I love getting a look into our local Charlotte celebrities NYC pad.

They are both lovely kind people with an affinity for art and fine antique & vintage furniture.  

Chandra is the owner of Charlotte’s Soco Gallery, the first photography driven gallery in the area. 

Inside Jimmie Johnson’s New York City Apartment via AD

The Manhattan home of NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, is a mellow mix of top-flight art and family-friendly comfort

 

In their Shawn Henderson–decorated New York study, Jimmie and Chandra Johnson echo Horst P. Horst’s 1966 photograph of Cy and Tatiana Twombly. On Chandra, dress by Philosophy, shoes by Aquazurra.

In the entrance hall, a FontanaArte mirror hangs over a Wendell Castle shelf. Gio Ponti sconces; Mathieu Matégot umbrella stand.

The dining room’s showpiece is a Julian Schnabel canvas. Poul Kjærholm chairs.

Like father, like daughters: Lydia and Evie enjoy a mini-NASCAR moment under Chandra’s watchful eye. custom-made Wyeth stools; on Chandra, striped silk top and pants by Off-White.

 

The Johnsons curl up on a vintage Edward Wormley sofa in the living room. Sol Lewitt painting; Jacques Quinet cocktail tables; Charlotte Perriand stools; on Chandra, top by Peter Pilotto.

 

Lydia, the fairy princess, steps onto the living room’s custom-made Alt for Living carpet.

 

The other side of the living room, with a Christophe Pourny television cabinet and a Serge Mouille two-arm sconce. The cocktail table is vintage Mathieu Matégot.

 

Another view of the living room.

 

The study is paneled with rift-sawn white oak; the partners desk is a 1950s design by Edward Wormley, and the chairs are Fritz Hansen creations.

 

The powder room.

 

Evie and Lydia. 

 

The couple’s daughter Lydia shares a pink bedroom with her sister, Evie (hiding under the elephant).

 

A guest room features a blackened-steel bed.

 

The master suite’s custom-made bed and vintage chaise longue are upholstered in fabrics from Alt for Living. 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER

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