Photography by Matthew Williams for Remodelista; styling by Alexa Hotz.
Designer Makié Yahagi opened her pint-size children’s clothing shop on SoHo’s Thompson Street in 1999 calling it, simply, Makié.
Makié uses rugs and groupings of furniture to create “rooms” in the open floor plan.
In the kitchen, Makié arranges her cooking utensils according to material (wood or metal) and height. She hand-washes most dishes and dries them on a Muji dish drainer (sans tray).
In the compact galley kitchen, Makié stores kitchen towels and a Japanese cookbook in a basket.
A peek into Makié’s cabinet is the stuff (our) dreams our made of.
Makié organizes cutlery by type (chopsticks, resin handle flatware, and vintage silver) and size in a drawer beneath the Miele 30-Inch Gas Cooktop.
Makié made the pancakes; years ago, she tells us, she used to run a café in SoHo where she would make perfect pancakes and plate them on porcelain plates “just like this.” (You can find the Sunata Masami cups and bowls online at Makié.)
Under the stairs is an antique children’s chair; a photograph by Inez & Vinoodh of their son, Charles Star; a Rowland Scherman photo of John Lennon; and a hand-shaped ceramic bowl by artist Genevieve Chevallier.
To keep mosquitos at bay (up the stairs is a sliding door to a rooftop deck), Makié burns mosquito coils, in a handmade ceramic dish.
The living room has an Ikea Osted Rug, a white sofa covered with a linen blanket, and cushions and pillows from Makié.
On a long shelf under the large loft windows Makié stores paper goods, clothing patterns, and some of her early designs in cloth-covered boxes from Italian company Fiorirà un Giardino.
A collection of Makié’s miniature vintage purchases kept in an antique wedding basket.
On one side of the fireplace is a small television and collections on display.
A closer look at Makié’s collections; on the center shelf are 200-year-old Japanese Koimari cups and plates and Genevieve Chevallier bowls.
Vintage linens are folded on a shelf below a row of white Serax Canvas Baskets that holds miscellaneous odds and ends.
Her two college-aged sons each have a bedroom (“with a very different style,” she says) so Makié sleeps in a nook she created in the main living space.
The spartan rooftop is where Makié photographs many of the products she offers on her online shop.
The remaining flowers of late summer—pinkish hydrangea—are potted in the built-in planter.
A tabletop of purple basil, twiglike herbs, and moss experiments in a mix of terracotta pots and Genevieve Chevallier Oval Pots.