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Meet the yours, mine, and ours remodel. Scarlett Shao and Joseph Casper are a couple who share a passion for modern design, and specifically for a look they describe as \u201cminimal but lived in.\u201d Wanting to take a European approach to their Greenpoint, Brooklyn, remodel, they decided to assemble a far-flung team\u2014and had the vision (and the stamina and resources) to make that happen.<\/p>\n

A friend of a friend put them in touch with contractor Zach Rockhill, founder of Hatchet, a Brooklyn design-build firm that likes to employ artists (Rockhill is also a sculptor) and takes a clean-lined approach. He and his architect partner, Matt Ransom of Overhead Architecture, helped Joe and Scarlett find their place and come up with an ambitious plan for the overhaul. Hatchet agreed to oversee all architectural issues, execute the work\u2014and to collaborate with another design duo on the project.<\/p>\n

Enter interior architects Lea Korzeczek  and Matthias Hiller, the couple behind Studio Oink of Leipzig, Germany. Their signature playful minimalism\u2014Lea terms it \u201ca balance between poetry and function\u201d\u2014is what attracted Joe and Scarlett. Seeing Studio Oink\u2019s international work, including our feature on the Luminous Washington D.C. Row House that Lea and Matthias had designed from afar, inspired the Brooklyn couple to travel to Leipzig and enlist the two to work with Hatchet on their house.<\/p>\n

As for the place itself: a long search had led Joe and Scarlett to buy a modest 1930s wooden row house with nothing precious about it. \u201cIt was a narrow warren of rooms that enabled them to have a blank slate,\u201d says Matt. The team\u2019s mandate was to consolidate the divided structure into a single family home and fill it with sunlight and considered design. Of course, the lockdown delayed work by several months and along the way many of the materials Studio Oink had specced were hard to come by. Drawings got shared online, samples were mailed back and forth, debates happened by conference call, and the house got built. \u201cThere were a lot of voices in the room,\u201d says Matt, \u201cbut we speak the same design language: we all use color and materials judiciously.\u201d Come see the results.<\/p>\n

Photography by Matthew Williams, courtesy of Studio Oink.<\/p>\n


Above: For reasons of time and cost, the team elected to preserve the envelope of the 2,200 square-foot house though the interior was entirely rebuilt. They replaced the existing vinyl siding with shou sugi ban panels sourced from Nakamoto Forestry, \u201cone of the few providers in the US that still does this in the traditional method,\u201d says Matt. The circular lights are Piero Lissoni\u2019s Camouflage Outdoor Wall Sconce from Flos.,<\/p>\n

Lantai Ruang Tamu<\/h3>\n


Above: Early on, the Hatchet team under Matt came up with the idea of creating a light well in the center of the house by configuring the layout around a large skylight in the roof: \u201cthe structure is only 16 feet wide and 50 feet long, and all of the rooms look into the light well,\u201d says Matt. Studio Oink contributed finishes, furniture, and fittings in calm shades of pale and had a say in all of the planning. <\/p>\n

Shown here, the living room floor and open riser stair both of Douglas Fir. The floor is from Remodelista longtime favorite Dinesen of Denmark: \u201cwe just couldn\u2019t find anything nearly comparable in the US,\u201d says Joe. The Capsule Mirror is from Bi-Rite.<\/p>\n

Garden Floor<\/h3>\n


Above: A two-story kitchen is set in a newly excavated basement that opens to the garden. The home office is tucked into the birch plywood-paneled mezzanine that extends the length of the kitchen. <\/p>\n

The windows are ultra-efficient, triple-glazed models from Zola framed with spruce on the interior and black aluminum on exterior.<\/p>\n

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Above: The dining table and kitchen island are situated at the center of the house with the roof skylight overhead. The polished concrete floor has radiant heating. GDR (Good Dog Rosie), Hatchet\u2019s millwork team, built all of the cabinetry here and in most of the house.
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Above: A Muller Van Severen Neon Light hangs over the island stocked with Collapsible Storage Bins by Hay. The range is a Fisher & Paykel and the matte White Kitchen Faucet is from Nivito. The walls are painted in Skimming Stone, a warm light gray from Farrow & Ball.
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Above: The custom cabinets are birch plywood lightened with a natural bleaching agent. The satin nickel Ledge Pulls\u2014\u201dmore practical than touch latch,\u201d says Matt\u2014 are from Schoolhouse Electric. Studio Oink had to do a lot of convincing to get the team to use the Bouroullec brothers\u2019 matzo-like, thin, matte porcelain Pico tiles patterned with sunken dots on the counters (the tile pattern is much more visible in real life than it is in these photos).,<\/p>\n

\u201cCutting perforated tile in the US is cost prohibitive and we needed to do custom millwork in order to appropriately frame it,\u201d says Joe. \u201cHatchet was up to the task, but it took a lot of phone calls.\u201d \u201cThe result speaks for itself and creates a particularly warm and soft atmosphere in the kitchen,\u201d says Lea. \u201cA concrete surface or a surface made of Corian could never have achieved such a feel and look.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: The dining table and bench are Studio Oink designs built by local artist\/furniture maker William Fegan of Wild Willy\u2019s Woodshop. The Botolo chairs are a 1972 design still in production from Arflex. <\/p>\n

