This Queen Anne style five story townhouse in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn is one of a pair that were built in 1887 by Charles Erhart, a co-founder of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. The brownstone façade was restored in an earlier renovation, which also included work to main living spaces. The scope for this new renovation phase was focused on restoring the stair hallways, gut renovating six bathrooms, a butler’s pantry, kitchenette, and work to the bedrooms and main kitchen. Work to the exterior of the house included replacing 18 windows with new energy efficient units, renovating a roof deck and restoring original windows. In keeping with the Victorian approach to interior architecture, each of the primary rooms in the house has its own style and personality. The Parlor is entirely white with detailed paneling and moldings throughout, the Drawing Room and Dining Room are lined with shellacked Oak paneling with leaded glass windows, and upstairs rooms are finished with unique colors or wallpapers to give each a distinct character. The concept for new insertions was therefore to be inspired by existing idiosyncrasies rather than apply uniform modernity. Two bathrooms within the master suite both have stone slab walls and floors, but one is in white Carrara while the other is dark grey Graffiti marble. The other bathrooms employ either grey glass, Carrara mosaic or hexagonal Slate tiles, contrasted with either blackened or brushed stainless steel fixtures. The main kitchen and kitchenette have Carrara countertops and simple white lacquer cabinetry to compliment the historic details.

Chelsea Aldrich

Main bathroom with a claw foot tub

Woven wood shades look great in bathrooms as it invites nature into the room, creating a sense of comfort, peace, and cleanliness. The warm, natural look that comes from the woven woods illuminates sunlight naturally throughout any room.

Photography: Melinda Ortley

Per l’arredo del bagno è stata utilizzata una vasca in ghisa in vernice bianca e vaso in porcellana anch’esso bianco, tutti i sanitari Devon & Devon. Un accorgimento particolare per il bastone da tenda, in smalto nero, che è stato realizzato su misura seguendo le dimensioni del profilo della vasca, tende in lino resinato. Le mensole in legno massello e il lavabo d’appoggio disegnato da Paola Navone in ceramica bianca, tutto Flaminia. La rubinetteria Bossini e lo scaldasalviette in nickel spazzolato. Accessori del bagno vintage, selezionati uno ad uno attraverso una ricerca per banchi, mercati artigianali e negozi di modernariato (una scoperta trovare nella bottega Iucu, negozio per rarità, le forme da scarpe adattate poi ad appendini). Non solo la parete vetrata introduce alla camera da letto ma anche il tema dell’acqua è predominante nelle due stanze. Una cassetta antica in legno massello assieme a un rubinetto invecchiato sono stati appesi alla parete frontale al letto creando voluta continuità con il bagno. - Для санузла была выбрана чугунная ванна в белом цвете и унитаз из белого санфарфора Devon & Devon. Черный металлический карниз под шторки из прорезиненного льна, сделанный на заказ в Decortier, повторяет силуэт ванной. Накладная белая керамическая раковина на деревянных полках от Flaminia спроектирована Паолой Навоне. Смесители от Bossini и полотенцесушитель Margaroli — все в редкой отделке матовый никель. Каждый аксессуар — винтажный и отдельно подобран в антикварных лавках. В спальню “ведет” не только стеклянная стена, но и тема воды — напротив кровати на стене закреплен деревянный ящик со специально состаренным в бюро фонтанным краном.

Arnaud Boussac

Photography: Melinda Ortley

This beautiful master bathroom retreat was designed to serve as a destination and relaxation place at the end of a long day. A shower with glass block for privacy was created to bring in natural light and create an inviting atmosphere.