Lauren Santo Domingo's Stylish New York Digs (PHOTOS)

As Vogue's contributing editor, Lauren Santo Domingo is well-known for her clothes. But a glimpse inside her Flatiron home proves to be as eclectic and elegant as her wardrobe. Vogue.com recently featured the loft she shares with husband Andrés Santo Domingo--and baby will soon make three--and we chose our three favorite rooms. You can see the rest at Vogue.com.

Photographs by Claiborne Swanson Frank. Captions courtesy of Vogue.com.

THE LIVING ROOM:

This is our living room, which is mainly used for entertaining guests. In the middle of the coffee table is this strange glass beaker that I found by typing "weird science experiment" into eBay. We still have no idea what it is, but when I saw it, I had to buy it. I got a lot of pieces as wedding gifts, like beautiful silver vases--I have them all over the house filled with flowers. The skull was a giraffe's.




THE HOME OFFICE/CLOSET HYBRID:

This was the guest room but I took it over to make it my office and closet--it's definitely very feminine. I had the idea of creating this tongue-and-cheek Marie Antoinette Petit Trianon look to the room. Since it's a dual-functioning space, all the doors close so I can take meetings and have fittings, and it looks professional. The desk is from Jonathan Adler, the silver dice bookends are Kelly Wearstler, and, as always, there is a pile of my scrapbooks. For as long as I can remember, I've been pulling inspiration images and items into little books and using them as reference when I'm working.




THE REC ROOM:

If the closet is my sanctuary, then this room is definitely my husband's domain. I am not even allowed to touch anything in it. It's where we store all of our albums, which makes it an important room because we are an all-vinyl house when it comes to music--there is no CD player and no iPod dock. The funny thing is, any time I tell my husband I like something he's playing, it suddenly becomes very uncool to him and it goes back on shelf!

Comments

[MuRGiRL]

01:01 AM on 01/18/2011

This looks like the college apartment of an 18-year old Saudi Prince. Definitely not what I would expect from a so-called leading socialite (esp. for her first apartment as a married woman). I think her apartment is as over-hyped as she is.

[nycagnes]

12:34 AM on 01/15/2011

It looks like a cow vomited on the sofa. UGLY!. The rest of the place is way too cluttered.

[Lisette]

09:39 PM on 01/14/2011

I think it is tacky and very full of junk!
Throw it out!!!

[moose and squirrel]

07:29 PM on 01/14/2011

i like the spaces but i dont understand the need to put all than junk on the coffee table. not that any of it is uninteresting, but why there?

[GirlInNYC]

06:10 PM on 01/14/2011

Cluttered.

[regulargal]

01:55 PM on 01/14/2011

I like the Lego dog.

[Indigo River]

12:10 PM on 01/14/2011

Sheesh, I wouldn't want to spend a night in that living room. o0

Besides that, talk about the meaninglessness behind materialism.

[JScott]

11:02 AM on 01/14/2011

Borderline hoarder.

[JScott]

11:01 AM on 01/14/2011

What no outside living space like a balcony or terrace?

[alicam]

10:54 AM on 01/14/2011

I don't get New Yorkers. Why would you want to live in an apartment that looks out to another building. (Look at that first picture). I would love to be a part of the whole NYC scene, but I'd have to live in Westchester and commute. I can't pull my curtains back only to see some drab, gray wall and windows. How do they do it!?

[Drew2U]

04:18 PM on 01/14/2011

As a New Yorker--you have two options in apartments--square footage/no view or small space/fantastic view. My apartment is no soho loft, but it's on the 38th floor, and on Sundays I watch the cruise ships come and go on the Hudson River. It truly is a million dollar view, and I'll take my view and terrace over a big loft any day.

[ScarlettMocha]

10:32 AM on 01/14/2011

Is that a bong in the middle of the table?

[wm1066]

02:22 PM on 01/14/2011

Thats what I thought! But if you read the caption its apparent they don't know what it is, but it looks like a weird hooka to me.

[Dietcokefreak]

10:04 AM on 01/14/2011

Just wait until baby starts getting his/her hands all over everything.

[Jazz88105]

08:48 AM on 01/14/2011

I like to look at these photos but I never feel like the stars/celebrities actually live in their homes.

[alien86]

07:59 AM on 01/14/2011

WHAT IN JESUS NAME IS THAT ON THE COFFEE LIKE TABLE!!! IT IS HIDEOUS!!! Yeah i had to write in caps lock. it was shocking. Stylish?? are you serious??/

[johnnygoodwud]

07:50 AM on 01/14/2011

pass on the skull, but if that is a hand hammered copper bowl that is upside down in pic. one, now that is very cool.