After a decade of working in style, 5 years of proudly owning a house items retailer, and 18 months of working her personal inside design, styling, and inventive follow, Lauren Williams Russett has one main takeaway: “I’m good at making issues look fairly, is what I’ve realized.” The reality to that assertion is clear within the Studio Solenne founder’s 1850s Anglo-Italianate brownstone in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood, which she fully reimagined whereas conserving historic particulars intact. Recent white oak flooring and millwork is juxtaposed with authentic plaster moldings and tin ceilings for an enthralling combine of latest and outdated.
Lauren then layered colourful textiles and artwork to deliver a cheerful, private air to the six-level house—however, like a real designer, she’s at all times switching it up. “I’m continually altering what now we have,” she admits. “It’s the character of being a inventive individual. Clearly, the great items are staying, however I’m nonetheless reupholstering some issues and rearranging rooms.” She lately moved round all her furnishings to stage her first group exhibit in the home, Echoes from Upstairs, which is on view by appointment till November 14. The present highlights tremendous crafts by gifted ladies but additionally underscores the brownstone itself as a murals.
Let’s take a tour.
Pictures by Malcolm Brown.
