{"id":237650,"date":"2024-10-09T08:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=237650"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T15:17:14","slug":"brooklyn-townhouse-by-cece-stelljes","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/brooklyn-townhouse-by-cece-stelljes\/","title":{"rendered":"Step Into A Chic Urban Sanctuary In The Heart Of Williamsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The open-plan parlor level terminates at one end with the living area, where a vintage floor lamp, Spun brass side table, and quartzite-surround fireplace flank an off-the-shelf cocktail table and seating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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October 9, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Lisa Di Venuta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Eric Laignel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Step Into A Chic Urban Sanctuary In The Heart Of Williamsburg<\/h1>\n\n\n

When designer Cece Stelljes and her husband, developer Yuval Berger, purchased an early 20th\u2013century Williamsburg house in 2014, they\u2019d been renting a smaller residence in nearby Greenpoint, just had their third son, and hoped to renovate the new home to live in with their young family. But, \u201cIt turned out to be a teardown,\u201d recalls Stelljes, who at the time was co-owner of Revamp, which fittingly had just won an Interior Design<\/em> Best of Year Award for a West Village town house project. By 2020, Stelljes had launched Stelljes Design, collaborated on residential-development properties with Berger, and, finally, broke ground on that Williamsburg site. \u201cIt was the first time I\u2019d design a town house from scratch,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d never know it from the result. Encompassing a 1,000-square-foot garden apartment, plus a 2,800-square-foot triplex with three bedrooms, an open-plan parlor level with generous kitchen, a home office, and enviable outdoor space, the new home has major curb appeal: white brick, black cornices, a pitched roof, and an entry courtyard with a newly planted honey locust tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three levels of a new four-story town house in Williamsburg are linked by a custom C-shape stair with treads, risers, and handrail in stained white oak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Across from the balustrade, constructed on-site of wood framing, gypsum board, and drywall compound, an aperture fitted with frosted glass affords the adjacent bathroom light and privacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Inside is equally eye-catching. Although Stelljes, now design director at Jeffrey Beers International<\/a>, has been a Brooklynite since 2001, the interiors have a decidedly global air, with influences ranging from France to Brazil. In fact, the centerpiece, a sculptural C-shape stair, evokes the work of Oscar Niemeyer, whom Stelljes had studied while earning her master\u2019s at Pratt Institute (it was a Queens-based fabricator, however, who pulled off the connector). High ceilings, oak herringbone flooring, and a black-stone fireplace nod to Haussmann typology. \u201cMy dream aesthetic is to take a gorgeous old Parisian apartment, add modern furniture and color. . .marry tradition with today\u2014I got to explore that idea with this building,\u201d Stelljes notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, though, the walls remained white. That\u2019s because the family never moved in. Even though furnished with her own vintage gems, family-friendly pieces from Anthropolgie, CB2, and IKEA, and eclectic artwork\u2014some by the designer herself\u2014Stelljes and Berger decided to rent the property, as their boys, now a tween and teens, are firmly ensconced in their local schools. But they may eventually call it home. \u201cIt is spacious,\u201d she concludes, \u201cso it\u2019s very enticing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stroll Through A Spacious Townhouse Meant For City Living<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The open-plan parlor level terminates at one end with the living area, where a vintage floor lamp, Spun brass side table, and quartzite-surround fireplace flank an off-the-shelf cocktail table and seating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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White oak meets Calacatta Monet marble in the kitchen, with Morghen Studio\u2019s Shiva pendant fixture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Faced in painted brick, the 3,800-square-foot town house contains a separate garden-level apartment and a setback top floor to allow for a terrace off the home office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Under a skylight, the handrail is a single continuous piece of oak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Artwork there is similarly accessible, the Basquiatesque wall piece purchased for $20 in Seattle, the concentric wood item from Etsy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A painting by Stelljes Design founder Cece Stelljes hangs in the main bedroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A vintage desk and Turkish rug appoint the home office, which can double as a guest bedroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the two additional bedrooms is furnished for young children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT SOURCES FROM FRONT: GRAND STAIRS:<\/strong> CUSTOM STAIR, CUSTOM HANDRAIL (STAIRWAY). VELUX: <\/strong>SKYLIGHT. BENCH-MADE MODERN: <\/strong>SOFA (LIVING AREA). LAWSON-FENNING: <\/strong>SIDE TABLE. SAFAVIEH: <\/strong>RUG. SPOONFLOWER: <\/strong>THROW PILLOWS. BIG APPLE FIREPLACE: <\/strong>FIREPLACE. MARBLE-LITE: <\/strong>MANTLE, FIREPLACE SURROUND (LIVING AREA), COUNTERTOPS (KITCHEN). ANTHROPOLOGIE: <\/strong>CHAIR, COCKTAIL TABLE (LIVING AREA), DAYBED (OFFICE). IKEA: BENCH (LIVING AREA), BEDS (BEDROOMS). JUSTICE DESIGN GROUP: <\/strong>SCONCE (LIVING AREA). CB2: <\/strong>CREDENZA (LIVING AREA), CHAIR (OFFICE), TABLE LAMP (KIDS\u2019 BEDROOM). THROUGH ETSY:<\/strong> WOOD ART (LIVING AREA), VINTAGE RUG (OFFICE). THROUGH SALON DESIGN:<\/strong> CHANDELIER (KITCHEN). SCHWINN HARDWARE; SUPERFRONT: <\/strong>HARDWARE. KALLISTA: <\/strong>SINK FITTINGS. BERTAZZONI: <\/strong>RANGE. VENT-A-HOOD: <\/strong>HOOD. LOSTINE:<\/strong> TABLE LAMPS (MAIN BEDROOM). ROMO: <\/strong>PILLOWS. ETHNICRAFT: <\/strong>SIDE TABLES (MAIN BEDROOM, OFFICE). THROUGH REPOP:<\/strong> DESK (OFFICE). WEST ELM: <\/strong>FLOOR LAMP. STRING FURNITURE: <\/strong>SHELVING UNIT (KIDS\u2019 BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT SOURCES THROUGHOUT: PELLA: <\/strong>WINDOWS. S&B CAST STONE: <\/strong>WINDOW TRIM. KINGS BUILDING MATERIAL: <\/strong>FACADE BRICK. EDON COMPOSITES: <\/strong>CORNICES. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO: <\/strong>PAINT. ARJUNE DESIGN STUDIO: <\/strong>ARCHITECT OF RECORD. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTEGRATED: <\/strong>STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. ADAL ENGINEERING: <\/strong>MEP. NEW ANTIQUITY: <\/strong>MILLWORK. PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP: <\/strong>GENERAL CONTRACTOR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n