Gigi Hadid gets candid about one relatable NYC apartments problem

Gigi Hadid is no stranger to unwelcomed rodents being a New York resident.

The supermodel, 29, spoke of her ongoing renovation in an interview with Architectural Digest, where she revealed that she’s revamping a portion of her NYC apartment to resolve a problem with rodents.

“My outdoor space in New York is getting a little update because we had a rat problem in New York, and some of the original designs of the space didn’t help that problem,” Hadid told the outlet. “So that’s what I’m looking forward to.”

As of July, there were an estimated three million rats in New York City and most methods to eliminate them have been proved ineffective, the New York Times reported.

Hadid—who splits her time between homes in New York and Pennsylvania—is also embracing bolder aesthetics for her homes. 

“The way I designed and decorated my homes or apartments at first and the evolution of my fashion style are similar,” she explained. “When I first moved to New York, my style was very on trend all the time and the way I decorated my apartments was safe and quite simple.”

Now the Victoria’s Secret Angel finds herself getting drawn to “eclectic, industrial farmhouse” aesthetics.

“I had that want to express myself through tchotchkes and things, but I didn’t have the experience or means to be more creative,” she added.

 “Once I got to a place where I could buy my first apartment and have more of a creative hand print on it, that was also the time in my [fashion] style where I was just like, ’F*** it, I get to wake up every day and express myself and it’s not for the opinions of others.’ And I think that I’ve gotten there in expressing myself in my living spaces.”

The mom-of-one–who shares daughter, Khai, 4, with ex Zayn Malik–also spilled the beans on her go-to colour themes nowadays.

“Sunflower yellow is my happy color. So you can see me in yellow all the time, in any season. But this season, let’s see… I love a cherry red. I know that’s kind of obvious, maybe because we’re going toward Christmas, but I just think a really poppy cherry red, in even the littlest detail, is so cute,” she said, adding, “I just got this Caraway set in yellow. A new set of pans feel so good! I use them every day.”