"You can look out at the city and enjoy the city, but you still feel like you're in your own little world. What its all-white rooms lacked, however, was personality. We travel so much. I didn't want our home to feel like a hotel room. We're a young family. We have kids and a dog. We wanted it to feel like us."
"Ruggiero understood the practicality of that assignment. But, he also levels, we wanted it to be chic as hell. To start, he gave those bare walls a sense of prewar character by adding wainscoting and molding. Then to warm things up in the central living room space, he chose, upon Upton's suggestion, an unexpected neutral: a pink limewash."
Celebrity stylist John Ruggiero transitioned to interior design and was hired by supermodel Kate Upton to redesign her Manhattan apartment after her husband Justin Verlander signed with the Mets. The couple's uptown unit featured desirable park views and outdoor spaces but lacked personality and felt hotel-like. Ruggiero added prewar character through wainscoting and molding, then introduced warmth with a pink limewash in the central living room, creating what Upton calls the "She Shed." The design balances chic aesthetics with practical family living, incorporating spaces for their children and dog while maintaining sophisticated style.
Read at Architectural Digest
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