Interiors: Modernizing a Row House in the Slope
[nggallery id=”26489″ template=galleryview] The folks from Coburn Architecture, based in Dumbo, have taken on the task of updating, and adding to, a row house in Park Slope. If you have interior projects large or small, amateur or professional you’d like to share, please contact us. This mid 19th century row house on a quiet street…
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The folks from Coburn Architecture, based in Dumbo, have taken on the task of updating, and adding to, a row house in Park Slope. If you have interior projects large or small, amateur or professional you’d like to share, please contact us.
This mid 19th century row house on a quiet street in Park Slope was in relatively poor condition when purchased by the client. The house next door had burned down many years before, leaving the lot vacant and overgrown, and the new owners wanted to build a structure in its place that would connect to the existing house.
The client’s ambitious program for the new structure required a new master suite with a spacious bath and dressing room, a dining room, a garage with a driveway (a luxury for city dwellers), and some outdoor living space. To avoid having to move to temporary quarters, the client elected to complete the project in two architectural phases, followed by an interior design phase.
UPDATE: Brendan Coburn just dropped us a note to clear up a couple of things: 1) The house is only a combined 3,400 square feet, as the addition is just two stories high; 2) The construction and renovation took place in four phases over eight years.
BRG — I think you are defending this house because the initial comments were caustic and harsh, at least that is why I am defending it.
I dis…there def. is a style here, it maybe not your style or anybody else’s for that matter. But this is the style that these homeowner’s choose. I’m sure they sit in their living room and appreciate their surroundings.
Themes in design are over rated.
If you ask the owners, I’m sure they’re going to tell you there is a theme a design and probably feel like they’ve meet their design criterias.
Let’s not forget the illusion of photography. Things are staged, moved around, manupilated for photos.
I don’t know why I’m defending this house so much. Maybe I’m just defending interior design.
Agreed BRG. We went from a 1BR Apt. to a 3BR house. Talk about needing to fill in some gaps! At this stage I’d much rather put my money towards aggressively paying down the mortgage and stashing cash in case the sky does fall on us. “pretty things” are officially on the back burner. We’ll get there but, it’s going to be one major piece a year for the time being.
Gorgeous house! Not all my cup of tea, either, but certainly well done, and better than what I have. I’d be proud to say I owned it, and very proud to say it was my work, too. (It’s not, btw)
What an opportunity to get an empty lot next door, and build your dream addition and garage. I’m not hating on those with the opportunity and money. Somebody’s got to get the goodies, at least they have taste.
brg – that’s just my point. there is no style here. good for them if it relaxes them and makes them feel comfortable, but you can’t seriously be suggesting that they weren’t trying for something more elevated here. instead, what they did is a mishmash that doesn’t have a theme and doesn’t make sense and feels like there’s a broken string somewhere. they set the bar very high with all the expense and effort and commissioned artwork and the like, but failed to meet it. others set the bar lower and pass it.
my house was renovated on a budget, and is now furnished with ikea.
THL – nothing wrong with Ikea!!!
I love some of their pieces. Hip, Trendy and Cheap. I have three Pax closets that have lasted 9 years and still look great.
I was there on Sunday, looking at kitchens…horrors!!!
Yikes, I really like the interiors- they seem not unlike the inside of an Anthropologie store. Some vintage, some modern, all mixed together with pretty colors in an eclectic way.
Very inspiring. I’m way too cluttered to ever pull this sort of thing off.
shill…actually i think the MOST personal things get shared on the web. Maybe not on this site and they have less to do with decor and more to do with disrobed.
Interior Design is defining individuality. It’s the way you choose to live. You need to be comfortable in your home. When you open the door to your space, albiet what size, shape, form it is, you should be content in walking in and at ease in the space. It should make you feel relaxed.
You should surround yourself with things that make you happy. Whether it’s antiques, modern, comtempo, bare walls, art, sculpture, clutter, etc. It’s how YOU define the space.
And these people chose to define it in this style.