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For the study room, a friend who is also a carpenter crafted custom built-in bookshelves that matched perfectly with their new kitchen cabinets.

“After our first Zoom meeting, Tommy came back with renderings that blew us away,” Keith says. “He got what we were trying to do.”

Aamer’s paintings hang throughout the apartment, including over the refurbished marble fireplace. Haddock considered Keith and Aamer’s book collection and designed sleek floor-to-ceiling shelving. “After our first Zoom meeting, Tommy came back with renderings that blew us away,” Keith says. “He got what we were trying to do.”

Rather than throwing away and replacing the existing French doors, paint was removed from the doors and their corresponding interior shutters by sandblasting.

The internal bedroom windows look out over the void in the living room. The yellow shutters can be closed for privacy.

Preserving the spirit of the original building, new wooden window frames were crafted.

Both the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes.

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Cheeky Sutton Place Living Room

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An Article sofa was placed with an ottoman from Jardan. The vintage Hans Olsen chair is the client’s own, and the artwork is by Susan English, from Kathryn Markel Fine Arts.

Porcelain fishbone tiles continue throughout the home, including in the bedrooms. The updated master bedroom features new built-in wall storage and a bed frame designed by architect Dana Oberzon.

The home's windows usher in plenty of natural light, while a crisp white color palette creates a calming, minimalist aesthetic. French doors separate the living area from the apartment's master bedroom.

The dine-in kitchen, with a built-in banquette seating area to optimise the space by the windows, creates a welcoming space to enjoy a family breakfast or a cup of coffee with a good book. The kitchen joinery was designed in a variety of styles, allowing some pieces to intentionally blend into the background while others are viewed as free-standing statement pieces. Timber, stone and dark bronze were used throughout to complement the joinery design of the apartment.

SHED embraced the angled corners with custom cabinetry. According to Hale, the inspiration images that the couple chose were “less American Midwest farmhouse, and more contemporary Scandinavian farmhouse,” which inspired the design team to consult Scandinavian farm layouts for the master plan.

There’s now a wood-paneled entry alcove inside the new front door, with a built-in bench, storage, and coat hooks.

Simple brass screws affix the bathroom’s antibacterial copper cladding, reclaimed from a barn roof in Connecticut, to the walls. Bronze screen frames, salvaged from buildings on Shope’s Amenia property and then cut into small decorative strips, line the bathroom door frame.