We’ve gotten a lot of questions about what colors and specifications we used at our Moffat Residence, so we’re sharing a comprehensive list, which goes through each room of the house.

VESTIBULE

We initially had chosen a dark wallpaper for this room! We haven’t quite gotten there yet, but we love the color of this room, it looks great from the street. We used the same color in the small office that I’m currently using as a painting studio, and we think it makes the room feel brighter than it otherwise would.

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Arctic Seal
Tile: Agadir White Cement Tile from Cement Tile Shop
Door hardware: Baldwin Hollywood Hills Entrance Trim

ENTRY HALL

We love the intricate woodwork on this staircase! It was really one of the reasons that we fell in love with the house. I hadn’t ever seen a railing like this before, with all the horizontal pieces. We wanted to use a darker tone for the walls in order to really make this detaiing pop.

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Soho Loft
Floor finish: Bono Traffic Naturale
Trim color: Benjamin Moore Vanilla Milkshake

LIVING ROOM

I think of all the rooms in our home, this one is my favorite to be in. I find I’m always taking pictures of James and our cat in here. We have an enormous 6’ wide window in our front façade, so we just get a ton of natural light, and the color is so rich. We wanted our furniture in here to have a very casual feeling, so we have a swivel chair, a pouf, and an assortment of pillows and side tables that get moved around based on what we are doing. We love the big pouf in the middle of the room; our cat is always playing hide-and-seek around it.

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Lost Locket
Rug: White Braided Jute
Sofa: Dune Sofa by Industry West, in dark green velvet
Pouf: Ferm Living Large Round Pouf in Gray Velvet
Shelving: CB2 Stairway Bookcase
Credenza: Classic Credenza by Eastvold Furniture
Lamp: Noguchi Akari floor lamp
Side table: Roger Stool form the Danish Design Store
Mirror: West Elm
Vase on mantel: Wrenlab Ceramics, a fun Brooklyn-based ceramicist
Chair: Alice Chair from Interior Define
Throw pillows: Hem Storm Cushion, Blu Dot
Pendant: Lucciola Pendant Light, large, by Vistosi

TV ROOM

Another thing we love about this house is that our parlor floor is three rooms deet, which means we can have a separate TV room and Living Room. We don’t watch a ton of TV, so it is nice that our living room furniture arrangement doesn’t have to be dictated by the TV location. We chose a large and comfortable sofa from Interior Define, which fits perfectly in this spot! The rug is a taupe color that carries through some of the pink from the living room, and we loved how the squiggle pattern works with the spirograph geometric design in the print we have.

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Soho Loft
Sofa: Gray Sofa form Interior Define
Blanket: Marimekko Orkanen in pink and dark blue
Lamp: Vintage Double Jielde Floor Lamp
Artwork: Dan Hillier screenprint
Rug: Walkabout Rug by Lori Weitzner, West Elm
Side Table: by Akron Street
Media Cabinet: Blu Dot Dang Media Stand in Sweetness

DINING ROOM

I am a big fan of separating the dining room from the kitchen when possible. I don’t enjoy doing dishes, and I don’t want to look at them while I am eating! The wall color in this room is really fun, the color seems to change from blue to pink depending on the lighting. I suppose that is because the color is called Lilac Hush—it must have both blue and pink pigments that come at in different conditions. The rug we selected is a dark green, which we thought would help the slate mantel pop, and also tie the room to the emerald sofa in the living room. We chose a black table and chairs to ground the space.

We have several pieces of furniture that incorporate walnut. Since we kept the original pine floors, we had trouble incorporating other natural wood elements, because we felt that pieces made out of oak or beech tend to make the floors look more rustic than they otherwise do. The walnut is more of a contrast, though, and we think it actually complements the more rustic flooring. It took us a long time to decide on what to put on either side of our fireplace in the dining room, but these cabinets form IKEA ended up being perfect! They are sized perfectly, and they have such a simple, classic design.

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore Lilac Hush
Table: Ferm Living Mingle Table Top in Charcoal Linoleum (I love linoleum)
Chairs: Note Chair from DWR (this is an excellent value chair!)
Walnut storage cabinets: IKEA Stockholm collection
Art: One large print by Gene Kim, nine small ones from Ferm Living
Black ceramics (also in kitchen): traditional ceramics from Portugal called Barro Preto, where the clay is fired in a handmade oven with a pile of wood. The clay turns black form the process, and it has a really handsome matte surface texture. The process is very labor intensive, and it is at risk of becoming extinct, because it is very difficult to master.

