Before moving to South Australia's Limestone Coast in 2006, Emma Wainwright had lived and worked in a lot of places.
A camel farm in Alice Springs, two car hire companies and a hotel at Yulara, the juvenile detention centre at Cavan, an Adelaide post office.
"In my 20s and 30s I'd just get a job anywhere and not think twice about it," Emma says.
Emma changed house, jobs and lifestyle at 52 — because she's no longer afraid of making mistakes
Photographed by Sean Litchfield and interior design by Crystal Sinclair Designs. From a sumptuous Manhattan apartment that could easily pass for Paris
Two words diplomatically describe the housing situation in New York: spatially-challenged. There are more than 3.49 million homes in the city and 70 per cent of them have two bedrooms or less, according to a study. In fact, more than eight percent of New York dwellings are studio apartments. It’s a concrete jungle where people pay millions for minuscule spaces—even more if those spaces have views.
As a result, architects and interior designers have to get creative. To make an apartment feel more spacious, expansive floor-to-ceiling windows are often accentuated to make the most of natural light and aspect. Walls and ceilings are painted in light-reflecting hues to act like a canvas to display art and furnishings. Mirrors are used to trick the eye into thinking a room is bigger than it actually is.
Read on to see inspiring New York City apartments from the archives of Vogue Living.
