HGTV caught up with Tara Benet about her latest project, a minimalist bedroom in a New York City highrise, and asked the painter turned interior designer how she tackled the challenges of meeting a “less is more” standard without leaving out important features. “The large floor-to-ceiling windows left us with very little wall space for my client’s furniture and TV,” said Benet, who turned the limitation into a feature by placing a floor mirror in the room’s corner, obscuring the structural column and opening up that entire half of the room. Benet mounted a TV above the client’s bronze and walnut dresser, while a large, calming art print anchors the room from its place over the head of the bed.

ODA’s latest Brooklyn project is newly complete, and the so-called Rubik’s Cube building at 98 Front now stands as an architectural statement in the iconic Dumbo neighborhood. The Cubist facade is more than just a minimalist expression: the square extrusions serve to provide multiple exposures and maximal natural light inside their spacious homes. These sunbathed interiors were the perfect canvas for interior designer Tara Benet, who brought her own brand of minimalist design to a model home at 98 Front. With simple choices like a wall mirror above the bed, Benet’s staging emphasizes the home’s airy interior without distracting from the spectacular Dumbo views.

Tara Benet Design created the interiors for a lavish seven-story townhouse in New York’s in-demand Chelsea neighborhood, complementing the expansive home with tasteful decor that took full advantage of the building’s large windows and high ceilings. The neutral color palette, complete with light wood tones and carefully placed wall mirrors, was designed to catch the sunlight and emphasize the sweeping street views outside, while highlights of color, like the sprays of green from potted plants, show Benet’s eye for proportion. Some of the home’s unique spaces, like the underground pool, needed only a few throw pillows and accessories to be brought fully into their own.

As working from home became the norm last year, the Wall Street Journal tapped interior designer Tara Benet for her expertise in crafting intimate, efficient, and bright home offices. “Any way you can open up the room, so the room feels bigger—like lots of mirrors,” says Benet. “And tons and tons of storage,” she emphasizes, referencing the tiny home office that she fit into a Manhattan studio by simply adding an “invisible” Lucite desk, a stylish pink Laclasica Chair, and a matching pink filing cabinet that doubles as an end table.

Mansion Global asked top interior designers for tips on how to turn their already-cramped homes into offices. Interior Designer Tara Benet says that the key to creating an effective and attractive workplace is making the space feel open while providing lots of storage. For example, Benet added an “invisible” Lucite desk and matching pink chair and filing cabinet to a Manhattan studio, creating a miniature workspace with plenty of storage that blends into the exposed brick wall when unoccupied. In order to “open up the room, so the room feels bigger,” Benet hung a mirror over the adjacent sofa, flooding the intimate space with natural light.

Architectural Digest 360 stopped by Bloomberg Tower for a tour of a modern condo guided by interior designer Tara Benet as part of the “Driven by Design” series. The spacious home features oversized windows with sweeping city views and an interior that complements these jaw-dropping vistas. Subtle glass lighting fixtures and neutral furniture catch the natural light, while narrow walls display large art pieces that draw the eye with vivid colors. As always, Benet’s painterly eye gives shape to the spaces she designs, with pieces like the gracefully curving lamp that playfully provides light for reading on the living room sofa.

After Jared Leto’s sleek IKEA shelf stole the show at the Zoom-enabled Golden Globes, Livingetc asked some renowned interior designers for tips on creating a home that’s worthy of an A-lister. “When styling bookshelves, I go for the less is more approach,” said interior designer Tara Benet, whose minimalist style influences her furniture and accessory choices. “When selecting decorative accessories, I tend towards a few larger pieces as opposed to lots of smaller accessories so that the shelves don’t feel cluttered.” While Leto’s shelf was full of colorful objects, Benet emphasizes the importance of matching her choices with the client’s taste: “If I have a client who doesn’t like their shelves to feel too ‘decorated,’ I will stick to nicely arranged books, a few well-potted plants, and black and white photographs to fill the shelving.”

Eqpt Residences and Tara Benet have teamed up with 98 Front to give residents of these sleek new DUMBO condos the interior schemes to match. Buyers will receive a substantial financial credit toward designing and purchasing furnishings, as well as guidance from Benet, whose minimalist aesthetic matches both 98 Front’s cubist exterior and the Eqpt Residences house style. Together, buyers and Benet will conceive of an interior decor scheme, use Eqpt Residences’ high-tech 3D visualization tool to dial in all the details, then bring their vision to life with white-glove delivery and installation, using the credit given to them by 98 Front’s developer.

Buyers of select residences at 98 Front will have a little help furnishing their new abode. Thanks to a partnership between Eqpt Residences and interior designer Tara Benet, buyers of these DUMBO homes will receive a financial credit that can be put toward designing, purchasing, and installing a full interior decor scheme. Residents will envision their new interior design theme, create a photorealistic 3D visualization with help from the Eqpt Residences team, and then watch their creation take shape within their minimalist home, all the while benefiting from designer Tara Benet’s painterly eye and vast knowledge of interior proportions, colors, and styles.

As residents move into the minimalist DUMBO homes at 98 Front, developer Hope Street Capital is sweetening the deal by giving buyers a credit toward an end-to-end home furnishing solution with guidance from a professional interior designer. 98 Front has teamed up with Eqpt Residences and renowned NYC interior designer Tara Benet to bring stylish decor to every one of these DUMBO residences, giving each buyer a financial credit toward consultation, furniture purchasing, and installation. From beginning to end, each buyer will benefit from Benet’s aesthetic eye and wealth of knowledge about the Eqpt Residences catalog, helping them turn their new home into a stylish embodiment of Brooklyn chic.