Ryan Humphrey on designsponge.com

Ryan Humphrey sent me this:

Oh yeah, This came out on Monday.  I am sure you will be able to make fun of me for it somehow:

-Ryan

I don’t think I can make fun of Ryan for his and Lindsay’s amazing house. But I will make fun of him for eating pizza with a fork and a knife.

here on d*s it’s always a treat for us when we can throw in a dose of “boy” style.  this sneak peek comes to us from artist and former top design contestant, ryan humphrey. ryan and fashion designer girlfriend, lindsay derose, bought the apartment located in jackson heights queens six years ago as a major fixer-upper.  the apartment has come a long way from the contact paper kitchen counters, wall-to-wall rose-colored carpet and matching floral embroidered cushioned toilet seat in the bathroom. enjoy the full – revamped – peek below, and click here for additional images (don’t miss the sneak peek of fellow top design star goil amornvivat star here). {thanks, ryan!} -anne

{photos by kevin ryan}

[above: Admittedly, my approach is FUNKY. Stream lined, balanced, and tasteful spaces are a bore more often than not.  I do not think anyone’s home should look like it is a set for catalog photography. This perspective to interiors got me in a lot of trouble when I designed a room around a girl’s cat on Top Design.  But that is all right, because subjectivity is what makes the world so dynamic and interesting.

The room in the background is the living room; the blue chair is a vintage Eames (rescued from a dumpster!) The table is an Arne Jacobsen. (Rescued from an apartment cleanout pile!)  The stainless steel R was handed to me by a construction worker on 42^nd street who was tearing off layers of a building façade and throwing it all in a dumpster. The portrait next to the R was a self-portrait painted by my father when he was 17.  The desk is an antique given to me by my mother; she also made the hanging lamp.  The paintings are by Aaron McMasters and Sam Gibbons.]

The sofa is by Todd Oldham for Lazy Boy, I bought it from two really mean sisters in Williamsburg for $35!  The aqua colored painting above it is by David Von Schlegell I found it on the street in the middle of the night.  He was a huge sculptor in the 60’s and was also the head of the Yale art department. The poster is vintage Van Halen. (EBAY IS AWESOME!) All the pillows were sewn by my mother except for the Bravo pillow, which I stole. The African sculptures were my grandmothers, probably from the 50’s. The LeCoultre clock was my grandfather’s. Some of the other artists are Kevin Ryan, Sarah Eichner, and Sam Gibbons. The Moschino bag I customized with punk rock spikes.  I also designed and built the CD cabinet and the coffee table.

This is the foyer/library. The shelves are raw unfinished lumber that was borrowed from a Con Edison construction project. The library shelf was made by Brooklyn artist Jonathan Schipper. I retrofitted it with skateboard wheels.

The display cabinet on the left was the front of an old checkout counter, it was used to hold sunglasses, I pushed it home from the closing store on a moving dolly, intentionally losing drawers and doors the whole way. After a little creativity with a Sawzall and a router I was able to shave off the front and install it on the wall.  Yes! It is heavy.  It contains, objects ranging from my childhood, to flea market finds, to mementos from traveling.  Some examples are a dentist casting from the left side of my mouth, Star Wars action figures, a practice hand grenade, Eva Ziesel vessels, silverware found flattened on the road.  The art on the floor are graffiti artists NECKFACE, and DOZE GREEN, Both of which were “liberated” from a construction barricade and a giant metal office cabinet that was thrown away. The red and white painting is by Christine Heindl and the small spin art painting is a copy of a Damien Hirst by Eric Doeringer.