space is it's very narrow

so we had to be really thoughtful about what we were

putting in here we knew we had to have a full -size range

and fridge but the idea to hide the fridge away in this panel really helped

so it doesn't feel like a ton of equipment it just kind of looks like nice thoughtful cabinetry

and then here we did this marble shelf that's open

and we just store little objects on here and things we collect

but i think it makes the space kind of feel less like a kitchen

and and more like another room of the house

There's this painting here by the amazing Frankie Thorpe and we commissioned her to do it based off Priano, a place we go every summer.

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Frankie actually included this glass from our Moncada home collection Spike and we named him after our favorite character from Notting Hill.

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We went with Ferron Ball Light Blue for the cabinetry in here

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and we felt like that gave it a very calm feel.

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It just feels kind of soft and nice.

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And then we use a Hone Carrera marble for the countertops and that just lightened everything up even more.

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We're really lucky to have this window here

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that looks out to a beautiful park so that brings in a lot of light.

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We used a nice linen sheer and I think that just creates this ambient glow.

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What I love about this space is it's really multifunctional so

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when I'm here cooking or chopping my husband can kind of perch on these barstools

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and hang out

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and it's just nice in such a small space to be able to both be in here

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and be doing two things at once but it still works.

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If I could change something about this space I might add a door

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because we do get some light leakage into the bedroom mostly because these are sheer curtains

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but I think it's worth it for the nice arch we got coming into the space.

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This is our dining nook.

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Previously, this was one big wide corridor.

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The old owner had a big cabinet here and it was kind of overwhelming the space.

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It felt very tight.

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This was one of the things I wasn't sure if I was going to invest in.

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On the floor plan, it felt like maybe it wanted to stay a wide passageway into the living room and bedroom,

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but I'm actually really happy I did this because it created a whole new room within this room.

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and it's one of the most used spaces in our house.

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We decided to eat into this wall to create this built -in millwork piece.

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We did it in the same light blue since it's right across from the kitchen

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and then added the same beadboard details that's behind the kitchen cabinets and this just created a ton of storage for us.

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So on the right and left side we have wardrobes here and then below the little nook bench we also have storage.

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When we have people over, our friends can kind of hang out here, perch on these chairs and then I'm in the kitchen

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but it's very social because there's no door and so everyone just kind of gets to mingle.

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So with small spaces I feel like storage is always the biggest issue

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so for us adding this whole corridor of closets was really impactful for us.

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These were formed by our contractor and he was using this kind of bendy plywood

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that took the corner and then he hand plastered over.

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This is actually an art deco building.

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It was built in the thirties and the plaster was original to the building.

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So we wanted to make sure we used that here as well.

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This is our bathroom.

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When we first started doing the layouts for the space, we toyed with the idea of making the bathroom bigger.

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But ultimately, I thought storage was more important for clothes and things like that.

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I think it was the right decision in the end.

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We have so much and trying to pack it all into a studio can be tough.

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So I think the storage was a better use of space.

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The bathroom is quite tight.

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So we use this light blue color to open it up and make it feel a little bit larger.

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I couldn't find a 24 inch wide vanity off the shelf

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so I really had to custom make this one it's a very tight space

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so easing the corners of the backsplash really helped

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and I think makes it feel less angular

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and gives a nice kind of flow the mirror has these eased edges it's actually a polished nickel

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but I thought I just spoke to the rest of the apartment with the curves

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I used the same sconce that I used throughout the house with that green just to tie in the colors.

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The whole process took us about a year

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but I feel like it wasn't that grand moment

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when you walk into a space and it was finished

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because I little by little was finding furniture and lights and it's still never really done.

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This was the first apartment I have designed for myself.

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I think having done it once, now I just want to keep doing it again and again.

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The important thing I think in a studio apartment is just making sure everything is functional and has a purpose.

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I think we've managed to fit a lot in here.

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We have our little dining space, a bedroom, living room, workspace.

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I think that's quite unique in a studio and also I guess our things make it unique.

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They feel uniquely us.

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15 từ khó nhất trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
nook danh từ	/nʊk/	xó
workspace danh từ	/ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/	không gian làm việc
dine động từ	/daɪn/	hàng
shelf danh từ	/ʃɛlf/	giá sách, giá
chandelier danh từ	/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/	đèn treo, đèn chùm
ceramic danh từ	/səˈɹæmɪk/	gốm
corridor danh từ	/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/	hành lang
marble danh từ	/ˈmɑɹ.bəl/	đá hoa, cẩm thạch
avocado danh từ	/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/	bơ
disconnect động từ	/dɪskəˈnɛkt/	ngắt điện
plywood danh từ	/ˈplaɪwʊd/	ván ép
stool danh từ	/stuːl/	ghế đẩu
boutique danh từ	/buˈtik/	cửa hàng thời trang
rib danh từ	/ɹɪb/	xương sườn, sườn
vanity danh từ	/ˈvænəti/	tính hư ảo, cái hư ảo

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Từ	Nghĩa
open up động từ	mở

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Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại	has been · we've pulled · have designed
Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm	being installed · were formed · was built
Mệnh đề quan hệ who / which + mệnh đề — thêm thông tin về người hoặc vật	side, which is · base which is

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Người nói dùng 17 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ I'm, wasn't, we're. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.

Âm “sh” và “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, chandelier /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, backsplash /ˈbækˌsplæʃ/, experiential /ɪkˌspɪɹiˈɛnʃəl/
Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, experiential /ɪkˌspɪɹiˈɛnʃəl/, separation /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:

Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: sconce /skɑns/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, disconnect /dɪskəˈnɛkt/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, ambient /ˈæm.bi.ənt/
Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: perch /pɝt͡ʃ/, leakage /ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/, passageway /ˈpæ.sɪdʒˌweɪ/, chop /t͡ʃɑp/, fringe /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/
Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: chandelier /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/, plaster /ˈplæstɚ/, ceramic /səˈɹæmɪk/, fabric /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/, alleyway /ˈæ.li.weɪ/

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