Columbia Heights

Located in a former five-story parochial school in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District, this renovation combines two one-bedroom apartments into a 1,600 sq ft home for living and working.

Built in 1922 as a school and converted to condos in the 1980s, the project opens high-ceilinged spaces to apartment-wide windows, with two oversized sliding oak partitions providing flexible separation. Custom cabinetry integrates the kitchen, bookshelves, and hidden storage, while saturated paint accents contrast the stained oak, rough-formed concrete ceilings, and patinaed maple floors. Locally fabricated woodwork and custom designed furniture, including the bed, dining table and pot rack, reinforce the apartment’s material and spatial language. The result is a richly detailed interior, infused with light, that honors the building’s history and the owner’s lifestyle.