The household wished to remain together– actually. Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas’s customers asked the designers to reconfigure an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for 3 generations– grandparents and their child, her partner, and their 2 kids– to cohabitate and have area for imaginative pursuits.
Thom and Bretaigne run TBo, among our preferred New York City style studios: see A One-Room Cabin in the Catskills and The Anti-White Box Advancement To make the existing structure work, they created a strategy that consists of a put concrete rear addition, which in spite of an incredibly little footprint, presents light and area to all 3 levels. In TBo’s words, “The style weds a modest initial Federal-style brick home with a generous sunlit extension framing a rediscovered rear garden.”
The leading 2 floorings are established for the young household and consist of a location for practicing music. The grandparents reside in the garden house, which, at their demand, has a painting studio and a backyard for the kids. Artfully connecting brand-new and old components through making use of “natural, raw, and minimally cured products,” the designers made up spaces that radiate stillness and tranquility, a cocoon for young and old. And as in all TBo jobs, inside your home and out remain in discussion. Join us for a trip.
Photography by Matthew Williams, styling by Brittany Albert, thanks to TBo
