A set of Ladder chairs from BDDW
flank the clients’ vintage dining table.
A pressed-tin ceiling, brick walls, and red
exposed sprinkler pipe in the kitchen.
When a family asked for help redesigning their new loft in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood after living in a townhouse in Brooklyn, they had clear ideas about how they wanted to live: in a wide-open space where they didn't always have to debate which room, and which floor, they wanted to gather on. The apartment they bought was in many ways a classic New York loft in a cast-iron building. It had exposed-brick walls, pressed-tin ceilings, and old industrial-style metal radiators. Our design for the space kept and celebrated all of these elements, but also tempered the coarseness with polished details. One of the biggest challenges was an existing wall of brick arches running straight down the middle of the apartment. But in the end, that existing architectural element turned out to be a blessing. We retained the textural appeal of the brick but de-emphasized the material slightly by whitewashing the bricks and planning sightlines between the various spaces, and also riffed on the arches in a few different playful ways. Finished with vibrant colors and patterned tiles, textiles, and art, it’s an upscale home that never feels too precious.
The eclectic living room, illuminated by
a Sarus chandelier by David Weeks.
A vintage game table and chairs anchor
a sun lit corner of the living room.
A detail of the faceted oxidized
oak bar in the living room.
Custom cabinetry, inspired by the loft’s brick
arches, and wallpaper by Flat Vernacular in
a child’s bedroom.
The playroom features Queen of Spain
wallpaper on the ceiling from Schumacher
and the Morgan rug from Aelfie.
A child's bedroom headboard upholstered in Chicago
fabric from Christopher Farr, sits within an arch
cover in Panthera wallpaper from Caitlin McGauley.
A child's bathroom floor and walls are
adorned with Hexagonal Terracotta Stripe
from Original Mission Tile.
General Contractor: Reggev Construction Corp.
Millwork: Construct BK
Studio DB Team: Britt Zunino, Damian Zunino, Sunny Salkar, Kate Gray, Anastasia Yuferova, Kora Monigle
