A Space That Rocks - Bedrooms, Furniture, Interior... -
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Published on: 1/1/2008
Last Visited: 9/6/2008
Therese Gurney of Baron Gurney Interiors custom designed many of the furnishings in Ed Romanoff's condominium, including a sofa table with notches so Romanoff can stand his guitars.
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Ed Romanoff has had these kinds of moments in the comfort of his sleek home, which was designed by Therese Gurney of Baron Gurney Interiors.
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"Therese has made it so the space reflects what I do and who I am," says Romanoff, founder and CEO of PineRock, a production and marketing firm that produces up to 100 theatrical events a year for corporations in exotic venues including Beijing, Barcelona, Monaco, Prague, Rome, and Seville.
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Collaborating with Gurney on details ranging from which walls to remove to what furnishings to have custom made, Romanoff transitioned from a former traditional single-family home in Kent to this minimalist, modern condo that rocks.
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"I like to have house concerts with an artist with 40 or 50 people," says Romanoff, 48, who has been writing songs and lyrics for years."We're in an unusually intimate setting.This provides a real opportunity for an artist to really connect with an audience.That's what I love about music, and this space facilitates that," says Romanoff, who has had artists take the stage on his coffee table on occasion.
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Since Romanoff, a bachelor, didn't need a second bedroom, he had it transformed into a media room/guest room.
"It is the ultimate getaway.I love movies; it's great to be able to have a screen wide enough that you get lost in them," he says of his 60-inch screen.
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Gray flannel upholstered walls and carpets complement the space that also holds Romanoff's "Guitar Hall of Fame," as Gurney calls his collection, which includes a '67 Epiphone acoustic, '72 Fender stratocaster, Epiphone ES 335, a Fender telecaster, and a few Martin D 35s.
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Sometimes I wake up and wonder, ‘Am I still sleeping?' " Romanoff says.The award-winning interior designer also integrated built-in bookcases and a seating area with a sofa that features a mechanism that makes one cushion rise so Romanoff can gaze out the window at the adjacent rooftop garden designed by Jim van Sweden of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates Inc., while he's lounging.
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"Ed can accommodate either two people or 22 for dinner."
After his constant foreign and domestic business travel, Romanoff says, "It's so nice to be able to come back to a place like this.
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Romanoff also has an office in SoHo and an apartment in TriBeCa that he adores.