FAMILY & HOME
Celebrity Homes
MEG RYAN
From a jock hangout to one of the most sophisticated and dramatic apartments in New York ’ s Soho neighborhood , interior designer and actress Meg Ryan has done it again . Having purchased the bachelor pad from “ The
Simpsons ” Hank Azaria in 2014 , Ryan had the ability to visually block out the massive gym , animal skins thrown over dining room chairs , and too much 1970s shag carpeting , and imagine how rooms could be repurposed and restructured .
She identified the bones and how they could be adjusted to get the best flow for today ’ s lifestyle .
Encompassing a full floor of a converted Soho warehouse , the 4,100-square-foot loft co-op has three bedrooms and three baths , and is accessed by a key-lock elevator . Some of the pre-war details include a long entry gallery bathed in light from the large windows spanning the space , seven architectural columns , 12-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling French doors . Ryan added a Victorian decorative fireplace in the dining room , and the original narrow-board wood floors have been refinished with an ebony stain .
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Photos courtesy of The Corcoran Group
38 GAZELLE STL