By james art 
A deep update opens the floor of the salon, restored wooden windows and injected light and color with pastel paint, fun moments of tiles and wallpaper.
A photo from Nicholas Venice
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Although the three-storey brick house from the early 20th century was divided into three units at a time and beating over the years, its abundance of carved wooden joinery was happily still intact. The California couple purchased the property, intending to create a duplex for their own four -on -floors family and upper floors. Below the garden level had to be busy by a close friend.
In the course of extensive renovation, the architectural company Dunham Robinson replaced all the windows, released completely new electric and mechanical and blown up the back wall on two levels. “It was a great sense, whether we would do this or keep original windows,” says architect Rachel Robinson of Dunham Robinson, who mastered the project. “In the end, the owners decided that they wanted large glass openings to connect the interior spaces with the backyard.”
The beautiful wooden joinery, which was the main sale point of the house, was covered with layers of dark spot and old paint-influentially ginger details that require careful removal of the hands. While preserving almost all of the woodworking, Dunham Robinson thoroughly replaced the house’s infrastructure dated by the house. “Most walls were removed at least one side to manage new electrical and mechanical products,” says Michael Dunham, the other partner of the Manhattan -based company, “But we did not touch the wood except to undress it and renew it.”
In the duplex of the owner, the architects significantly redesigned the layout, opening the floor of the salon (upper photo) from a living room in front of the house all the way to the kitchen at the back. “But even the changes in the layout we made were designed to keep the wooden windows and flooring of the parquet intact,” Robinson said. The unusual Collier chain chandelier, from Sean Lavin for visual comfort, is a playful touch in the central dining area.
After undressing, the color of the carved elements suggested the palette of the interior, which strives for warm pastels. The furniture is mostly new, but includes some family pieces.
The brick facade of the house was in good shape, which only required a little recharge. The double front doors at the top of the owner are new.
A new mosaic floor of artistic tiles refreshes the entrance lobby.
The manual separation of all the original wooden windows to reveal its natural color was a major component of the project. “Throughout the months of demonstration, electric, etc., there was someone who was enchanting a tree,” Dunham recalls.
The sunny yellow color of the front room (Provence Cream from Benjamin Moore) is inspired by the workpiece of the souiga in the original carving.
The extended openings between the rooms of the salon floor allow the type of openness and runs most modern families want, with minimal disturbances of the carved details of wood.
Decades of wallpaper, rescued from the home of childhood’s home, appears in a space between the level of the salon.
The personalized cabinets of Brooklyn -based logging in New York was painted in Peale Green, the color of Benjamin Moore. “We looked at a lot of greenery and found something with vibration and life, but that was not exceeded,” Robinson said. “It’s a lot of cabinets.” The countertops are quartzite, natural stone, dorsal green mosaic to Morningside Heights, from an artistic tile.
“The owners were not afraid of color or model and did not want super modern or great. This is not their style at all, “Dunham said.
Against the kitchen in the back of the salon floor, a well -used family is a well -used and gathering space with a children’s play table featuring a mural wallpaper, Phantasia Prism from House of Hackney. “We were looking for something to tie all the colors together – yellow from the living room, green from the kitchen, soft pink from the dining room,” Robinson said.
A multifunctional customized built-in room includes storage of dishes, a coffee station and a small auxiliary refrigerator.
One of the three bedrooms on the second floor is used as a guest room.
The all -new primary bathroom has a very special carved surround, creating by setting a ginger piece removed from elsewhere. “We had to figure out how to close it enough to make it usable as a bathroom screen,” Dunham said. The vanity area was left open to the main bedroom while the toilet and shower have their own separate doors.
The stone mosaic floor of Artistic Tile brings more green, the favorite color of customers. The vanity is delivered by a signature hardware.
Dunham Robinson built a new deck and paved the Bluestone garden as part of the extensive project.
Before photos, below, show the degree of transformation.
[Photos by Nicholas Venezia]
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