Designed by: Barker Architecture Office
Photography by: Gieves Anderson
From the interior architects:
Deep, moody colours and sculpture-like, textural forms, offset by richly veined marble elements, define the spaces of this Brooklyn, New York townhouse, designed to enable a social family of three to maximise spaces for entertaining and accommodating visitors.
In the entry, the walls are painted a deep green while a green and pink checkerboard floor is a twist on the traditional black and white.
A custom asymmetrical curved mirror picks up the arch of the door.
In the parlour (reception space), a curved sofa and armchair frame two nested marble tables nestled atop a curvy rug.
A custom walnut sideboard anchors the corner of the space.
A gold-painted relief by Andrew Zimmerman and Cloud Support by Mike Hansel are displayed over the original marble mantel.
A deep fluted plaster arch with a bar area lit by vintage French smoked glass sconces frames the view toward the kitchen and rear steel window wall.
Calacatta vagli viola marble provides benchtops for custom cabinets and an island painted in mushroom tones.
A curved pantry cabinet flanks a pale oak dining table and upholstered chairs, while a trio of hand-blown glass forms hovers overhead.
A powder room off the hallway features creamy plaster walls, a backlit asymmetrical mirror, and a custom Irish Connemara marble sink.
The rebuilt stair leads to a light-filled playroom.
A tambour-lined transition hides a marble-lined bath with a stone sink and ledge and connects to the media room and garden at the back of the house.
– Deep, moody and sculptural –
Painted in a deep aubergine, the media room is flanked by a marbled bar area.
Here, a sectional sofa and a barrel chair covered in chartreuse velvet frame a curvy custom walnut coffee table.
A vintage Italian cocoon resin lamp and curved perimeter cove lighting provide illumination from above.
On the first floor, the primary suite is plastered in a soft lavender grey with stained oak elements.
Printed linen wall sconces light the custom wall-hung side tables, and still life is framed over the headboard while a vintage resin pendant hangs above.
An arched closet leads to the primary bath, plastered in the same lavender grey.
Here, green onyx and rosa aurora macchia Vecchia line the large shower.
A steel casement window over the freestanding tub opens out to the garden, and onyx covers the stained oak vanity.
A home office with a custom tambour white oak desk features walls painted in forest green and is lit by custom LED sconces.
On the top floor, the curving stairwell ends in a sculpted skylit hall.
One bedroom features a character wall of arched wallpaper with acid-green accents.
The guest bedroom has a green velvet bed flanked by custom travertine side tables.
A trio of clay pendants pick up the tones in the wool rug.
In the guest bath, espectaculo marble wraps the wall and floor, while rosa aurora stone tile lines the skylit tub and shower recess.
The laundry room features cement tile in an arch pattern.
Outside, the deck and garden levels are finished in travertine checkerboard.
Credit List
Interior designBarker Architecture Office | TileworkStone Source, Artistic Tile, Popham, Marmiro Stone (exterior) |
PlasterFauxCoos | WallpaperMonologue London |
Plumbing fixturesWatermark | Light fixturesBomma, Ago, Sander Bottinga, Volker Haug, Luke Lamp Company, Naaya |
Art worksAndrew Zimmerman, Michael Abrams, Poogy Bjerklie, Fran O'Neill (Sears Peyton Gallery), Mike Hansel, Khalilah Birdsong, Maru Quinonero (Voltz Clarke Gallery) and Victor Schrager | StoneABC Worldwide and BAS Stone |
Fluted archSuperstrata | Millwork and furnitureBCapri Studios |
RugsHatsu, Okej, Cold Picnic | Vintage light fixtures1st Dibs |
FurnitureEmotional Brands, Tacchini, Maiden Home, La Pepino, Julianna Vasconcellos, Ligne Roset, Gus Modern | PhotographyGieves Anderson |
From the interior architects:
Deep, moody colours and sculpture-like, textural forms, offset by richly veined marble elements, define the spaces of this Brooklyn, New York townhouse, designed to enable a social family of three to maximise spaces for entertaining and accommodating visitors.
In the entry, the walls are painted a deep green while a green and pink checkerboard floor is a twist on the traditional black and white.
A custom asymmetrical curved mirror picks up the arch of the door.
In the parlour (reception space), a curved sofa and armchair frame two nested marble tables nestled atop a curvy rug.
A custom walnut sideboard anchors the corner of the space.
A gold-painted relief by Andrew Zimmerman and Cloud Support by Mike Hansel are displayed over the original marble mantel.
A deep fluted plaster arch with a bar area lit by vintage French smoked glass sconces frames the view toward the kitchen and rear steel window wall.
Calacatta vagli viola marble provides benchtops for custom cabinets and an island painted in mushroom tones.
A curved pantry cabinet flanks a pale oak dining table and upholstered chairs, while a trio of hand-blown glass forms hovers overhead.
A powder room off the hallway features creamy plaster walls, a backlit asymmetrical mirror, and a custom Irish Connemara marble sink.
The rebuilt stair leads to a light-filled playroom.
A tambour-lined transition hides a marble-lined bath with a stone sink and ledge and connects to the media room and garden at the back of the house.
– Deep, moody and sculptural –
Painted in a deep aubergine, the media room is flanked by a marbled bar area.
Here, a sectional sofa and a barrel chair covered in chartreuse velvet frame a curvy custom walnut coffee table.
A vintage Italian cocoon resin lamp and curved perimeter cove lighting provide illumination from above.
On the first floor, the primary suite is plastered in a soft lavender grey with stained oak elements.
Printed linen wall sconces light the custom wall-hung side tables, and still life is framed over the headboard while a vintage resin pendant hangs above.
An arched closet leads to the primary bath, plastered in the same lavender grey.
Here, green onyx and rosa aurora macchia Vecchia line the large shower.
A steel casement window over the freestanding tub opens out to the garden, and onyx covers the stained oak vanity.
A home office with a custom tambour white oak desk features walls painted in forest green and is lit by custom LED sconces.
On the top floor, the curving stairwell ends in a sculpted skylit hall.
One bedroom features a character wall of arched wallpaper with acid-green accents.
The guest bedroom has a green velvet bed flanked by custom travertine side tables.
A trio of clay pendants pick up the tones in the wool rug.
In the guest bath, espectaculo marble wraps the wall and floor, while rosa aurora stone tile lines the skylit tub and shower recess.
The laundry room features cement tile in an arch pattern.
Outside, the deck and garden levels are finished in travertine checkerboard.
Credit List
Interior designBarker Architecture Office | TileworkStone Source, Artistic Tile, Popham, Marmiro Stone (exterior) |
PlasterFauxCoos | WallpaperMonologue London |
Plumbing fixturesWatermark | Light fixturesBomma, Ago, Sander Bottinga, Volker Haug, Luke Lamp Company, Naaya |
Art worksAndrew Zimmerman, Michael Abrams, Poogy Bjerklie, Fran O'Neill (Sears Peyton Gallery), Mike Hansel, Khalilah Birdsong, Maru Quinonero (Voltz Clarke Gallery) and Victor Schrager | StoneABC Worldwide and BAS Stone |
Fluted archSuperstrata | Millwork and furnitureBCapri Studios |
RugsHatsu, Okej, Cold Picnic | Vintage light fixtures1st Dibs |
FurnitureEmotional Brands, Tacchini, Maiden Home, La Pepino, Julianna Vasconcellos, Ligne Roset, Gus Modern | PhotographyGieves Anderson |
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