In April, 2011 we combined efforts with Annie Hall interiors and began work at architect W. Whitney Lewis’ elegantly designed 1876 brick home. This Boston condominium project involved completely removing and redesigning the living spaces on the fourth and fifth floors.

We met our clients’ needs through the following:
-Installed a removable palladium window, the largest in the unit, facing the beautiful Charles River.
-Created a welcoming kitchen that utilized a long marble peninsula as an informal dining area for the couple and their two small children.

Specific design aspects include:
-Restored the historical palladium windows overlooking the street.
-Custom designed graceful casing, built-in bookcases and wainscoting.
-Diamond patterned full height backsplash tile, hammered nickel wall surface behind the range, dark walnut cabinetry punctuated by open shelving with sharp detail lighting, horizontal batten cab door and long, wide pre-finished cork flooring.
-A master suite bathroom, divided by a pocket door, featuring a large shower and a custom made concrete countertop with a shallow crescent-bottomed sink.

Design challenges:
-A new gas line (required by the city inspectors) was carefully fed down through the main stair hallway traveling to a sub-basement in the building, finding a way around a first to fourth floor residential elevator.
-The presence of rounded windows and trim, sharp roofline angles created by steep gable and turret dormers and the top of the formal entry stair into the main space required an approach that would maintain as much living space as possible while creating attractive details in custom cabinetry that would highlight and articulate the different places across the floor.

The end result was an uncomplicated modern feel that still highlighted the period detail of this elegant 1876 built brick home.