6 Studio Apartments Bursting With Storage Space and Personality
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When Laverne Cox steps foot into her luxurious New York City apartment, she can finally exhale. Inside the 634-square-foot studio that the Emmy-nominated actor, producer, and advocate calls home, she feels fully embraced. Even though the Manhattan spot isn’t the first small space that she’s ever lived in, it marks the first apartment that Laverne owns—and it feels right at this stage in her life.
“There’s something really cool about things being scaled back,” she says over a Zoom call from a seat at her glossy onyx table. “You can’t have clutter here. I’m more mindful of throwing things out and cleaning up after myself when I’m here.… You have to let go of a lot of stuff. There’s something beautiful about simplifying your life.”
Laverne’s realtor found the property in 2020 while the actor was in town shooting Inventing Anna, the popular Netflix series created and produced by Shonda Rhimes about a real-life fake heiress. Apparently, he had a strong feeling that Laverne would respond to the building—and evidently, that hunch was correct. “We looked at maybe 15 places, and this was the last one,” Laverne recalls. “It’s an emotional thing; you walk in and you feel the space. You just know.” —Laverne Cox
If you’ve ever been to one of the downtown Manhattan or Brooklyn studios of Sky Ting Yoga, you’re familiar with light, airy spaces including thoughtful woodwork, expertly curated products, and a perfect arrangement of plants. Upon stepping into the SoHo apartment of one of its cofounders Krissy Jones, you instantly get the same impression.
Years ago, Krissy was living in Chinatown with her business partner Chloe Kernaghan, close to their flagship yoga studio. Her dream was to live on Lafayette Street—one of those wide streets in Manhattan that’s close to everything and full of life—plus, it would still keep her close to Sky Ting. “I think I found the last affordable building on that block,” Krissy says. She found that perfect “very old-school New York building.”
While the 500-square-foot apartment had no frills, with no doorman and no elevator, the potential was there. Krissy worked with Nick Poe to reimagine and renovate the space. They took down most of the interior walls, tiled the bathroom, and added open shelving to make the most of the small space. Aside from using the space efficiently, Nick was keen on bringing as much natural light into the space as possible. —Zoë Sessums
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