550 Grand St. #G12D

IN CONTRACT – Seriously, the owner of this apartment is an interior designer extraordinaire who has gone where others did not even know to go. Case in point? The floors. He took the original warm brown parquet floors and stained them with an ebony high gloss epoxy. The result is pure glamour. The painted window sills? He replaced those with gleaming, white marble ones. The effect is magnificent. In the eat-in kitchen, which has two exposures, he installed a butcher block island with a stainless steel countertop. Every detail is thoughtful and beautiful from the chair-rail to the ceiling fan. With its many exposures, the apartment is light-filled literally all day long. Plus you can lie in bed and have a view of the downtown skyline, illuminated at night for an extra thrill. Dimmer switches control the ambient mood lighting in this lushly romantic and atmospheric aerie.