The Greenwich Townhouse
A four-storey 1890s townhouse reimagined for a young family — preserving its bones while letting light and warmth flood back in.
Bringing a grand old house gently into the present.
When our clients found this Greenwich Village townhouse, it had been divided into dim rental units for decades. Our brief was to return it to a single family home — generous, light-filled and unmistakably contemporary, yet respectful of its 19th-century architecture.
We opened the rear of the parlour floor to the garden, restored the original plaster mouldings, and introduced a warm, tactile palette of oak, limewash, aged brass and bouclé. Custom joinery threads through every floor, hiding the practical chaos of family life behind serene, handle-free fronts.
The result is a home that feels both rooted and fresh — a place the family describe as "the calmest room in the city, four times over."
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Before
After
A room-by-room walk-through.
A palette you want to touch.
- FlooringRift-sawn white oak, oiled
- WallsHand-applied limewash
- MetalworkUnlacquered aged brass
- StoneCalacatta Viola & travertine
- UpholsteryWool bouclé & Belgian linen
- JoineryBespoke fumed oak, hand-built
They understood our family before they understood the house. Every morning we walk downstairs and feel genuinely lucky to live here — it's calm, it's warm, and it's completely us.
Eleanor & James WhitfieldHomeowners, Greenwich Village
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