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Should you find yourself lucky enough to snag a reservation at New York City’s Pebble Bar, a three-story townhouse tucked into Rockefeller Plaza, you have the team at Gachot Studios to thank for how great you look. “The blush color on the top-floor walls and the glowy candles—everyone just looks good there,” says Christine Gachot, who designed the 3,000-square-foot space with her husband, John. That dusty pink shade? Farrow & Ball’s Setting Plaster.
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The historic spot, once home to a bar named Hurley’s that had a secret entrance for Johnny Carson, has a narrow staircase that opens up to the first floor, which is filled with high-top tables made in stone and a room-spanning wood bar. The next staircase up, Farrow & Ball’s Hague Blue envelops the dining area, matching the leather banquettes, a trick that Christine says can make a small space feel cohesive and cozy, like a “tiny lacquered jewel box.”
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On the top floor, dubbed Johnny’s, is where the designing pair really brought home the townhouse theme by creating a living room–like space with Eames loungers, mohair and velvet sofas, vintage mirrors, and a shiny black piano that gets late-night use from local musicians. “So much has happened [in this space], so in designing it, we decided that we couldn’t go too far,” says Christine. “You’re not reinventing the narrative, you’re just continuing the story.”
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With its proximity to 30 Rock’s Saturday Night Live studio and the fact that Pete Davidson, Nicolas Braun, and Justin Theroux are all investors, the watering hole is naturally a draw for late-night revelry—as well as good design. As for Christine, this is where you’ll find her: “In an Eames chair, on John’s lap,” she says with a laugh before adding, “One chair, two tequilas. It feels like I’m at home.”
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