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"Decorator Nate Berkus Reinvents His Manhattan Duplex\nKnown for dispensing savvy decorating advice, the design guru shifts focus to his own New York City apartment, transforming it with equal parts sophistication and sentiment\nNate Berkus in the dining room of his Manhattan duplex, in front of a custom-designed bookcase by Carlos Huber.\nThe family room.\nThe brick-walled family room had been coated floor to ceiling in white paint. In addition to installing white-oak herringbone parquet, the designer brought depth to the area with 19th-century French iron shelving units from Pavilion Antiques and a 1950s French desk accented by vintage brass faux-bamboo chairs; a Sony television is mounted above the fireplace. On the cocktail table is a Berkus chain-link sculpture for Target; the Madeline Weinrib rug is from ABC Carpet &amp;amp; Home, and the wall paint is Farrow &amp;amp; Ball's Wimborne White.\nIn the family room, a large photograph by Oswaldo Ruiz overlooks a vintage Milo Baughman chair, at left, and a pair of Paul McCobb stools; saguaro-cactus skeletons stand in the corner.\nA stainless-steel wall sculpture by Octavio Ab\u00FAndez dominates one end of the living room; the bird painting is by Michael Hainey, and the Gilbert Poillerat chairs are clad in a Clarence House linen stripe.\nThe living room.\nMetal-and-glass doors and a 19th-century mantel enhance the living room; the custom-made chairs are covered in a Great Plains linen by Holly Hunt, and the handwoven side table is from Mexico.\nA Fernando Bengoechea handwoven photo work hangs behind a Tony Duquette starburst sculpture; the dining table is set with hand-painted Mexican plates and surrounded by 1950s Jansen chairs.\nThe kitchen.\nBerkus painted the existing kitchen cabinetry a high-gloss black by Farrow &amp;amp; Ball and added crown molding and brass pulls; the subway-tile backsplash, Electrolux dishwasher, and marble-top island are new.\nThe master bedroom.\nBerkus masked the awkward placement of two small, low windows with high-set blinds framed by long curtains; the airplane photograph is by Jeffrey Milstein from Tomas Maier.\nA handwoven photo work by Bengoechea is displayed above a marble mantel from Architectural Antiques; the bookcase is '50s French, and the Lucite chair dates from the '70s.\nA circa-1970 Gabriella Crespi desk sits at the foot of Berkus's bed; the quilted coverlet, bed linens, and headboard\u2014the latter upholstered in a Clarence House cotton velvet\u2014are all Berkus designs for HSN, and the leather screen was custom made.\nThe dressing room features a custom-made tufted ottoman, covered in a Clarence House velvet, and carpeting by Stark.\nIn the master bath, fixtures from Circa Lighting crown bespoke brass mirrors from Robert Massello Antiques.\nA guest room.\nReplacing a glass-block wall with a glazed panel opened up a skylit guest room, where an antique French daybed from Pavilion Antiques now stands alongside a 1950s French table; the white-lacquer tortoise shell above the mantel is a Berkus design for Target, and the throw in the foreground is by Herm\u00E8s.\nThe powder room.\nA Piero Fornasetti wallpaper by Cole &amp;amp; Son lines the powder room; the custom-made rope mirror is by Nate Berkus Inc., the sconces are from Circa Lighting, and the sink fittings are by Waterworks."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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