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The family’s L-shaped kitchen is packed with color and storage.

The backsplash is composed of the Kappa range from 41Zero42, paired with quartz "Minnesota Snow

The three-story home in Brooklyn's suburban Ditmas Park neighborhood was built in the early 1900s, and its traditional layout and historic detailing like original parquet flooring with decorative inlays was typical of the time.

"For all rooms, the client and our team were dedicated to the idea of color immersion, especially in small spaces like the bathrooms and hallways,

The dining area is made up of Mid-Century furniture that the couple has collected over the years.

Living room to study

Among designer furniture from Antonio Citterio and Arne Norell, built-ins filled with books line the living room of this Los Feliz, Los Angeles, renovation.

The original fireplace in the sitting room, which features colorful inlaid tiles, was restored and tall oak shelving was added to either side. "This room is a successful mix of classic period and relaxed Australian styles," says architect Sarah Bryant.

A bespoke timber joinery unit separates the bedroom from the living space. It has been designed so that it can be easily reconfigured if the need arises for another bedroom in part of the living space.

The rug is by Flor and the Real Good chair is by Blu Dot.

In the boy’s room, Dash Marshall designed a platform bed and multiple storage units, accented with red lacquer and arranged in a playful way. “They’re built-ins, but we didn’t want them to look like built-ins,” says firm principal Ritchie Yao. “They’re more like stacked boxes.”

For the couple’s shared office, which is windowless, the team installed backlit panels to give the illusion of daylight entering the room.

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This custom-built timber storage unit serves as a counterpoint to the glass-walled study and injects a sense of honey-hued warmth to a mostly monochromatic palette.

Fitted with a new black-framed window unit, the new, light-filled living room features a sofa and coffee table from Beitili.

Emily and Jason Potter of DEN Los Angeles furnished the living area with Paul Laszlo's cane bench for Glenn of California, a Frank Lloyd Wright marble-topped “Taliesin” coffee table for Heritage Henredon and an Alvar Aalto lounge chair for Artek.

The living room displays ceramics from Artisafire, a South African nonprofit pottery studio.