Bond Street is a new residential project by Home Studios, the award-winning design firm based in Brooklyn, NY. Founded in 2009 by former book editor Oliver Haslegrave, the studio’s aim is to help tell the stories of inspired outsiders through the artforms of architecture and interior design. Long known for the singular look and feel of their hospitality projects, Bond Street marks Home Studio’s first New York residential architectural and interior renovation. Located in a landmarked building in New York City’s NoHo neighborhood, the firm transformed the 2,000-square-foot apartment into an expressive and finely detailed home suitable for a young family.
With Bond Street, Home Studios envisioned an updated and modern residence that defies the conformity of a typical unit. Featuring a diversity of expression, design influences and materiality, the end result is a welcoming three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence that celebrates a clean and cohesive design language. Originally built in 1925, and renovated last in the 1980s, Home Studios gut-renovated the entire apartment in an effort to rework and maximize the open floorplan, keeping only a portion of the original maple floors.
Dedicated to the exploration of unexpected details, the studio designed ten new site-specific furniture and lighting pieces in collaboration with local long-term fabrication partners, including an oak and copper Vesper Console and a custom Swing Pendant that illuminates the dining room. In addition to Home Studio’s custom pieces, a thoughtful selection of furniture was sourced from a balanced blend of both vintage and contemporary designers, including Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Sabine Marcelis and Max Lamb.
The brightly lit open-floor plan, ornamented by copper and oak detailing, is connected by arched contours and a rounded and raised ceiling, providing a heightened sense of place and playfulness. (The curved geometries of Alvar Aalto’s work being one of the project’s many design inspirations.) In the guest bathroom, the curves continue. A bowed glass window with copper detail sits above a tiled sitting nook with a teak wood towel storage unit is nestled underneath. Custom handmade mosaic tiles and copper trim frame the deep soaking tub. In the master bathroom, a vanity constructed in honed Arabescato Classico marble is complemented by Waterworks fixtures.
Home Studios added a custom pocket door to the bedroom hallway allowing selective privacy from the living space, while the two-door utility in the guest bathroom provides access from both the bedroom hallway and living room. The master bedroom features a Landon Metz painting over a custom walnut and travertine master bed by Home Studios, with a Natalie Hererra vase adorning each side table. Next to the window, a vintage French lamp from the 1940s is paired with an Atelier de Troupe Jia chair.
The Vesper Console is decorated with bookends by Chen Chen and Kai Williams, anchoring the focal point of the open living room. A Howard sofa by Egg Collective, Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis and vintage Danish armchair are placed on a vintage French rug from the 1940s, creating a comfortable gathering place for the family. The coffee table is by Home Studios and the Tulip planter, which holds a fragrant olive tree, is by Eny Lee Parker. In the dining room, a custom Swing Pendant by Home Studios hangs above a Column table in walnut by Fort Standard; vintage Model 80 dining chairs by Niels Otto Møller accompany. The Ceri Müller vase and Henry Wilson candle holders offer dimension and decorative function.
The intent of all Home Studios projects is to use color selectively, and the palette of Bond Street is deliberately neutral and calm. Farrow and Ball’s iconic color, “Pointing”, softly covers each of the resident’s walls while the custom kitchen cabinets pop thanks to the paint brand’s subdued blue-grey “Pigeon”—the shade’s impact reminiscent of the colorful expression of Parisian courtyard doors.
The use of “Pigeon” also complements additional kitchen details, including the Rosa Aurora Macchia Vecchia honed marble countertop and Waterworks fixtures, with a custom copper hood perched above a Wolf range. The custom copper and nickel kitchen lighting is by Home Studios. Plants designed to be placed in the two window wells behind the kitchen counter imbue an additional sense of life to the space. Last, a vintage Vittorio Dassi desk and bookcase, along with a vintage Moroccan Beni rug, provide a cozy moment in the kid’s bedroom.
The renovation serves as a testament of strength in collaboration and vision between Home Studio and client, who approached Home Studios after they fell in love with the studio’s notable interior work for some of New York City’s most beloved bars and restaurants, including Elsa and Goat Town. The final product is a near-ideal extension of Home Studios process and values – a place that offers its residents something truly unique.
Material Used :
LIVING ROOM
1. Chen Chen and Kai Williams: Liquid Metal Stool, 2017
2. Chen Chen and Kai Williams: Metamorphic Rock Bookend, 2011
3. Max Lamb: Woodware Side Chair, 2011
4. Sabine Marcelis: Candy Cube, 2019
5. Ceri Müller: “A Moment and Time,” 2020
6. Egg Collective: Howard Sofa, 2019
7. Home Studios: Walnut and Rattan Table, 2020
8. Home Studios: Oak and Brass Wall Unit, 2020
9. Carl Aubock: Coasters with rack, 1950s
10. Vintage chairs: Denmark, 1950s
11. Vintage pendant: Country unknown, 1930s
12. Vintage rug: France, 1940s
13. Vintage lamp: Netherlands, 1930s
14. Zhu Jinshi: “Anti-portraitism,” 2019
DINING ROOM
1. Fort Standard: Column Dining Table, 2019
2. Henry Wilson: Almendres Candle Holders, 2019
3. Ceri Müller: “Straight Curves,” 2020
4. Eny Lee Parker: Tulip Planter, 2019
5. Home Studios: Custom HW03 pendant with 3 globes, 2017
6. Niels Otto Møller: Model 80 chair, 1960s
KITCHEN
1. Pat Kim: Wood Turned Trays, 2019
2. Eny Lee Parker: Lumpy vase, 2019
3. Home Studios: Nickel and Brass ceiling light, 2020
HALLWAY
Jamie Hawkesworth: “Upminster, Essex,” 2012
BATHROOM
1. Home Studios: Copper mirror, 2020
2. Home Studios: Copper and oak ladder, 2020
KID’S BEDROOM
1. Vintage rug: Moroccan Beni rug, 1980s
2. Vintage desk: Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
MASTER BEDROOM
1. Natalie Hererra: Stem Vases, 2019
2. Atelier de Troupe: Jia Chair, 2020
3. Home Studios: Walnut, copper, rattan and travertine bed, 2020
4. Home Studios: Oak and travertine bookcase, 2020
5. Vintage lamp: France, 1940s
6. Landon Metz: “Untitled,” 2020
MASTER BATH
1. Home Studios: Steel and glass pendant, 2020
2. Home Studios: Mirror and glass vanity, 2020
PAINT FINISHES
1. All walls, ceiling and trim: Farrow & Ball “Pointing”
2. Kitchen cabinets: Farrow & Ball “Pigeon”
3. Kid’s Bedroom: Farrow & Ball “Calluna”
STONE
1. Kitchen: Rosa Aurora Macchia Vecchia
2. Hallway and master bedroom: Santa Caterina Travertine
3. Master bathroom: Arabescato Classico
