By reimagining the original footprint of a former horse stable in Columbus, Ohio, studio Setess was able to transform once-isolated rooms into a sequence of convivial, flowing suites. One of these is the flexible office, swathed in moody sage that dialogues with the outdoors. The work from home space is filled with a constantly changing array of books, art, and objects that adapt to spontaneous meetings and entertainment needs alike. The approach, says principal interior designer Sam Nicholls, was to “lean into informality.” “The ability to not be stuck to one particular chair in one particular corner felt appropriate” for the clients, says Nicholls, who describes them as creatives eager to be “removed from the restrictions of a traditional working environment.”
Two adjacent apartments were united to form this 7,500-square-foot penthouse in New York’s West Village, complete with a primary suite carved into “his and hers” bathrooms, dressing areas, and offices. One of those workspaces, where the client also creates art, features a clever automated desk that can “lift to standing height, and also has a drafting table component so the center of the top can pop up to an angle to make it easier to draw on,” elaborates local designer Wesley Moon. To instill the space with the air of a welcoming living room, Moon married South Korean designer Wonmin Park’s resin coffee table with a tufted sofa, FJ Hakimian rug, and handpainted wallpaper from the Alpha Workshops. Flecked with trace amounts of reflective paint, the wall coverings, Moon points out, “change and warm with the west-facing sky and sunset.”
