New Work — Residential

Grove
Residence

A prewar apartment in the West Village

Location

West Village · NY

Year

2026

Area

850 sqft

Scope

Full Interior

On the Project

A note

Grove Street, 850 square feet, rebuilt around its own good bones.

The prewar detailing was left in place, cornice, herringbone oak, deep window reveals, and the renovation went inward, into a denser, darker palette: olive lacquered millwork, honed marble, walnut and burl, brass, and polished nickel. Each room was then given back its own architecture, on the European conviction that even a small footprint deserves proper rooms.

IThe Entry

Ceremony,
at the door.

The entry is treated as a formal threshold rather than a corridor, a globe lantern in glass and dark metal, a slim-framed mirror, a console on gilt fluted legs. In a plan this compact, ceremony at the door is a deliberate extravagance.

Entry — globe lantern, slim-framed mirror, console on gilt fluted legs — Globe lantern, slim-framed mirror, a console on gilt fluted legs

IIThe Salon

Two strong
gestures.

The salon holds the apartment's two strongest gestures: a mantel cut from green marble and a wall-scale canvas in rust, olive, and blush. Around them the furniture stays low, a curved sofa in moss velvet, a burl credenza, burl shelves stepped into the niche, so the room's height and its cornice stay legible.

Salon — green marble mantel, moss velvet sofa, wall-scale canvas — Green marble mantel against a wall-scale canvas in rust, olive, and blush

IIIThe Kitchen

Small, as an
advantage.

Olive lacquered cabinetry runs to the ceiling; a single green-veined marble wraps the counter and climbs the wall as backsplash. In a room this size the details carry it, the stone rises behind the range in a shaped return, a splash guard that reads, mostly, as ornament. Under linen roman shades, the West Village supplies the decoration: red brick, fire escapes, trees.

Kitchen — olive lacquered cabinetry, green-veined marble, West Village view — Olive lacquer to the ceiling; one marble, counter to backsplash

IVThe Bedroom

Painted in two
registers.

Muted green above, plaster white below, divided by a dark trim line that gives the tall wall a horizon. A walnut headboard wall runs edge to edge and carries the nightstands and their lamps; above the bed hangs a row of framed architectural studies.

Bedroom — two paint registers divided by a dark trim line, walnut headboard wall — Two registers, divided by a dark trim line

VThe Bath

Old habits,
kept.

White ceramic tile run to a green border, a floor patterned in white and olive green ceramic, a vintage washstand in dark stained oak topped with a new slab of Arabescato Capriola marble. The plumbing is polished nickel and left visible. The mirror, a soft irregular frame in the manner of Ponti, is the room's one flourish.

Bath — white ceramic tile to a green border, dark stained oak washstand, nickel plumbing — Square tile to a green border; nickel left visible

VIMaterial Palette

Olive, marble,
nickel.

The palette the rooms are built from: olive green lacquer, calacatta verde marble, dark stained oak, and polished nickel. Hover a line to bring its material into focus.