In a bland box of a lower Park Avenue pre-war, designer Frank de Biasi and partner, fashion and textile designer Gene Meyer, have fearlessly transformed their high rise rental into a personal, maximalist space. Timidity has no place here as family heirlooms, treasured collections and inventive decorative treatments live together in layered idiosyncratic harmony. Tag along with Susanna Salk and me to the inspiring home of these two creative talents.
While some may be reticent to so lavishly embellish a rental apartment, Frank never held back in designing an imaginative backdrop for his and Gene’s art filled rooms. Clever visual solutions and an elevated-meets-eccentric aesthetic yields an apartment brimming with personality and a distinctive narrative.
After years at Christie’s in the Estates and Appraisals department followed by twelve years as Director of Interiors at Peter Marino, Frank has an educated eye that allows him to mix unexpected combinations with ease. Whether an inherited antique, portrait by Gene or bespoke contemporary piece, it all works with a personal and artistic flair.
Whether you live in a castle or cottage, there are inspiring ideas galore here you could translate for your own. So thank you Frank and Gene! We are thrilled to be able to share your many talents and ebullient home!
LOVED this one SO MUCH! I could have looked for hours. Bravo!
No better description than Susanna’s concluding remark, “You make it feel like a whole other world here.” Thank you for a glimpse into this beautiful world Stacey and Susanna !
Their castle in the sky!! How wonderfully intetesting!! franki
Looking forward to watching this one!
Absolutely love this apartment❣️
Special and beautiful apartment, and, even more importantly, a really nice guy. Love!
You both continue to do the most overthe top designing.
It is a feast for the eyes.
So elaborate in all artistic
directions, sky is the limit.BRAVO!It is great you you enjoy your freedom. I LOVE IT.
KARLA
Very interesting apartment!!
Fabulous apartment!!!
Absolute perfection! Such an inspiring space full of special pieces.
I live for each new episode of Quintessence. This particular one is a study on how to artfully display everything you cherish with a sense of meaning and order. As a collector and lover of antique and junk shops I found this inspiring.
Thanks so much David! Frank and Gene are so talented – be sure to watch, if you haven’t already, the episode on their home in Tangier!
SOULMATE!!!!!!
I love him/ them!