Penthouse - Morgans Hotel New York- 01.30.11
Ever have one of those magical weekends that you just don’t want to end? And even though it was only a brief 48 hours, you’re filled with nostalgia thinking about it already? Sitting in another room at the Morgans Hotel, before finally concluding this nearly 2 week east coast winter adventure tomorrow, i’m definitely feeling that! Dear Morgans Hotel ~ thanks for a magical, otherworldly inspiring weekend literally on top of the world in your perfectly cozy, minimalist penthouse with stunning NYC views. It turned out to be the ideal backdrop to some random adventures. The various shades of grey cubist carpets, furniture, walls, and more were just interesting yet subdued enough not to take over your consciousness, and really let the view and great company take center stage!
The Morgans Hotel Penthouse: the “spacious duplex Manhattan Penthouse at Morgans is a masterwork of timeless form and contemporary function, boasting its own greenhouse, kitchen, media room, dramatic spiral staircase, and two terraces with stunning city views. Updated by Andrée Putman in 2008, the new design retains the original spirit of the quintessential jetsetter’s private New York City apartment, but incorporates a sense of playfulness with touches like a modular and adaptable sofa and a Putman-designed lamp, Compas dans l’Oeil.” And the details are just beautiful… sitting on the couch and around the dinner table this weekend, we couldn’t help discussing which aspects we’d want to incorporate into our own homes, there was something cozily appealing about the set up, and the two decks with Empire views constantly take your breath away… ready to peek at the details? See lots of pics on the next page!
p.s. you’ve already seen the inspiring quote postcards i shot from the penthouse snowiness here! It just took me a bit longer to get to sharing the penthouse itself!
You enter on the 19th floor… greeted by the helix of a staircase with media room on the right and a little hallway to the bedroom on the left…
The bedroom is a larger version of the usual Morgans Hotel room…
… complete with my favorite detail ~ these built in couches with windows behind… and subtle door handles that lead you spacious closets and drawers!
The desks have cute mini vanity mirrors you can flip right out of them…
Perhaps the most intense and my least favorite aspect of the rooms… the checkerboard bathrooms are a bit dizzying…
Now… back up the staircase!
On the floor above you reach a spacious room…
Flanked by two patios with completely different feels… you have the kitchen, couch area, and dining area surrounded by views…
Ridiculously comfortable, and perfect to have about a half dozen people relaxing and discussing any and everything for hours on end…
My favorite of the two patios…. definitely the little woody one we hung out smoking cigars and sipping scotch on… also adorable lighting at night, particularly dramatic with the snowy look…
And at night… with dramatic clouds… the Empire State Building just looms above us so glowingly…
It really was quite a magical place to meet up and relax… have dinner, and chat into the night!
Stunning!
Things I love: The spiral staircase, amazing views, and that really cool checkerboard floor. The bathroom though….the get dizzy just looking at it in a photo!
----- Cody 02.08.16 18:59