PHILOSOPHY OF EDITING SPACE

Residence: Studio Apt
320 Sq. Feet
NYC

As a student of Buddhism, “I try not to have an attachment to things or at least not to undeserving things. When every paperweight, painting and box of pasta has to have a place, it’s a lesson for those who like to hoard", says Ms. Cirigliano.

Dishes barely touch down in her sink; clothes hang on hangers, not chairs. . A small library fits into custom shelves framing a window seat, and Ms. Cirigliano’s cooking nook, with its light-reflecting stainless-steel backsplash, black minifridge and diminutive chrome range and dishwasher, is next to a dining table designed to accommodate eight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefer a movie? Pull up the white-leather Cassina chair, put your drink on the Eileen Gray end table, open Ms. Cirigliano’s office-in-a-box, and voilà: on the desk is a laptop that doubles as a silver screen.

At night, all files and paperwork retreat into the office cabinet, and a Murphy bed folds down. A narrow sleeper sofa can spring open for a guest. Paradoxically, when an arrangement is so spare, each ruthlessly curated item seems to speak volumes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+ Ruby Washington New York Times