“I was born in NYC and moved to the Lexington area when I was 5. My parents loved the big city but wanted to raise children in a place that felt more like home, and they couldn’t have chosen a better place than Lexington. No matter where I’ve gone and what I’ve done in life, those small town values that Lexington helped instill in me have always given me a perspective that I would never otherwise have. Going to Lexington HS and playing tennis for a team that I was so proud to be a part of has played a huge role in shaping the person that I have grown up to be. I am so grateful to that community for showing me the importance of community, kindness, inclusivity and the true power of cheering for one another.”
JUST A GLIMPSE INTO HER STORY
“I left Lexington in 1996 to go to college at the University of Michigan and then moved to NYC in 2000 where I still currently live. After 8 years in the corporate design industry, I went back to school to get my Masters in Interior Design and opened my design firm in 2009. I married my college sweetheart (in Ohio, of course!) in 2005. I now split my time between Interior Design, Project Lion (a UNICEF initiative I founded), sitting on multiple non profit boards, being a mother to my 11 year old son and 7 year old daughter and fueling my passion for travel. Thank you Big Lex for giving me a foundation that has always served me so well!”
“Children’s rooms should have a sense of magic to them,” says interior decorator Purvi Padia, who imparted miles of enchantment when designing a room for her now 2½-year-old son Rehan. When Padia and her husband, Harsh, first moved into their four-bedroom Tribeca apartment, they had to work a bit of real estate alchemy as well.
“Rehan’s room wasn’t a bedroom,” explains Padia, who recently launched her own residential design practice (purvipadia.com). “It was supposed to be a study off the master. We wanted his room to be connected to ours, so we put in doors and converted it.”
“While Rehan’s nursery is a child’s room through and through, his play space, set in a corner of the living room, is designed to harmonize with the home’s warm yet clean-lined aesthetic.”
“We’re obsessed with folding and sliding door systems that allow a space to be multifunctional yet interesting and chic.” -Purvi Padia of Purvi Padia Design
“Not even a designer’s own home is safe from client-imposed compromises, but for her Tribeca living room, Purvi Padia came up with elegant solutions to her family’s unruly demands. In plain sight she concealed the toys of both her 2-year-old son (vibrant playthings) and her husband (a massive flat-screen TV). Her David Blaine- worthy ticks? The toys are tucked in uniform flax bins, while the fireplace wall (home to the TV) is sheathed in bronze panels nearly the same color as the screen – the chicest camouflage ever. Still, there’s space for Purvi, with pops of orange that “bring a little happiness to the room, ” says the woman who, in the end, didn’t relinquish one iota of style.”
Living in a loft and designing it to be your sweet getaway is one-of-a-kind experience. Loft decorating ideas encompass unexpectedly tall and dramatic windowing, open floors, and a beautiful light flow to keep the place fresh during the day and to throw a look on the amazing nightlights of your city.
This being said, loft design ideas make for the most modern and industrial ones, and it is not rare to meet ductwork, concrete, and exposed pipes in any of these homes.
“I wasn’t surprised I fell in love with this Tribeca Penthouse by Purvi Padia. Grey is such an awesome neutral. I’ve seen both clean and warm spaces created using grey as a neutral. What I appreciate most about this penthouse is, it’s clean but also feels homey. The living room sofa looks insanely comfortable and the placing the TV in the center of the adjacent wall tells me the room will actually be utilized.”
Beige doesn’t have to be boring. Neither does brown, gray, or cream. Using a range of neutral hues with just a few color accents, interior designer Purvi Padia crafted a look that is as eye-catching as it is refined in this four-bedroom Tribeca loft. “I don’t use a ton of color, in the traditional sense, in my designs” Padia says. “I want points of interest to come from shapes, materials, finishes, and textures.” Comfortable furnishings and understated but elegant custom accents and antiques give this loft a lived-in feeling that is anything but basic.
I started my career in corporate design for beauty/ fashion brands. During my 8 years of work in the beauty / fashion industry, I learned countless lessons about design, project management, client relations and marketing. However, during those years, I always felt something was missing and that there had to be a way for me to feel even more professionally fulfilled. Since I was a little girl, entrepreneurship was a dream of mine; and while I loved fashion & beauty, I soon realized interiors were my true passion. So, I went back to school and got my degree in interior design. I launched my firm in 2009. Having my own company has been an unbelievable amount of work, but it has also taught me so much about what I’m capable of and has been hugely gratifying. Interior design has so many similarities to the beauty/ fashion world, but I love the added layer of intimacy that creating a home for a specific client allows.
When Purvi Padia’s clients snapped up an 8,000-square foot home in Westport, CT, they gave the Manhattan-based interior designer a massive task. Could she transform this traditional house, decorated in ’80s stalwarts like murals, brass lights and crystal chandeliers, into a fresh, modern home? ” The aesthetic was so far from what they envisioned,” says Padia. “The bones were good but everything inside had to go.”
“All in all, Padia created a living space that would look just at home in Tribeca as in the suburbs of Connecticut.”
This impressive Tribeca penthouse has multiple tiers of outdoor living space and luxurious interior designed by Purvi Padia. It’s no wonder it caught the eye of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West during their recent stay in the city.
