"reBuild Workshop took a different tack in this three-story late 19th century row house, giving each half of the parlor floor its own distinct identity. The living room at the front remains generously laden with Victorian woodwork, while the kitchen/dining room at the rear is a totally new, mid-century-inspired space with a California vibe, filled with light and overlooking the garden. The modern additions were kept deliberately restrained in order to foreground the house's historic character."
"This central zone, containing closets and a powder room, is painted dark, with a lower ceiling that hides mechanicals above and differentiates the space from the rooms on either side. "We gave that area the feeling of a portal," said Felipe Torres, reBuild Workshop's lead architect on the project. "It creates a transitional moment into the more modern part of the house.""
"The building had seen many uses over the years, as a multi-family and even a yoga studio. Haralabides described the job as "an extensive but not full gut." When reBuild Workshop arrived on the scene, "It was all divided into little rooms, with a disjointed nature." The new layout includes a primary suite framed by curved bay windows on the second floor, plus additional bedrooms and baths,"
The back of the house has a mid-century California vibe while the front remains more traditional. The renovation gives each half of the parlor floor its own identity: a Victorian woodwork-laden living room at the front and a new, mid-century-inspired kitchen/dining room at the rear that fills with light and overlooks the garden. Modern additions were kept restrained to foreground the house's historic character. A cohesive palette of muted earth tones and warm woods runs throughout. A painted, dark central zone with a lower ceiling containing closets and a powder room serves as a defined threshold and portal between the disparate spaces.
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