In the expert renovation of a three-story townhouse in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, architects Also Office focused the historic parlor level with restored architectural woodwork and newly plastered walls, along with base and crown mouldings.
Photography by David Mitchell, courtesy of Also Office from Bed-Stuy Beauty: An 1880s Townhouse ‘Unraveling Into the Present Moment’.
Original pocket doors leading from the living to dining room.
Vintage Danish and Swiss furniture anchor the look.
Photography by David Mitchell, courtesy of Also Office from Bed-Stuy Beauty: An 1880s Townhouse ‘Unraveling Into the Present Moment’.
A dose of color via a coral armchair in the corner of the room.
Photography by David Mitchell, courtesy of Also Office from Bed-Stuy Beauty: An 1880s Townhouse ‘Unraveling Into the Present Moment’.
Materials
The walls are painted with Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace OC-65.
Furniture
The dining table is the expandable Vintage Thygesen & Sørensen Modular Dining Table which was sourced from Home Union.
The dining chairs are the reissued Rey Chairs in Golden from Swiss designer Bruno Rey who designed the chair in 1971; $595 each at Hay.
The credenza is the custom black and beige USM Haller Credenza E2; $3,695 at USM.
The Ray Wilkes Modular Sofa Group Chair, shown in Flamiber, is $1,695 at Herman Miller.
For a similar pale green side table, the Blu Dot Circula Side Table in Grey Green is $695 at Blu Dot.
Lighting
For a similar pendant to the vintage MCM hanging teak and acrylic shade chandelier, the FDB Møbler U10 Asnaes Pendant in Silk Grey is $182 at Finnish Design Shop.
The Oluce Spider Table Lamp in black is $1,505 at Horne.
Designed by Deborah Czeresko for Good Colony, the Ameba Vase is the vase seen on the credenza.
Accessories
The Striped Herringbone Wool Throw is $129.99 at Schoolhouse.
The artwork is Jon Imber’s “Carpenter 13/28” from 1985.