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The master suite looks out on a gravel patio with Hee lounge chairs by Hay.

The home’s 2,340 square feet span the upper and lower levels, while the basement can serve as an independent ADU, home office, or guest quarters. The lower-level entry is now more comfortable, with a wide waiting area protected from the weather overhead.

Finding a wheelchair accessible home in New York City can be a challenge, but after a diving accident left David Carmel paralyzed from the waist down, Carmel knew he was looking for a home that was "accessible but not institutional." Working with Della Valle Bernheimer, they made an apartment that is both beautiful and accessible, with a lightweight sliding wall that closes off the bedroom from the living area.

Higgins and Gibson, a Footwear Designer at Nike, applied several coats of “the brightest generic factory white (basically primer),” says Higgins, to lighten up the interior considerably, and left the wood window trim in their natural state to draw the eye towards the river view.

Kids' Bathroom

Bathroom with simple lines and color to provide a backdrop to which a child can introduce color and personal items that will change as he matures.

To create a bit more texture in the kitchen and baths, the couple added classic checkered tiles from the local hardware store—an inexpensive option that broke up the polished concrete floors spanning the rest of the house. Pavonetti designed and built the pedestal sinks using reclaimed cedar siding.

In the master bathroom, Godmorgon vanities from Ikea stand next to a dual-flush Aquia toilet from Toto. A Tolomeo Wall Spot lamp, designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina for Artemide, hangs above the mirror.

All of the apartment’s fixtures are by Kohler, including the kitchen sink and faucet as well as the Tea-for-Two bathtub, Vox square sink, and Catalan mirror in the bathroom. The Thassos marble subway tile is by Ann Sacks.

The addition of a skylight lets sunlight wash over jade-green tile that's laid in a herringbone pattern in the bathroom.

An Ashanti stool that was "a wedding gift from the designer’s family" rests beside a Wetstyle tub. Hanging above is a Crescent Light by Lee Broom.

A second bathroom maintains the open brightness of the rest of the loft with simple white tiling and a transparent pedestal sink.

Clerestory windows bring light and some greenery into the space.

Dimarmi Bianco porcelain tile extends from the primary bath’s floor into the shower.

Master bath soaking tub view from glass wall partition.

The rain shower and tub combo, featuring matte black plumbing fixtures.

A view of the new marble-clad master bathroom.