{"id":191235,"date":"2026-04-09T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191235\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:22:10","slug":"this-1901-brooklyn-townhouse-ignores-restraint-and-goes-all-in-on-british-florals-and-color-drenching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191235\/","title":{"rendered":"This 1901 Brooklyn Townhouse Ignores Restraint\u2014and Goes All in on British Florals and Color Drenching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because the 3,300-square-foot, four-story home had been updated just a decade earlier, it didn\u2019t call for a gut renovation. Instead, Lee and her client treated it like a rewrite: revisiting every surface, refinishing where needed, and reworking key areas to better align with the homeowner\u2019s day-to-day life.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Home Decor Fireplace Indoors Rug Architecture Building Furniture Living Room Room and Chair\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bespoke%20Only%20Bergen%20St%20(03).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/pinchdesign.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinch London<\/a> sofa in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierrefrey.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Frey<\/a> fabric anchors the living room, paired with a vintage wingback chair from <a href=\"https:\/\/finchhudson.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopuBBAz4ktEF5bfhLSNlLcIppkDXuQ1rMGPLFF6R4IDV63Jmetd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Finch Hudson<\/a> and a vintage rosewood and marble coffee table by Ib Kofod-Larsen. Above the fireplace hangs Nancy Friedemann-S\u00e1nchez\u2019s Cornucopia with Pineapples, which was original to the house. Dala horses from Nusn\u00e4s line the mantle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that I wanted each room to have a very specific feel and its own identity,\u201d explains the client, who spends long hours writing scripts and migrates throughout the house during the day. Lee\u2019s task was to express those distinct identities without turning the house into a patchwork of competing ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Architecture Building Dining Room Dining Table Furniture Indoors Room Table and Home Decor\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bespoke%20Only%20Bergen%20St%20(06).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1960s oak chairs attributed to Henning Kj\u00e6rnulf, upholstered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namaysamay.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Namay Samay<\/a> fabric, surround a French Provincial fruitwood dining table. An Austrian brass chandelier from the 1950s hangs above, while Swedish pine sconces with pleated shades, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22548901388&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADhpJtXvToZC5DydzjOFpkEcq-KBh&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw-dfOBhAjEiwAq0RwIzCPXo7eyc6SnND-16HnK7EwsH6BZqD80JuRbALJ38eNCharYyptnhoCwf8QAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1stDibs<\/a>, line the walls. The antique European rug is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woven.is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woven<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The solution was to establish a through line in the staircase and hallways, where House of Hackney florals wrap walls and a pale teal paint covers stair treads, and dark runner with red botanical accents grounds the space. The combination sets a bold, eclectic tone\u2014one that nods to the British countryside, with hints of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/story\/art-deco-interior-design-101\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Art Deco<\/a> and vintage Nordic style. Each room evolves from this visual center, either leaning into the drama or offering a quieter counterpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Because the 3,300-square-foot, four-story home had been updated just a decade earlier, it didn\u2019t call for a gut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,15519,15517,9,24,63,15518],"class_list":["post-191235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-domestic-home-tour","tag-home-tour","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-web-exclusive-home-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}