Where Woody Allen Writes
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"I like writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It's therapeutic in the same way a patient in
an institution is given fingerpaints.
~Woody Allen
I couldn't agree more. The only thing more therapeutic is the voyeuristic thrill of seeing a famous
writer's private sanctum. As a former interior designer, I salivated at the thought of seeing Woody
Allen's new, New York town house featured in the November issue of Architectural Digest.
http://www.architecturaldigest.com
As a homage to Woody, here's a photo within a photo. On the left side is a smidge of his king-sized bed but the icing on the cake is a full page photo of his writing desk. What surprised me was the proximity of his desk to the bed. It sits barely ten feet way. I could imagine Woody padding over, barefoot and unshaven to tap away at his typewriter. He's never used a computer.(I can understand his relunctance. The wonky formatting displayed on this blog entry is a case in point.) In fact, he's never used any other typewriter.
It's the same manual one he's used since the age of sixteen. Hey, if it ain't broke,don't fix it.But before any typing is begun, all writing is done by hand. The way people wrote in gentler times like when most the furniture in the room was built.
The entire home is professionally decorated with with Victorian, Arts and Crafts style antiques and folk art but with a strong input from Woody. Every element is chosen and placed with with the eye of a film director. It's comfy and understated, like the worn corduroys, Woody is famous for. It's a large home at yet he chooses to write in his bedroom in stead of a dedicated office.
I like the simplicity of his work area. The small desk, a practical, straight-backed chair, a whimsical
beehive folk art ( the perfect creative metaphor) and plenty of lighting. There's a table lamp, a floor lamp, a chandelier,
candles, a fireplace and nearby window for natural light. Yup, he's got it covered. I would be comfortable writing there myself, except for one thing; the rug. If you pulled the chair out, wouldn't the rug buckle? It would drive me crazy, in a neurotic Woody Allen way. Then again, maybe he likes it that way.
"I like writing. It keeps my mind off grim subjects. It's therapeutic in the same way a patient in
an institution is given fingerpaints.
~Woody Allen
I couldn't agree more. The only thing more therapeutic is the voyeuristic thrill of seeing a famous
writer's private sanctum. As a former interior designer, I salivated at the thought of seeing Woody
Allen's new, New York town house featured in the November issue of Architectural Digest.
http://www.architecturaldigest.com
As a homage to Woody, here's a photo within a photo. On the left side is a smidge of his king-sized bed but the icing on the cake is a full page photo of his writing desk. What surprised me was the proximity of his desk to the bed. It sits barely ten feet way. I could imagine Woody padding over, barefoot and unshaven to tap away at his typewriter. He's never used a computer.(I can understand his relunctance. The wonky formatting displayed on this blog entry is a case in point.) In fact, he's never used any other typewriter.
It's the same manual one he's used since the age of sixteen. Hey, if it ain't broke,don't fix it.But before any typing is begun, all writing is done by hand. The way people wrote in gentler times like when most the furniture in the room was built.
The entire home is professionally decorated with with Victorian, Arts and Crafts style antiques and folk art but with a strong input from Woody. Every element is chosen and placed with with the eye of a film director. It's comfy and understated, like the worn corduroys, Woody is famous for. It's a large home at yet he chooses to write in his bedroom in stead of a dedicated office.
I like the simplicity of his work area. The small desk, a practical, straight-backed chair, a whimsical
beehive folk art ( the perfect creative metaphor) and plenty of lighting. There's a table lamp, a floor lamp, a chandelier,
candles, a fireplace and nearby window for natural light. Yup, he's got it covered. I would be comfortable writing there myself, except for one thing; the rug. If you pulled the chair out, wouldn't the rug buckle? It would drive me crazy, in a neurotic Woody Allen way. Then again, maybe he likes it that way.
I love to see another person's writing space, really inspires me....
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