Kitchen

The sliding pantry cabinet doubles as a room divider when fully extended, separating the kitchen from the bedrooms.

Ample storage is provided in the kitchen area and the steps leading up to the bed.

"The house is designed to change with the family's needs and weather with the elements,

Greg utilized cross-laminated timber to construct the home and for its interior finishes.

The dining room, with its minimalist furniture and white cabinetry with hidden hardware, features a "secret

The steel beam that supports the new addition on the second floor is supported by a new wall that was finished in Venetian plaster; its different layers evoke a ruin, almost art-like in its texture and tonality.

kitchen’s walnut cabinetry is warm and organic compared to the off-white quartz countertops.

A few steps up from the kitchen, on a slightly higher level, the living room is characterized by its suggestive wooden ceiling and its large windows with landscape views.

The kitchen went from being a room Josephine would not step foot in to one of the most-used rooms of the apartment.

"I love objects,

Leaving the cabinets open allows for Josephine's glassware and ceramics – many of which she made — to be on display.

Ceramicist Josephine Heilpern spent weeks cleaning, painting, and upgrading the kitchen of her rent-stabilized Crown Heights apartment to make the room usable. It had been "fully abandoned

"Before there was a full-sized fridge that jutted out and blocked the clerestories," says Jessy, who replaced the clunky kitchen appliance with inconspicuous CoolDrawer units by Fisher & Paykel. With the exception of the Falmec range hood, all the appliances are now built into lower cabinets, which were fabricated by Dan Eckstrom. The vibrant encaustic tile is by Mission Tile West. The oven is by Fisher & Paykel.