Kyle O'Donnell Creates an Artful Apartment That's Anything But Pretentious
Here's how the "serial renovator" behind homes for Anne Hathaway, Jimmy Fallon, and Jessica Lange outfitted his own pad.
By Marni Elyse Katz Gramercy Design
Kyle O’Donnell is a serial renovator. At age 32, the founder of Gramercy Design—who has fashioned homes for Anne Hathaway, Jimmy Fallon, and Jessica Lange—has already owned (and remade) three abodes of his own. “I like to experiment with materials and design ideas that I haven’t had the chance to use in client projects,” he says. He was drawn to his most recent residence, a 900-square foot one-bedroom in Manhattan’s West Village, for its provenance and good bones. “It’s a Bing and Bing building,” O’Donnell explains, referring to real estate developers revered for creating well-proportioned apartments in Art Deco buildings.