This family, expanding from their owned apartment into a rented 2,300 sqft multi-level home with an ocean view, required an indoor and outdoor solution for a warmer, layered home with multi-functional spaces. Starting with a few key existing furniture pieces and artwork, we built a colorful story around the family’s collections.

Upon entrance, the first impression is striking yet refined, with large shapes in contrasting black, white, marked with a swathe of fiery red. The curves of ten ivory leather-wrapped dining chairs hug the profile of a large oval table, bringing balance under the futuristic chandelier with rounded repetition. Feminine but bold, the contrast of surfaces gives a foundational strength to the room. The guest room, just off the dining area, is a soothing retreat with soft layers and subtlety shifting edition of artworks.

The large double-height living room became an eclectic space for the sophisticate - reading, cocktail sipping, and piano playing. Electric, deep, and ocean blues feature here, in a bespoke painted screen and curated artworks, grounded in grays and earthy neutrals, brightened by the defining double-height lookout windows. A structured new leather sofa and armchair were added to create the lounge, while a beautifully-crafted black wall shelving unit expands across the main wall, serving as library and bar, with an enclosed compartment within the unit.

The children’s bedrooms were each tailored to their individual personalities, with home-schooling spaces as a key area for each room. In one room, a built-in niche was created where a closet had once been fitted, optimizing view and comfort, with pops of color at the side of the headboard using a special wallpaper. In another room, fun elements like hand-dotted polka dots, a neon script night light, and soft blush linen curtains create a relaxing but upbeat tone for the young teen’s hangout and study areas.

The master furniture set was elevated with a luxurious carpet, a pale aqua textured wall covering, and fitted with ample storage for his-and-hers closets.

Finally, many unseen details were attended to, including rewiring, added sockets and compartments for appliances, a fully insulated outdoor shed for utility use, remote lighting switches and retrofitted high-powered dimmers for a seamless technological experience in a 40+ year old building.

DATE COMPLETED // february 2021

AREA // 2300 SQFT