{"id":202039,"date":"2022-10-27T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=202039"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:08:26","slug":"studio-db-greek-revival-house-east-village","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/studio-db-greek-revival-house-east-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio DB Enlivens the Top Floors of a Greek Revival House in the East Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the dining area, velvet on the Kateryna Sokolva chairs coordinates with an oil paint\u00ading by Caroline Larsen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 27, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Edie Cohen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Matthew Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Studio DB Enlivens the Top Floors of a Greek Revival House in the East Village<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Designer Britt Zunino was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, her architect husband Damian in the West Village. But they\u2019re now both bona fide New Yorkers with four kids, a Union Square loft, and a Flatiron District\u2013based firm, Studio DB, founded in 2007. The pandemic notwithstanding, the practice is plenty robust. On the boards are some 20 projects including ones in Florida and Italy. Newly completed and closer to home are the top two floors of a circa 1900 Greek Revival house for another young Manhattan couple. In the East Village, the residence is near where the clients had been living but miles away in scope. From a tiny apartment, they came to this spacious condo comprising 3,200 square feet. \u201cThe property was bigger than anything they had ever owned,\u201d Britt Zunino begins. But it needed work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site was \u201cwas full of dark and heavy millwork, and they didn\u2019t want to do a lot of construction,\u201d Damian Zunino adds. Fortunately, all four shared a singular vision: airy and contemporary with limited pops of color. Studio DB<\/a>\u2019s initial approach entailed applying coats of light paint, refinishing the oak flooring, and adding \u201ctargeted gestures,\u201d in the form of unexpected wallpaper and knockout furnishings imparting individuality to each room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry is on the lower level, which is the private zone. Newly serene, the primary bedroom has whitewashed woodwork and a pleated cotton pendant fixture overlooking a bedframe and ribbed wool rug, both in creamy colorways. Also here is a guest bedroom, an office, and a music room. The winding stair, its spindles and handrail freshly painted ebony for contrast, leads to the upstairs public zone composed of a living room and a library, separated by pocket doors, and a contiguous family room, dining area, and kitchen-cum-sunroom leading to a terrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The surprising wow is the library. \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to use that wallpaper for a while,\u201d Britt Zunino says of the peony pattern, which \u201cis modern and fresh but appropriate for a town house, even if the palette is pleasingly off.\u201d Subtler but still happily surprising is the powder room\u2019s paper, its figures cavorting on a blush ground. The clients nixed a formal dining room, Studio DB instead installing a banquette that curves around a striking two-tone oak table and supplementing it with a pair of identical chairs, one upholstered in plum velvet, the other in mustard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other spaces read more subdued. In the living room, the Zuninos scaled up the fireplace mantel with marble and paired it with a generous ivory sectional. Nearby, they transformed an alcove into a beckoning reading spot, removing existing desks and inserting a built-in daybed. Another daybed, provocatively called Cleopatra and designed by Dick Cordemeijer in the 1950\u2019s, resides in the family room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renovation took place mid-pandemic, with all its logistical and supply-chain challenges. \u201cSo, we sourced vintage and local products where we could,\u201d notes Britt Zunino, sounding like a true resourceful New Yorker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In the living room of a two-story, two-bedroom apartment, a custom sectional faces a Reinaldo Sanguino artwork and the fireplace\u2019s new mantelpiece of Arabescato violet marble. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The stair\u00adway\u2019s handrail and newels are freshly painted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A concrete desk and a vin\u00adtage Poul Henningsen chair furnish the library, papered in a pattern by Superflower Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another custom sofa outfits the family room, its coffee table by Bower Studios, which introduced Studio DB to this client.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fort Standard\u2019s dining table combines fumed and clear oak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A custom daybed appoints the living-room alcove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Existing dark millwork was\u00a0painted in the main bedroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An\u00a0Allied Maker sconce joins Maison C. wallpaper in the powder room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In the sunroom leading to the terrace, the floor tile and steel-framed French doors were existing, but the Sika Design bar cart is new. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n