She Knew Her New Apartment Would Be Pretty in Pink

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and design studios. [Design Hunting]( A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman [In the Pink]( After Anne Hanavan found her 350-square-foot “freedom pad,” her friends helped her get the vibe right. Photo: Seth Caplan/Seth Caplan “I had to think of it as a boat,” Anne Hanavan says of the 350-square-foot East Village apartment she bought, and renovated, when she was divorcing. That meant a lot of built-in storage. Pink was always going to be the color — Benjamin Moore’s 052 Conch Shell, to be precise, chosen after looking at lots of hues and finding that shade subtle and soothing. “When I got this place, I knew I wanted a different vibe,” Hanavan says. “Relaxing, calming, and everyone is going to look great in the apartment.” A part of the downtown art and fashion scene since moving here from her hometown of Buffalo in 1985, Hanavan has worked as a bartender, a shop owner, and an operations manager for a fashion company, and she now is a sales representative for the fabric company Cowtan & Tout. Her apartment is filled with art by friends, including Tabboo!, Richard Hambleton, Jack Pierson, and Spencer Sweeney. Ryan McGinley gifted a large print of a photograph he took of Hanavan perched on a truck one evening after they left the NYC Drag March in 2022. It hangs over her bed. The kitchen. Photo: Seth Caplan — Wendy Goodman [TAKE THE FULL TOUR]( Want more on design, real estate, and city life? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [An Emporium of Everything From a Former Pencil-Shop Owner The Locavore Variety Store stocks everything from Wiffle balls to pizzeria dish detergent. And, of course, pencils.]( 2. [A High-Ceilinged Sutton Place Duplex Filled with portraits by 17th- and 18th-century figure painters — including a Reynolds, a Van Dyck, and several Le Bruns.]( 3. [Glass Block Furniture, an Ettore Sottsass Survey, and More Design Finds Plus the first U.S. showroom of Nordic Knots.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved