habitats/40 east ninth street; a title insurer discovers a love for furniture

Not long ago, Anthony Chiellino was part of Ikea.
He never thought about furniture and when he needed a sofa or chair he only cared about the functionality and convenience.
His home is a niche studio on the Upper East Side, and after working for a few days at the Brooklyn building, it is a short stop
Insurance business.
But a few years ago, he decided it was time to buy an apartment and move to the city center.
He liked the village. A few months later, he found one.
Bedroom apartment at 40 East nine Street for $359,000.
This is a magnificent building with a doorman and a lush garden in front.
Apartment layout is the standard for post-war apartments-
The bedroom, often referred to as the small four, can be used as a small second bedroom or office because the dining area is large enough.
It has a recently renovated kitchen, a bathroom in the hallway, and a living room with wood flooring leading to a small terrace.
He hired his cousin Anselmo Genovese, the architect of Staten Island, who is responsible for the decoration and decoration.
I believe in your judgment, I said.
Let it go, he recalls.
\"I always like to do things efficiently with the least amount of personal time.
Mr. advertising.
Chiellino, 35, grew up on Staten Island and worked for a relative in the title after graduating from college --
There is only one unnegotiable need for the insurance business: he wants a second bathroom and he wants it to be connected to the bedroom without any stepsup --
This is a common configuration, when the bathroom is added after initial construction, the pipe line must be laid above the floor.
Manhattan ads, the bathroom is complex and requires approval not only from colleagues
But it\'s usually city.
His architect plan requires the approval of the building architect and he has to get permission from the urban construction department, which took two months.
However, the work has finally begun.
The architect took a small closet and created the second bathroom with the waste line in the bathroom next door.
The new bathroom features black granite floors and black and white tiles in the shower.
Only the shower needs to be strengthened to accommodate the pipes below.
In the bedroom, he also built a closet wall to replace the closet lost to the bathtub, and he also designed a headboard to store it and designed an attractive lid for the radiator.
The rest of the apartment was given new plaster skim paint and new paint work.
The styling was added throughout the process, with new marble floors and wall tiles installed in the original bathroom.
The architect built a wall unit for the living room, designed leather furniture and made it in a factory in Italy.
After six months of renovation
Chiellino moved in to the apartment on January 2000.
But what happened later?
Maybe it was the place he really liked that made him vulnerable.
A friend took him to deexpression Modern, a furniture store in SoHo, and since the 1930s s he fell in love with its furniture.
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Before that day, he said: \"I am not interested in furniture.
But soon, he and his girlfriend, Dina Saken, joined a group of enthusiasts who lined up on Saturday to wait for the door to open.
\"We put in six months every Saturday,\" he said . \"
He bought a table and chair and then bought two small armchairs for the living room.
He bought a charming coffee table that he called the no-wine table, because the side panel was open and the location of the wine bottle could be seen.
He said the advertisement \"I started reading books of this period \".
\"It has a lot of high style.
He is looking for a table.
Now his computer is sitting on a cardboard box.
He has ordered a convertible sofa for his office area, which is customized according to the sofa photos he took in the 1930s s.
In the end, he intends to buy a sofa for the living room and throw away the leather sofa and armchair, which look very beautiful but no longer in his style.
Apartments are also changing in other ways.
His neighbor has a growing family and he has offered him advice on buying it.
He said he would consider moving if the price was good enough.
If not, he plans to do more renovations.
When he moved in, when he realized that modern furniture was not his style, he also realized that he did not like the kitchen.
So if he stays, he will replace the white cabinets with stainless steel cabinets and put them into the Viking stainless steel appliances and slate countertops, as well as the garbage disposal and wine cooler.
Or maybe he will move further east, buy a building near B Avenue and turn it into an apartment.
Or buy another apartment in his building, maybe two.
Bedrooms for sale on the next few floors.
Because it\'s hard to stop once you start moving, decorating and buying furniture.
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A version of this article was printed on page 11011008 of the National edition on June 3, 2001 with the title: Habitat/No. 40, East Ninth Street;
An insurance company has discovered a love for furniture.