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The entry hall is open but inviting. “When you get into the property you can see thru the space, so I didn’t want it to be cluttered,” Bérubé says. The white oak built-ins for coats and shoes are simple and seamless. The Jan Kath rug warms the the poured-in-place concrete floor. The owners acquired the Nicola Hicks bear sculpture at an art fair in Hong Kong from London-based Flowers Gallery.

The new stairs replace a narrow set that was only 30 inches wide. The couple packed storage underneath.

Blue Savoy marble from Coastal Tile lines the floor.

“The project was always concerned with the question: How do you create a living space for different tenants to come together?"

Stairs

After: Kelly uses her office less, but the cabinet hides one element that's used every single day: a foldout ironing board, a necessity for the couple who founded the gender-defying fashion brand Kirrin Finch.

After: The front room on the top floor was split into two offices, near mirror images of each other.