Expect the Unexpected

Courtnay Daniels and Gil Schafer put an idiosyncratic stamp on their old-school Manhattan apartment.

EDITED BY SAM COCHRAN

There’s nothing wrong with a cheery front hall, but I’ve always liked the unexpected.” Which explains the sludge-green that interior designer Courtnay Daniels painted across the entrance hall of the Manhattan apartment she shares with her husband, AD100 architect Gil Schafer. Yes, sludge-green, the same murky shade associated with poorly maintained goldfish bowls. Here the color was purposefully applied, wiped off, and polished with wax, over and over again over more than three weeks, resulting in a subtly swirling finish made up of “so many layers that I’ve lost count,” Daniels admits, adding that the laborious technique “gives a depth that you couldn’t get with mirrored lacquer.” Even before the couple got married, in 2018, she wanted to live in an old-school apartment that would comfort her two teenage children while…

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Architectural Digest (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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