Nastasi Vail Design

Home Improvement Professionals , Interior Designers & Decorators , Universal Design
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Nastasi Vail Design
4 Reviews

Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights

Renovation of a one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn Heights for a couple who needed a lot of storage in a limited amount of space.

The clients wanted plenty of book and clothing storage and as one of them worked from home files, paperwork and office equipment needed to be easily and quickly stored away at the end of the day.
Country: United States
This apartment had been vacant for five years before it was purchased, and it needed a complete renovation for the two people who purchased it - one of whom works from home. Built shortly after the WWII, the building has high ceilings and fairly generously proportioned rooms, but lacked sufficient...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Ken Hild
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
In an apartment where every inch counts, we removed the large formica bi-fold doors and replaced them with built-in cupboards and bureaus. We were able to gain space in this hallway by creating a smaller formal entry hall. By doing these more efficient custom built-in cabinets we also were able to...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
The kitchen cabinetry was custom made. We were able to maximize the upper storage by going to the ceiling and we made the upper cabinets slightly deeper. Frosted glass doors were also used for the upper cabinets to give a sense of openness - almost like windows. We painted the interior of the...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Both the refrigerator and the dishwasher drawers are hidden behind panels that matched the cabinetry doors. The door mouldings are custom and stepped. They have a vaguely Art Deco feeling. The kitchen pulls and knobs have a similar stepped detail. Everything is painted in Satin Impervo Oil from...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
By using a cabinetmaker and doing custom cabinetry we were able to use the shallow wall opposite the main cabinets. This narrow cupboard, which runs the length of the 12'-0" galley kitchen is perfect for glassware, small plates, and canned goods, tea pots etc... It's 9.5" walnut top was left raw...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Crown mouldings and new baseboards helped give dining area some architecture. A squared archway was added between the kitchen and dining area also helped to delineate the space and make it slightly removed from the kitchen.
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights - Decorative Plates
Table top set with: antique pink crystal bordered in gold, linen cloth embroidered with Chinoiserie figures, and silverware with an art deco urn. The salt cellars were found in a dusty box in a second hand store and turned out to be sterling silver.
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
In the bedroom two antique chests from the 1930s with muted pink marble tops provide extra storage. A demi-lune table can be used as a desk in the bedroom, but marries with another demi-lune in the living room to create a card table for casual card evenings or to provide extrra seating for larger...
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Surprisingly, the bedroom had no closets. Storage was paramount. We used a similar arrangement for the closets in this room as we did in the hall. Here we added a pullout shelf that could be used as a desk or as place to fold or layout clothing. It is traditionally called a "slide-and-fold" drawer....
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Photo shows the closet interior, and the "fold and slide" drawer.
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights
Photo shows how the pull out shelf might be used as a desk.
Small Bespoke in Brooklyn Heights