Marina Cheban and I are sitting on
matching green ottomans in the bed-
room of her newly-constructed, Hud-
son County condominium. Behind
us is a large window overlooking the
water and an unobstructed view of
the New York City skyline; but today,
the insane view from the eighth floor
barely gets a second look from us, be-
cause the star of this show is Marina's
walk-in, floor-to-ceiling closet. Luck-
ily for me, the round cushion I cur-
rently sit upon has a 360-degree field
of motion, allowing me to spin round
and round, marveling at what Cheban
has constructed here.
Cheban has always had a passion for
interior design. Even when she was
working in hospitality in her 20s, all of
her extra cash was allocated to one
thing: furniture shopping. She
had a knack for making even
the smallest of apartments
feel spacious and com-
fortable. While her peers
were living out of bins
and off wire racks in tiny
closets, Marina was hang-
ing 10-inch floating shelves
and discovering that women's
shoes are the same depth as hard
cover books, making any old book
shelf the perfect home for her abun-
dance of footwear.
INSIDE
Marina
Cheban's
Closet
By Brenna Holland
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