A Retreat for World Travelers

This condo started with a clean layout and some great existing finishes, but it felt a lot like a clean slate lacking a personal touch. The spaces needed a refresh to incorporate the artifacts collected during this family’s travels that define their aesthetic style.

This targeted interior furnishings and finishes project focused on three main spaces — the living room hearth area, the primary bedroom, and the daughter’s bedroom — while we also adding much-needed storage throughout the home.

Optimization and augmentation of storage space helped give objects previously stashed in plain sight a spot to be tucked away. This allowed the mementos of trips abroad to shine on display. New storage spaces include shoe storage in the entry closet, drawers for the media wall in the family room, custom closets for the bedrooms, and shelving in the laundry room. Without adding any space to the condo, or taking away floor area, we greatly increased the storage capacity and functionality in the home.

Adding built-ins around the existing fireplace and hearth helped clean up all the TV components, a record player and record collection, added storage for toys and games, and created display space for treasured mementos. The new built-ins flow seamlessly with the existing quartz hearth, occupying the previously unused space below it. On the wall above, carefully laid-out shelves create a feature area that is high-functioning for both storage and display, but that doesn’t feel heavy or overpowering in the room.