- Hey, I'm Abby.

Welcome to Brooklyn, this is my apartment.

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I'm the founder of Abigail Bell Vintage.

Pretty much everything you're gonna see in this apartment

are things that I've collected over the last six years,

and I'd love to show you some.

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So one of the first pieces you see

when you walk into this space,

is this Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin dining table.

I decided before I even moved into this apartment

that I had to have this table.

So, I spent two months scouring all of the resale sites

until I finally found one that was within my budget.

Then the rest of the space sort of

came together around it.

In line with first,

this is one of the first pieces of art I picked up.

This piece I picked up from an artist in Murray Hill,

and it was actually done by one of his friends in the 80s.

Some people are a little scared by it,

but then others love it.

I don't know, what do you think?

This bowl is by Tony Evans,

and a lot of his pieces are used by Kelly Wearstler,

which is one of the reasons I felt like I needed to have one

because she's the queen of interiors.

This Rattan bar cart is not actually

functioning as a bar cart, as you can see.

I just love it more as a moment to sort of,

highlight maybe some books or magazines

that you're loving at the moment.

And then it makes it own little, vignette, as opposed to

just, you know, the bar cart

that everyone has in their homes.

It's just a different way to style it.

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So this is definitely my favorite part of the apartment.

I got this credenza mainly to hide a lot of my work stuff.

It's become one of my favorite pieces.

I collect a lot of vases, and they're always in rotation.

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My favorite piece up here

is definitely the ceramic toothpaste.

Most of the pieces I come across,

I'll sell for Abigail Bell Vintage,

but every once in a while you come across a piece like this,

that just really speaks to you, or me in particular.

So, I had to keep this.

So this is definitely my favorite vase right now.

Its something that I've been stalking for a very long time,

and I finally found one that I could afford.

It's a Memphis designer and I've been super into post modern

and Memphis lately and trying to layer that into my space

without it feeling too different

from what I already have going on.

A good way to transition into that was through a vase.

Because we all know I love vases.

It was really hard for me to find lamps for this credenza.

I have cycled through so many lamp sets.

I actually bought these to sell, for Abigail Bell Vintage.

Temporarily I put them here, and they just looked so good.

It was like I had finally found the perfect lamps.

As soon as I put this pedestal sculpture moment in my place,

I felt like a real adult.

So, what I tell people is, if they're over at ABV shopping,

if you put this in your place,

just get a nice vase with some florals,

or a sculpture, stick it on top,

and then all of your friends will think

that you're a real adult.

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This is where I spend, pretty much, all of my time.

Now that I work from home,

I have to kind of have an office area,

and of course I have to put

another one of my favorite pieces.

And this piece in particular is from a designer called Jaru.

And of course the one pink one that I found

I had to keep for myself,

but I do sell a lot through ABV

and they're one of my most requested pieces.

So instead of having a full coffee table,

I decided to get these mauve laminate drum tables

from my friend who is also a dealer, the Beau Ideal.

And he brought them over and we originally thought

that we weren't gonna have any glass on it,

but I love spreading out,

so we threw a piece of glass on it and it's perfect.

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Kind of the way that I got started with my business

was selling a giant oyster lamp,

and it kinda became something I was known for,

but every time I got one in I sold it immediately.

If this is who I am and what my brand is,

then why don't I have one.

Another one of my friends, HomeThangs,

who found a couple pieces in here for me, had one.

I bought it from her, and I told her that

"This is mine, it's not being sold",

and it's been here ever since.

And then if you follow me in here, this is my bedroom.

Before I had my storage unit for my business,

I was keeping a lot of things in here.

So for about a year it was just stacked

full of furniture that I was selling.

So, it's only been in the last six months or so

that I've been thinking about my room

and trying to make it my sanctuary.

I try to advocate for having a pedestal in every room,

so for my room I had to have one.

I love that it just sort of blends in,

it's the mirrored on mirrored,

and just has like a floating center,

and it just brings a good amount of light and warmth

to the space without having an overhead light on.

So, this lamp is another foster fail.

I had it for sale, through ABV, and I slept on it,

and then the next morning I woke up and was like,

"No, I have to keep this, it's too good."

And I still have people reach out to me saying,

"Do you remember that green mushroom lamp that you had?

"Is it for sale?"

And I always tell them, "No, it's living with me for now,

"but I don't know how long I'll have it."

So the piece above my bed is Caesarea.

I'm pretty sure it's a reproduction of the ones

that were mainly produced in the 70s.

I just love the like sculptural interest it adds

to, just, my bedroom vignette.

And then the tie dye headboard is a fun,

kind of juxtaposition.

And it doesn't really make sense,

that you'd put tie-dye and

like a brutalist sculpture together,

but its combo that I've taken to every apartment

that I've had in New York.

I think if I had to sum up my style in a few words,

80s, definitely comes to mind.

Color and shapes are definitely the two main things

I look for in something that I add to my space.

Is it a cool color?

Is it an interesting shape?

If so, I probably want it here,

at least for a short amount of time,

before I eventually sell it.

And that's it!

Thanks for coming over.

You can follow me on Instagram at AbigailBellVintage

to shop maybe some of these pieces in the future,

but definitely things that are in the same vibe

as what you've seen.