Sconces: They are from Sogni Di Cristallo. They have such fun pieces! I love their monochrome chandeliers as well, they are so silly.
Chandelier: West Elm Pelle Chandelier
Planter: Group Partner
Rug: overdyed vintage Turkish, from Revival Rugs

KITCHEN

We loved the idea of going with soapstone counters, so we could make the sink out of the same material. It’s also nice that it’s a very classic Americal material. I was very interested to read the recent article about soapstone in Remodelista! I have many of the same complaints about it. I started off oiling the stone regularly with mineral oil, but that took so much upkeep, and I didn’t like that it would leave spots on any papers I left on the counter for too long. I noticed that the inside of my sink was darkening much more naturally and beautifully than my counters were, so I’ve actually started just letting it go natural, and occasionally cleaning it with some really diluted soap and a scotch-brite pad. I think it will settle into a gorgeous lived-in patina within a few years, but it is definitely taking some patience.

Wall Color: Benjamin Moore Lilac Hush
Cabinetry Color: Benjamin Moore Blacktop
Millworker: James Harmon of Workshop Brooklyn
Countertops: Soapstone, with integrated soapstone sink
Backsplash: Daltile Keystone Mosaics, it’s a unibody porcelain
Range: Blomberg 30” Pro gas range
Fridge: Blomberg 30” Fridge
Faucet: Delta Trinsic Pull-down kitchen faucet
Range hood: Prestige 10” Compact Insert (it is completely built into the space above the shelf, which runs the length of the room)
Pendant: Menu Triad Pendant Light
Dish towels: Ferm Living Blend kitchen towel in green
Black cutting boards: Epicurean

POWDER ROOM

Having a powder room is something I view as a real luxury in New York City! We wanted to have as much fun in there as we could, so we chose this almost-outrageous wallpaper full of wild vegetation and animals hiding around. I wish I could have a dress made out of this pattern. James and I actually hung the wallpaper ourselves to save a bit of money. Wallpapering is hard work! Now I know why it is expensive to hire someone else to do it. We would hang two panels and then stop for the day, I think it probably took us 6 weeks to finish. I wouldn’t attempt doing this alone, or at all if you or your partner get easily frustrated.

Wallpaper: Cole and Son Singita, from the Ardmore collection.
Sink: Nameeks CeraStyle Ceramic Wall-Mounted sink
Art: print by Pixote, a local street artist.

MASTER BEDROOM

The guest room at the front of the house is actually larger than this room, but we prefer to sleep in this back room. It is quieter, and we have an enormous hemlock tree in our back yard, which you can’t see in the photographs, but its branches fill the view out our windows, so it is like we are in a tree house. The painting over the mantel was something I accidentally won in an auction, it was painted by an artist in Maine in 1897, it’s supposed to show Lady Godiva riding around the village nude on her horse. I love how dreadful this painting is, it cracks me up. James doesn’t find it as funny. The perspective is all wrong and there is a hideous white dog in the bottom corner.

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Picket Fence
Pendant: Craigslist purchase! Supposedly originally from ABC Carpet and Home.
Rug: Another overdyed Turkish rug from Revival Rugs
Bed: Jennings Bed from Room and Board
Dressers: West Elm
Nightstands: My father very kindly built them for us!
Duvet: Linen Duvet in Dark Grey from Two Dawson
Sconces: Double-Jointed Swing Lamp

GUEST BEDROOM

This room was actually used as Shapeless Studio’s first office for about a year when we were starting up! It was really wonderful to not have a commute at all, and it really was bittersweet for me when we outgrew this space. I’ve really enjoyed the wall color in this room. It is the lightest that we chose in the house, and this room faces west. In the late afternoon when the sun sets, it really glows, and all these interesting orange undertones pop out. On dark, rainy days, it really looks a lot more greenish. I enjoy living in a house that seems to experience the same moodiness I do. It keeps things interesting!

Wall color: Benjamin Moore Grandma’s China
Light fixture: Lambert et Fils Dot Line Pendant
Bed: IKEA Nesttun
Duvet: from In Bed Store
Shelving: IKEA FJÄLKINGE
Drawings: by Sarah Giannobile
Baskets: Muji

BATHROOM

If there was one thing I could change about our renovation, I probably would have changed the floor in this bathroom to be a large honed sate tile! After finishing our project, I discovered a few slate companies from upstate NY and Vermont that sell the exact same green splotchy slate that our fireplace is made out of. That would have been so lovely, especially with the mix of white wall tiles! Sometimes it is hard being an architect. I am constantly redesigning my surroundings in my mind! The projects are never done.

Plumbing: California Faucets Tiburon collection
Vanity: Made by James Harmon of Workshop Brooklyn
Vanity Top: Integrated Corian sink by Grifform
Bathtub: Mirabelle Sitka Soaking Tub
Floor Tile: Agadir White Cement Tile from Cement Tile Shop
Wall Tile: Mix of gloss whites, Daltile Metro Collection
Stool: from Urban Outfitters
Hooks: Circle Wire Hook by New Made LA
Towel Bars: Schoolhouse Electric Nicolai Towel Bar in natural brass
Cabinet Knobs: Emtek 86152, installed without backplate

Moffat Townhouse, Room By Room