Photography by Joshua McHugh, styling by Andrew Stewart/Crying Coyote, courtesy of McKay.
After nearly a decade working for blue-chip interior design firms, the kind that regularly land their large-scale residential projects on the pages of Architectural Digest and Elle Decor, Matt McKay officially struck out on his own last year.
Recently, he was hired by two longtime friends, now married with a dog, to do the interior design for their compact West Village townhouse.
We worked with a combination of new artisan made pieces collectible design and custom fabricated pieces to suit the space along with a considered assortment...
...of vintage finds shares Matt who brought on friend and fellow Sawyer Berson alum Allen Robinson to help with the drawing permitting and coordination of the project
The kitchen is on the garden floor of the townhouse and was inspired, Matt says, by a plywood kitchen he found on Remodelista.
The custom millwork continues in the adjacent dining area, with a banquette featuring storage drawers. The pillows are from artisanal textiles studio Zak + Fox, founded by Matt’s life partner, Zak Profera.
On the parlor floor, the cozy living room.
Another prized find: a tile-topped vintage Roger Capron coffee table.
Inspired by Jean Prouvé’s porthole doors, Matt designed hole-punched shutters for the home’s street-facing windows.
The sun-filled conservatory is just off the living room, floating above the kitchen. The cacti-like terra-cotta floor lamp (it’s one piece) is by Eny Lee Parker.
In an echo of the kitchen, oak millwork and slate make an appearance in the primary bedroom on the second floor.
Both the upholstered headboard and the coverlet were custom fabricated with Zak & Fox textiles.
More porthole shutters in the en suite bathroom.
The faucet is from Studio Ore. Note the cool earthenware sconce from Workstead.
The top level, with a table, bench, and chairs all from Another Country, “was intended as a work-from-home area [that] also needed to double as a space for guests,” says Matt.
The exterior of the townhouse needed nothing more than some paint and cleanup.