Athens Farmhouse explores how storytelling can shape a home’s design. Asked to create interiors that honour the property’s history, Studio Nick Spain built a narrative inspired by the 1845 wreck of the Steamboat Swallow. Subtle gestures borrowed from historic steamboat interiors, paired with a neo-gothic church pew reimagined as a kitchen banquette, bring this narrative to life. A custom Hudson River mural by Nina Barry anchors the hallway, creating a recurring, cinematic focal point that ties the home’s atmosphere to its imagined past.

Photography by James John Jetel.