A Bohemian Loft in Tribeca

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 [A Bohemian Loft in Tribeca]( Federico de Francesco gave up his “very tense” career in finance to become an artist, and to live like one. The living area. Photo: Annie Schlechter You have to climb five flights to reach the Tribeca loft of Federico de Francesco, who greets you with a big smile, apologizing for the effort. After you catch your breath, you see that it’s heaped with Moroccan carpets, a 12-panel Coromandel screen, two Murano glass chandeliers, and a large 18th-century Sicilian wrought-iron bed for lounging, as well as his own big abstract paintings. He studied economics in Italy and eventually got a “very tense” job working for an investment bank in New York, while painting at night and on the weekends. Now, that is all he does. He moved to this 1,000-square-foot loft in 2017. “There was nothing in here,” he says. “One chair and a small couch.” — Wendy Goodman [TAKE A TOUR]( Want more on design, real estate, and city life? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [A Chat With the Designer of The Curse Building passive houses and start-up-inspired sofas for Benny Safdie.]( 2. [My New Apartment’s Most Aggravating Feature New York homes come with standard headaches. This might be the dumbest one yet.]( 3. [Our Radical, Practical NYCHA Makeover For Curbed, Peterson Rich’s architects propose balconies, energy efficiency, and adding mixed-income low-rises.]( 4. [How Do You Rebuild a Nazi’s House? For The Zone of Interest, a crew meticulously studied Rudolf Höss’s actual house, then created a replica down the street.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday.]( [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 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved