“The original floorplan was from the 1980s, when rooms were small and plentiful,” says Chad Falkenberg, principal and co-founder of Falken Reynolds. “We removed everything inside the unit, taking it completely ‘back to the studs’.” The firm did away with a formal dining room, changing the two-bedroom plan into a single suite with a large dressing room and a bathtub in the bedroom with a direct line of sight to the view. The apartment also has large openings and very few doors, which help to make the home feel much larger than it is.
When it came to their preferred design, the clients had loosely defined a clean and modern scheme, which was also warm and sophisticated. “We wanted to create a space that was energising, but still felt very clear, refreshing and optimistic,” says Falkenberg, revealing that the wife’s fashion sense turned out to be a significant source of…
