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  • (uplifting music)

  • - Hey, I'm Abby.

  • Welcome to Brooklyn, this is my apartment.

  • (upbeat music)

  • 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.

  • (upbeat music)

  • 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.

  • (lighthearted music)

  • 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.

  • (calming music)

  • 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.

  • (upbeat music)

  • 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.

  • (soft guitar music)

  • 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.

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