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The phrase Sexy Bachelor Pad surely conjures up some pretty stereotypical images -- consummate playboy, Rico Suave good looks and (don't forget!) zebra rugs and black leather sofas. But it's also the name of an interior design firm in New York -- and its team is working to erase that stereotype. Sexy Bachelor Pad designer Kimberlee Paige Hanson caters to young men fresh out of college with a closet full of business suits and an apartment furnished with, well, college futons, beer signs and cardboard box coffee tables.
"Men want to have a comfortable and stylish home as much as women," says Hanson. "They just have no interest in traipsing through furniture stores comparing prices for four months nor do they care about choosing between deep blue or military gray." But they understand that a well-decorated home with seating and grown up tabletop is essential if family or friends come over, or if they ever want to bring home the softer of the two sexes.
BEFORE
Designer Kimberlee Paige Hanson's immediate reaction of her bachelor client's apartment was that it was sparsely decorated, and that his possessions were tasteful but needed cohesion. Photo: Sexy Bachelor Pad
Left: Custom-designed industrial lighting, a charcoal suede sofa and a storage partition pairs function with an approachable yet masculine design sense. Right: This studio apartment has a special corner carved out for artistic pursuits. Photo: Glenn Race
Hanson started the design process by asking her client the same questions she asks all of her clients: What makes you tick? What are you passionate about? "We spend a lot of time and energy getting to know our client," she says. "We take his character, values and hobbies into account, and create an environment around them." This particular client loved to cook, he was interested in martial arts and he was teaching himself how to play guitar. He also wanted his apartment to feel spacious and warm and he wanted to feel proud of the decor when guests visited.
BEFORE
The first step for the team was to create separate spaces or areas in the studio apartment making it feel like you were moving around in different "rooms." Photo: Sexy Bachelor Pad
Emphasizing the natural light from the windows, a simple headboard, clamp-on lighting and crisp white linens are all the decorating a man needs. Photo: Glenn Race
AFTER
Hanson brought in a bar-height table and stools to create a more social dining experience, while the custom-made wine rack and splash of bordeaux red paint ups the personality factor of a plain white wall. Photo: Glenn Race.
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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)
I need my sexy bachelorette pad decorated, please decorate my pad. I need help, my walls are plaster and I cant even put a nail into the wall to hang the pictures or decorations.
ReplyYou need drywall or plaster anchors. You drill a small hole in wall then you tap in the anchor.It has a female screw thread inside it. You can screw into the anchor and hang anything
If you decide to go with plaster anchors try the "alligator" version, they hold MUCH better than regular anchors!
contact me, I'll help you out if you live in SoCal....I know exactly what to do with walls like (special drill, special nails) that and I have redone a million places on a budget AND they are showcases!!!
Replywhy do these designers always use modern furniture? It's cold and impersonal and looks industrial. No need to do all the fluff, but a little warmth makes it feel and look like a home. Adding color ( other then black, tan and white) would help. These designers have taste for crap.
Replyi agree that color would add warmth to the apartment and make it even sexier -- woman need to feel the "warmth" in a room -- now it would be interesting to see what his place looks like in a year from now!
Whew! I thought it was just me. When I looked at it, it had that furniture store look...and decidely directed to the very young man. Besides, that zebra-patterned coffee table is ugly! Personally, I'd rather have some soft browns or cherrywood around. Furthermore, I would never store wine in a kitchen (cooking heat affects it!) The attachable bedroom lamps look industrial/clinical! Get him a "real" lamp in there!
ReplyThis is just awful, I'm sorry to say--- I hate the colors, very cold and stark, would make me want to run. This is an antiquated idea of what a bachelor apartment should look like, gray, black back splash, horrible industrial island and my gosh, that bedroom is the worst!
ReplyWhy so white ,everything WHITE!!!!!
ReplyOnly a true CHEESEHEAD would display their guitars on the wall like that. It screams DORM ROOM. College kids. Acoustic guitars. Remeber? Duh...
ReplyWHAT A BOREING MESS!!!!! LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE HOUSES THEY SET UP IN IKEA,OR ONE OF A THOUSAND WODEL UNITS IN THE ZILLIONS OF CHEAPLY BUILT OVER PRICED CONDOS HERE IN THE DC AREA!HOPE THEY DIDNT PAY FOR THIS THINKING THEY WERE GETTING REAL DESIGN SERVICES!!!!!!!!!
ReplyB-o-r-i-n-g! They needed a "designer" for this? No personality, looks like an IKEA showroom. No personal items, just a few accessories that obviously the designer picked out. That coffee table is stupid. The only color is provided by that strange flower-looking picture in the kitchen. Not one photograph anywhere. Really, this could be a hotel room.
ReplyI love it, but not alot of guys my age can afford to spend thousands on furniture and an interior decorator to do an entire apartment makeover. How much did the whole transformation cost anyway? Just curious.
Replywhite gives the illusion of a small space being larger than it is, the table top and wood around fridge is brown ( a warm color), also in the kitchen the art work has orange in it a warm color, the headboard and pillows in bedroom are also brwon (warn color), the den also has brown chairs, and there is a house plant, which adds warmth to a room.
ReplyI love the make-over, it looks spacious, clean and sleek.
You all are such haters. It looks fabulous. And if a bachelor is looking for simple, clean, stylish and open, he has got it. It was for HIM, not you. Not everyone needs knick knacks and I am a professional harpist and love having my instrument out and on display.
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