BROWNSTONER | INTERIORS & RENOVATION
The Insider: Watercolor Tones, Work by Local Makers Warm New Heights Condo

Custom pieces and distinctive wallpaper keep the space clean and modern yet also cozy and welcoming.

“When a couple with two young kids bought an apartment on a high floor of a brand new luxury building, they realized that exactly none of the furnishings from their very different previous home ? a rented carriage house in the neighborhood ? would work in the new high-ceilinged space, with its bird?s-eye views of New York Harbor.

‘We all felt their furniture was not the right fit for their new apartment,’ said Brooklyn-based interior designer Laurie Blumenfeld, who masterminded the furnishing of the family?s new home. She designed a number of uniquely shaped custom pieces to suit the scheme, shopped for other all-new furniture and lighting, and made liberal use of distinctive wall (and ceiling) coverings, a signature of hers. ‘The goal was modern and clean, but also cozy and welcoming,’  Blumenfeld said ? ‘a refuge,’ as she put it, from the high-powered career worlds of her clients,

Blumenfeld lit upon the soft watercolor tones one member of the couple gravitated toward as a taking-off point, working up mood boards and color palettes in a pastel range. When the clients shared a desire to support local artists and designers, Blumenfeld was delighted. ‘I love to do that as well,? she said. ?I find them on Instagram, I find them at shows.’

– by Cara Greenberg (excerpt )