ASTORIA BY DESIGN BY KATRINA MEDOFF @KatrinaMedof @katya_m22 SEPTEMBER 2016 I BOROMAG.COM I 45 Interior designer Peter Valcarcel has called his Astoria apartment home for more than a decade, and as you’d expect from someone of his profession, he has made it his own — using almost exclusively locally bought materials. Many pieces of furniture come from The Furniture Market on 23rd Street and Astoria Boulevard; he bought his sofa at the Salvation Army on Steinway Street; and he found side tables on the street. He also designs home accessories such as one-of-a-kind porcelain plates, rugs that are homemade in his home country of Peru, and throw pillows. He frequents fabric stores on 30th Avenue, where he finds “obscure, special” fabrics for his pillow collection. “Living in Astoria has been an inspiration for me,” Valcarcel said. “It’s a place that I call home, and it’s a place that has afforded me the opportunity to experiment in my style. And because I have discovered fabulous things in stores and sometimes on the streets, I have been able to develop and figure out what my style is as an interior designer. That is one of the great things about Astoria in my personal experience. I like the fusion that it has of so many different cultures in one very, very small area.” Valcarcel was born in Lima, Peru — he Photos courtesy of Peter Valcarcel INTERIOR DESIGN
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