Maybe it’s the result of being cooped up for a year, or the sameness the days tend to take on, but lately I’ve surprised myself by seeking out bright hues and unexpected patterns in lieu of my usual all-neutral M.O. It seems I’m not alone, either: A dose of color just feels apt for this particular moment.
When Julie sent me this Brooklyn project a few weeks ago, in the middle of a rather grey stretch of weather, it felt like a refreshing palette-cleanser for the eyes. The century-old townhouse in Bushwick was redone top to bottom for a pair of artists by Leonidas Trampoukis, Eleni Petaloti, and Isabel Sarasa Mene of New York- and Greece-based LOT Office for Architecture. The exterior is painted boldly, and rather fittingly, in a blue hue reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nude or Yves Klein; inside are surprising moments of lavender and even silver—a welcome antidote to the expected and monochrome. Take a look.
Photography by Brian W. Ferry, courtesy of LOT Office for Architecture.
![the townhouse is blue all over—fence, waste receptacles, and steps inclu 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-exterior-733x1100.jpg)
![inside, the architects stripped the three story, 3000 square foot space down to 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-living-2-733x489.jpg)
![translucent polycarbonate panels connect a few of the rooms for brightness. 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-living-4-733x1026.jpg)
![mercury silver curtains add a surprising backdrop to a sitting area (and emphas 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-living-3-733x1100.jpg)
![a hall takes on a lavender cast, \2\20;a combination of the bathroom col 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-hall-733x1100.jpg)
![the design uses an impactful mix of materials: mirrors, painted metal, black st 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-bed-733x1100.jpg)
![dashes of yellow in a bedroom. a built in sleeping platform beneath the windows 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-bedroom-733x489.jpg)
![a petite bath is cloaked all over in salmon pink—even the tiling around 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-bath-733x1100.jpg)
![behind the townhouse is a private patio, which lot built around an existing mag 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-outdoors-2-733x1100.jpg)
![a corrugated metal surround \2\20;picks up all color changes throughout 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-outdoors-733x489.jpg)
![another element of blue: a perforated aluminum curtain that can divide the outd 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/lot-blue-building-brooklyn-brian-ferry-exterior-2-733x638.jpg)
More spaces in bold hues:
- A London Designer’s Apartment Remodel for a Demanding Client (Her Mother)
- Color Therapy: Surprising Shades in an Edinburgh Guesthouse
- My Life in Colour: 8 Lessons from Gillian Lawlee’s Anti-Trendy LA Cottage
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