10 Years of 'NYC&G': Texas Transplant Lucinda Loya's Lovely NYC Pied-à-Terre

10 Years of ‘NYC&G’: Texas Transplant Lucinda Loya’s Lovely NYC Pied-à-Terre

The interior designer's vibrant apartment warrants some envious reflection.

Decorator Lucinda Loya Converted Convent Living Room

A black-and-white portrait of Andy Warhol overlooks the living room’s Marcel Wanders–designed sofa, armchairs, and ottomans, which are upholstered in his Jester fabric. The dome chairs are covered in Kravet’s Versailles. Photograph by Peter Murdock.

Revisited for the 10th Anniversary issue of NYC&G. Previously featured in the May/June 2018 issue of NYC&G. Read the full story here.

EDITOR’S NOTE

Texans are famous for living large, and Houston-based decorator Lucinda Loya definitely played to type in her New York pied-à-terre just steps from Stuyvesant Park. Located in a Victorian Gothic redbrick pile that has had former lives as a convent and a rehab center, the condo boasts a soaring great hall which still bears details from its past as an Episcopal chapel. Loya was appropriately reverential with her decorating scheme, paying homage to the structure’s bones while twirling up the space with art and furnishings by modern gods such as Andy Warhol and Marcel Wanders, alongside nods to fashion potentates like Chanel, Prada, Fendi, and Gucci. —K. C.

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Photograph by Peter Murdock
A black-and-white portrait of Andy Warhol overlooks the living room’s Marcel Wanders–designed sofa, armchairs, and ottomans, which are upholstered in his Jester fabric. The dome chairs are covered in Kravet’s Versailles.

Photograph by Peter Murdock
A black-and-white portrait of Andy Warhol overlooks the living room’s Marcel Wanders–designed sofa, armchairs, and ottomans, which are upholstered in his Jester fabric. The dome chairs are covered in Kravet’s Versailles.

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Photograph by Peter Murdock
The soaring space features walls of Fornasetti plates and a pair of Pokal sculptures by Raphaela Vogel.

Photograph by Peter Murdock
The soaring space features walls of Fornasetti plates and a pair of Pokal sculptures by Raphaela Vogel.

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Loya designed the chain-link barstools in the kitchen.
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Decorator and homeowner Lucinda Loya designed the chain-link barstools in the kitchen, which features Poggenpohl cabinetry.

Photograph by Peter Murdock
Decorator and homeowner Lucinda Loya designed the chain-link barstools in the kitchen, which features Poggenpohl cabinetry.

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Furnishings in the primary bedroom include a vintage mirrored vanity from ABC Carpet & Home, a wool-covered Marcel Wanders V.I.P. chair, and photographs by Donald Sultan above the platform bed, which is upholstered in Kravet’s Kaston.

Photograph by Peter Murdock
Furnishings in the primary bedroom include a vintage mirrored vanity from ABC Carpet & Home, a wool-covered Marcel Wanders V.I.P. chair, and photographs by Donald Sultan above the platform bed, which is upholstered in Kravet’s Kaston.

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The primary bedroom is decked out in a floral wall covering from Osborne & Little.

Photograph by Peter Murdock
The primary bedroom is decked out in a floral wall covering from Osborne & Little.

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The rug and bed frames in Loya’s daughters’ bedroom are custom designs; the throws are from Anthropologie.

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The rug and bed frames in Loya’s daughters’ bedroom are custom designs; the throws are from Anthropologie.

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A Graham & Brown wall covering sets a graphic tone in the guest bedroom.