from the bb8 annals of lurking....I was clicking through my bookmarks tonight when I came across the site of,
Levenson McDavid Architects
their website has a great show of the firms' beautiful work, via their portfolio. I must have looked at it a hundred times before but for some reason,
'178 Garfield' jumped out at me tonight.

When I sat down to write this post, and began mentally, blathering on about old bones, and the juxtaposition of modern and antique, organic and industrial, blah, blah, blah, I had a total sense of deja vu.

Love, love the moulding, the fireplace the soft gray walls. the little row of polaroids {?} lined up on the mantel.
{those chandies. not a fan. just a personal thing}the Morraccan rug, the Bertoias with the wood dining table.

And then I got to the gray bedroom. That insanely devine gray bedroom.
I stopped.
Wait, a second. Is it?
Go back to the yellow sofa shot. oh yes. This is that home featured on the cover of one of domino's last issues.

Of course, with domino's website 'expired' I had no way of confirming {although could you forget those parquet floors in the bathroom? }. So with a bit of stellar sleuthing {i.e. looking through a couple of back issues I have stacked on my shelf next to me}

I confirmed, it is indeed the home of J. Crew, Creative Director, Jenna Lyons Mazeau. So my apologie if you've seen this a thousand times over. But it's still a completely divine little mixture of all things fabulous with a helping of 'old house lovin'' thrown in for good measure.
"A townhouse gut renovation retained the historic 19th Century detail, yet introduced modern conveniences such as high-efficiency central heating/air-conditioning while giving expression to the sensibilities of this fashion designer/sculptor couple and their young son."
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2. I strongly desire style like this in my home.
D. I decided today (before I read this post) that I need you to do the interior design on my new home.
4. By new home, I mean current home that I will buy and hire Tim Nichols to add onto and make it freaking awesome. Hopefully sooner than later.
XO
jennie
mrs. b ,I'm so attracted to the dark cabinetry too. I think in a backlash from all of the white, subway tiled, farm kitchen sinks of recent years (albiet a beautiful look) I'm all about the dark kitchen.
My guess is two fold, the kitchen is small due to the age of the house. The integrity of space was a huge consideration when they re did this space.
and the other guess, When you live in a city (especially NYC) you tend to eat out more than in.
I remember that cover! And these seem to be more photos than I remember seeing in Domino for sure. I love that kitchen nook.
Sadly, that's the only thing my home will ever have in common with Ms. Lyons-Mazeau's.
Sigh. . .
i would love my kitch. to have that very sun-room , with exactly the same framed out entrance to it.
great blog, it is my 1st visit-
Thanks!!
some crappy photos up at the moment but you can see it over on the blog.
I kinda took Domino's "can this outfit be turned into a room" and made it "can this room be turned into an invite" hehe
http://www.richiedesign.blogspot.com/