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The principal bedrooms opens onto a private courtyard.

Designed in 1899 by notable architect Robert Maynicke, the architecturally exemplary loft includes 14 double-hung windows which line the perimeter.

Flexibility was paramount in the apartment’s redesign. The new layout was configured as a series of volumes that can change and adapt based on the clients’ needs. The den can be kept open to the main living area, or closed off with sliding glass and metal doors.

In the principal bath, a double sink vanity sits near a large, walk-in shower with a built-in seating nook and a freestanding tub.

The freestanding tub in the guest suite bathroom sits beneath a four-foot square skylight.

The home’s upper level includes the guest rooms and master bedroom, which features an expansive ensuite master bath with a soaking tub and glass-enclosed shower lined in marble with Cle tile accents.

Storage had to be dialed in within the narrow footprint of the brownstone. The black core holds the pantry, while on the right, a bank of custom cabinetry hosts the command station, mop closet, and a concealed bar.-

The hall bathroom was given glossy black tile, for a departure from the predominant scheme.

“I had them take out some of the lines,” Chris says. “I’m a fan of ’60s Op art, and you get a 3-D effect if you lay them in the right way.”

The bathrooms can be equipped with a large free-standing bath or shower/wet room.

The motif of slatted hickory continues in the bold open-plan master suite, which features multifaceted Diamond White tile by Porcelanosa and a Hoffman bed, with its headboard removed, from Room & Board.

The custom vanity, designed by Jocie and fabricated by O’Brien Wood & Iron, has birch fronts, a Corian counter and backsplash, Lacava sinks, and Kohler faucets. Clé tile covers the floor, while Ann Sacks tile lines the walls. The birch rail with hooks is by Iris Hantverk.

Propagating plants is the most inexpensive way to grow your plant family—something Hilton Carter has turned into an art in his New Orleans home.

There are many shapes and sizes of houseplants that can fit in with your apartment’s decor—and your personal sense of well-being.

Hilton Carter designed his own propagation vessel, called the Cradle.

Nwankpa Gillespie added a skylight and brightened the palette with a marble shower and the same Cle zellige tiles featured in the kitchen.

Built in 2005, this modernist concrete block home just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia, was recently listed for sale. The property's mostly wooded, waterfront location is about two-and-a-half hours by car from Washington, D.C., and about an hour from Richmond, Virginia.