Designer Betsey Johnson�s Pink Penthouse

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JUNE 19, 2008

Fashion designer Betsey Johnson is one of a kind, and so is her NYC penthouse. For one thing, it�s pink. Very, very pink. According to the MLS, it has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and is on the market for about $2.5 million:

This stylish Gold Coast penthouse duplex loft is the New York residence of a famed fashion designer whose underlying respect for classics always has an irreverent edge and sense of fun� A lavishly presented confection of fifties Hollywood glamour trimmed in lace, velvet, and gold tassels, beneath the signature pink paint and fabulously frou-frou furnishings is a home with unique character and great bones.

As I was searching for more information about Betsey Johnson for this post, I discovered that she owns a villa in a Mexican fishing village, too, that is now available to rent. She decorated the villa in her inimitable style and dubbed it �Betseyville.�

What do you think? Want to buy Betsey�s penthouse? Rent Betseyville? (Click here for rates and information.)

Gwyneth Paltrow�s Tribeca Penthouse in Vogue

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on AUGUST 11, 2010


Gwyneth Paltrow is on the August 2010 cover of Vogue magazine�s annual �Age Issue.� Inside, the 37-year old Oscar-winning actress poses in the kitchen of her Tribeca penthouse. She has a cookbook coming out in April of 2011 and says, �I always feel closest to my father, who was the love of my life until his death in 2002, when I am in the kitchen.�



The kitchen features lots of white marble, but it also has long, flowy white curtains framing the floor-to-ceiling windows that soften things up a bit:





Her apartment was designed by Roman and Williams, as seen on their website. They write:

For an actress, her musician husband, and their children, Roman and Williams completed a total stripdown to stud and redesign of what was fundamentally a drywall box (with good light). Designing and coordinating all interior architecture and custom decoration of the project with sheer energy and completely rule of everything mundane.



The swing in the living room was created from an old Indian door. Gwyneth told W mag: �Even the chains are like a work of art.�



The house is a little �chilly� for my personal taste, but it seems to suit Gwyneth. Remember her house in the Hamptons? It had lots of white and pale pastels, too, and a similar style. (See photos of it here.)



Apple�s bedroom features a bed with branches holding a nest, and the walls are painted with birds in flight:



Are you a fan of Gwyneth�s? Her penthouse?

Most photos via Roman and Williams. You can see more at The Happy Home. Read Gwyneth�s Vogue interview here (photo by Mario Testino).