.DHWendyGoodman reports on the push and pull on a Park Avenue co-op renovation
. Her married clients had bought this four-bedroom Park Avenue co-op, but were “polar opposites” in how they wanted to renovate it. “The wife really wanted a classic Upper East Side apartment” with “whitewash or ceruse everything, a grand piano in the living room, and gold leafing in the entry.” Meanwhile, “the husband loves contemporary art and collectible design.” And whatever they did had to work for the fact they had three young children.
The apartment had last been renovated in the 1950s; the couple are only the third owners. But the building had restrictions on how many months that work could take place–180 days was standard–so when Song took on the project in January 2020, after the apartment had been demo’d, the clock was ticking. Song, a modernist, teamed up with the already hired architect,, whose practice is steeped in a streamlined classicism.
“I don’t ever mind being wrong or finding a better way. Good design is so iterative; we are always responding to new or traditional ideas.”to partner with her on the project. They dug in with furniture plans. “Every successful project starts with math and then science,” Song says. “Science is responsible for the magic on a project. You have to nail the proportions, egress, clearance, dimensions, and other unspoken measurements. Nothing early on is the romantic stuff. Aesthetics follow science.
Take the paneling in the dining room. Song calls it “a Patrick Carmody special. It really gives the dining room a special presence.” Song says she helped navigate the styling and finish, wanting “the paneling to be natural in an ultramatte finish, making the wood appear to be raw and unfinished, creating a cool vibe and nod to the raw urban edge of the city.”
The living room, now. It’s grand enough for formal entertaining but comfortable for hanging out; the sectional sofa is designed by Song. It was fabricated by Ferrell Mittman. The new fireplace surround was custom-fabricated by
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