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Take oak cabinets in a grain-visible paint finish, tall Shaker units and a wrap-around white quartz worktop and you have a striking, contemporary riff on the classic Shaker style. Stamford by Brit based Naked Kitchens.

Polished and refined, yet casual and livable. This gorgeous 900 sq ft, Greenwich Village apartment with 13 ft ceilings is owned by Gil Shafer of G.P. Shafer Architect. When Gil first purchased and guy-renovated this parlor floor apartment in Greenwich Village over 20 years ago, he conceived every architectural detail as though it were in an original 1840s Greek Revival townhouse. Two stately ionic columns and a custom designed scaglolia mantelpiece define the living room, echoing the Greek Revival moldings, custom-patinated brass hardware, and hand-painted, faux-grained mahogany doors throughout the residence. The latest reimagining of the apartment reflects a nuanced, subtly contemporary aesthetic that fits seamlessly within the traditional, largely-unchanged envelope. Neutral fabrics mixed with antique textiles and a graphic, black and white Iranian flatweave carpet add an unexpected spark to the more refined period details.

Take an old hardware store and transform it into a contemporary designer home. Give it some Californian cool and the beauty of a carefully crafted Japanese home all the while being slap bang in Amsterdam. Could end up being a cultural mess but in the hands of Barde + vanVoltt it’s a simple triumph of detail and execution.

This Silicon Valley house by Landed Interiors is inspired by modern homes with Shaker simplicity and classically casual interiors. With its cheerful colour palette and much-loved art collection, the home is the perfect mix of Cali cool and down-home farmhouse modern.

Photography by Brad Knipstein

From its elegant orangery style window and high ceilings in the living room to the cosy kitchen, from the verdant garden back through to the sweet and most likely hard-working scullery come laundry this London maisonette in Brondesbury Road has stolen my heart. Now if only I could move to London during the pandemic (my whole country is isolating from the world) I’d make it mine. For sale via UK historical home estate agency and sister agency to The Modern House Inigo.