Enclosed dining room - large transitional brown floor and light wood floor enclosed dining room idea in Boston with a standard fireplace and gray walls

Trendy l-shaped light wood floor and beige floor eat-in kitchen photo in Orange County with flat-panel cabinets, white cabinets, an island and white countertops

Transitional light wood floor kitchen/dining room combo photo in Boston with white walls and no fireplace

Farmhouse medium tone wood floor and brown floor great room photo in New York with a two-sided fireplace and white walls

Inspiration for a small contemporary white tile and subway tile mosaic tile floor powder room remodel in Raleigh with a pedestal sink, a two-piece toilet and white walls

photography by Maxine Schnitzer
Inspiration for a transitional dark wood floor enclosed dining room remodel in DC Metro with black walls

Frank de Biasi Interiors
Living room - rustic formal and open concept medium tone wood floor living room idea in Denver with white walls

Richard Mandelkorn Photography
Example of an ornate stone patio design in Boston with no cover

Dining room - country medium tone wood floor and brown floor dining room idea in Denver with beige walls

Small transitional home design photo in New York

Tracy Taha Photography
Inspiration for a large farmhouse u-shaped medium tone wood floor eat-in kitchen remodel in Austin with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, soapstone countertops, gray backsplash, stone tile backsplash and an island

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Example of a tuscan freestanding bathtub design in Austin

When the Gimbels department store chain closed in 1986, many of its selling floors were converted into luxury apartments, including those of this branch at 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. The retailer’s soaring ceilings allowed Axis Mundi to create bedroom mezzanine spaces overlooking the living and dining rooms. Defining them with translucent glass welcomed natural light while retaining privacy. Downstairs, spaces bleed one into another, their basic monochromatic black-and-white palette acting as a unifying leitmotif. Yet each space feels distinct, with its own programmatic purpose, a feat largely achieved by varying floor and wall treatments—a graphic tile pattern in the entry, a red wall in the hall leading to the master suite, a colorful area rug in the living room. In the retailer’s heyday, the then-common saying, “Would Macy’s tell Gimbels?” implied the strategies the competitors kept from each other to gain the upper hand. Here, a structure iconic in its day also conceals something: a handsome, wholly contemporary repurposing that represents just the sort of innovation that made Gimbels the celebrated name that it was.

Sargent Photography
Example of a large transitional master porcelain tile and gray floor bedroom design in Miami with no fireplace and gray walls

Cottage medium tone wood floor and brown floor bedroom photo in Denver with beige walls

milesminnophotography
Cottage light wood floor kitchen photo in Sacramento with a farmhouse sink, white cabinets, marble countertops, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, an island, gray countertops and shaker cabinets

Jeffrey Totaro
Enclosed kitchen - transitional u-shaped black floor enclosed kitchen idea in Philadelphia with an undermount sink, glass-front cabinets, white cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances

Jeff Herr
Inspiration for a country galley medium tone wood floor and brown floor kitchen remodel in Atlanta with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, turquoise cabinets, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, two islands and white countertops