These Two Creatives Found Almost All Their Furniture on Stoops, Craigslist, and eBay - Architectural Digest

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The result of the couple’s meticulous, budget-minded sourcing method is an intentional collection of vintage and secondhand gems that brings life to their 1,800-square-foot two-bedroom rental in a 1899 Bed-Stuy brownstone. Meghan’s eclectic family heirlooms and DIY projects mix with Parker’s beloved 1960s Italian and Bauhaus treasures for an idiosyncratic aesthetic that somehow just works.

In the living room, a colorful IKEA rug is paired with a camel leather Article sofa from Craigslist. “Whenever we have friends over, it’s never four—it’s always like 15, so we wanted a nice long couch that would fit as many people as we possibly could,” explains Parker. “This is the maximum size you can fit against this wall and still have a lighting fixture and some plants on the side. It’s the centerpiece of the room.”

“Some the plants are gifts from friends over the years and some of them are from my mom in California,” Parker says. “Every once in a while, she’ll mail us a box with zip-lock bags with wet paper towels in them. And inside the wet paper towels, there are plants.”

“In the midst of all the bottles, there’s a really cool 1920s cocktail shaker,” shares Parker. “That’s my favorite item right now. Number one, because we’re making good use of it, number two, because I just think it’s a really cool looking cocktail shaker. It impresses people when they come over.”

Other seating options include a Marcel Breuer tubular steel Wassily chair that an eBay seller kindly biked over from Astoria and an LC2 Petit Modele armchair whose frame the couple inherited from a friend who was moving. The empty frame sat in the apartment for months before Parker found an artisan to craft custom white pleather cushions. “The only seller I could find does marine vinyl custom boat seats, so I got in touch with them,” he says. “We had these made and they just shipped them to us from San Francisco.”

Meghan rehabilitated her cherry dining chairs herself.

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