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Upon getting engaged, Carolynn
Cecilia and her fiancé
Jason Jacobs decided to redecorate
their apartment.
Jacobs moved into
Cecilia’s Astoria apartment
about a year ago, and Cecilia
has been there for nine years. Now,
they’re in the process of turning that
apartment into a space that works
for both of them.
Since Jacobs, who works in
email marketing, moved in, the
apartment has absorbed some of
his personality.
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You wouldn’t guess by looking at
him, but Jacobs, who's calm and
soft-spoken, is a death metalhead.
“The death metal usually stays
in his office,” said Cecilia, who is a
writer, filmmaker and teacher at the
New York Film Academy.
In the living room, a record player
sits to the left of two towering shelves
of vinyls. At the time of the interview,
we were listening to the radio,
playing ‘70s soft rock on Sirius XM’s
“The Bridge,” not one of the 100 or
so records they collectively have.
They own no death metal vinyls.
INTERIOR DESIGN
BY YELENA DZHANOVA