Andrew Torrey shares a midtown apartment with his fiancé, James Canner, founder of haircare line Aquediem. The reality of their home is much more textured, featuring family heirlooms, cowboy boots, stacks of books, and a few deflated disco balls.
Custom Details and Family Influences
Torrey customized the primary bed with a natural leather upholstery and designed the living room sectional in teddy mohair. The apartment features custom rugs by Stark, motorized shades to protect the art, and a redone powder room with updated hardware and lighting.
Torrey credits his collecting habit to his grandparents, who were serious travelers. He remembers their study in Dodge City, Kansas, as a room filled with art that sparked his love for an eclectic, global life.
His collection includes works by the late artist Robert Loughlin, whom he is currently working with on a project. Torrey is also fond of photographer Wolfgang Tillmans and artist Jack Pierson, particularly the latter’s work from his Miami years. He began collecting sculptures after seeing a Senufo bird sculpture at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakech.
Gallery owner Ralph Pucci has praised Torrey as a rising talent, describing him as driven by curiosity and a strong work ethic.
“When I was growing up, they had a study full of art…. All of this in their study in Dodge City, Kansas,” Torrey says. “I thought it was the coolest room and loved this eclectic, global life.”
There are combinations of textures and materials throughout the apartment. In the living room, a cardboard chair by British designer Max Lamb faces a Le Corbusier Lc4 chaise chair by Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret for Cassina covered in a cowhide. In a bedroom, a vintage brass bed is upholstered in an Hermès silk fabric.
After those additions it was time for the fun stuff: Decorating and hanging art–lots of art. “One of the first things I learned was how to patch a white wall,” Torrey said. “I have hung and rehung art in this place so many times, there are holes everywhere, repatched by me.”