\u201cMinimalist style can sometimes appear very serious,\u201d say Joe. \u201cWe love the playful elements that Oink incorporates with their colors and silhouettes, and the way they make small spaces feel open.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: Happy to be home: \u201cWhen we started this project, I wasn\u2019t yet pregnant,\u201d says Scarlett, who grew up in Brooklyn and left a career in finance to focus on her ceramic art. \u201cWe thought we\u2019d be done before our daughter was born, but she was nearly a year and a half when we moved in.\u201d The large painting is by D\u00f3ra F\u00f6ldes, a Hungarian artist who Studio Oink introduced to Joe and Scarlett.
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Above: The fridge is concealed in an open pantry with outlets at counter height for making coffee. The ceramic water filter is a Walter on a steel stand.,

Above: The family spend most of their time in the kitchen and the sunken spot under the stair is the play area. The door leads to the guest bath and there\u2019s a guest room beyond the curtain. The Teepee is from Barcelona company Nobodinoz.
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Above: The compact bathroom has a stone Vasco Colonna Basin from Salvatori and Wall-Mounted One-Handle Faucet from Vola. Studio Oink supplied the metal soap bottle holder and towel hook. The walls are painted in Farrow & Ball Drop Cloth.
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Above: The shower is tiled in the same dot-patterned Pico Natural Blanc tiles from Mutina as the kitchen. The reeded glass partition\/splash guard is fixed in place with a powder-coated white metal frame around it. The glass lets light through and provides privacy while making the space feel bigger. <\/p>\n

Studio Oink are known for their rigor\u2014and willingness to go to battle over the fine details. \u201cEven though the house seems minimal and \u2018easy,\u2019 every element had to be right\u201d says Joe. \u201cAt times, it felt like we were having our thesis edited by our PhD supervisor. That came from Lea and Matthias\u2019s passion and perfectionism, which in the end we totally appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mezzanine<\/h3>\n


Above: The paneling of Finnish birch plywood (sourced from Koskisen) extends from one end of the house to the other, and was envisioned by Studio Oink \u201clike a big piece of furniture.\u201d
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Above: The office has a Studio Oink birch plywood desk at one end overlooking the backyard. The sconce is Signe Hytte\u2019s Journey from &Tradition and the hanging light is a Davide Groppi design. <\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, Studio Oink\u2019s European lighting choices took a lot of tracking down and coordinating with electricians. \u201cWe splurged on lighting because it felt important to the overall mood, \u201d says Joe. \u201cWe saved a bit by skimming down the planned built-ins. They would have been great to have, but as the bills kept growing we had to stop somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: The office overlooks the kitchen\u2014two sets of shutters close off the room and there are plans to install bookshelves to insulate the space. The other half of the mezzanine, not shown, has a piano. \u201cOne of the strengths of the house,\u201d notes Matt, \u201cis there are not a lot of normative rooms, there\u2019s open-endedness.\u201d,<\/p>\n

Tingkat Dua<\/h3>\n


Above: Scarlett and Joe\u2019s bedroom, with walls painted Farrow & Ball Jitney, is one of three on the second floor. Wild Willy\u2019s Woodshop built the couple\u2019s platform bed with integrated side tables. The pendant light is the Astep 2065 and the reading sconces are Davide Groppi\u2019s Mira Switch.
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Above: The main bath abuts the light well. To make it work Studio Oink inserted a panel of windows with a two-way mirror on the right, a true mirror on the left, and a center medicine cabinet with a sliding metal-mesh front. (\u201cGetting this right was a true collaboration,\u201d says Matt.) The marble-topped lacquered vanity has a double basin by Laufen Sonar and a built-in lacquered wood towel hook.
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Above: The upstairs front bedroom, currently a guest room, is painted in Farrow & Ball Setting Plaster. The wooden sideboard is a Studio Oink design topped with movable trays held in place by magnets. The potted monstera and fiddle-leaf fig overlooking the light well moved with the family from their former home.,

Above: The guest room has tilt-turn Zola windows and floor-to-ceiling, Adolf Loof-style wool curtains\u2014of Divina from Kvadrat\u2014 that slide across the wall. Studio Oink added the same curtains on the garden and parlor levels; when drawn they form a vertical plain that encloses the house. The linen Bed Cover is from Two Dawson.
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Above: The guest and  baby rooms share a tidy Jack and Jill bath painted in Farrow & Ball Skimming Stone. The toilet and sink are by Cielo. The Marble Pendant Light is from &Tradition.
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Above: The bathtub and shower are separated by pocket doors. Scarlett purchased linen yardage on Etsy and had a  neighbor stitch it into a shower curtain.,

Above: Upstate, NY, workshop Accordance with Nature was commissioned to make the wardrobe in the nursery: \u201cScarlett and Joe love working with the people who create the pieces,\u201d says Matt. \u201cThey\u2019re real design boosters.\u201d The Caravan Crib by Kalon converts into a toddler platform bed that can later be used as a divan.
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Above: A By M\u00f6lle Linen Curtain covers the window wall in the baby\u2019s room, which has a view across the light well. <\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s verdict on their maximalist approach to the remodel? \u201cIt\u2019s not easy catching a design firm who are putting their kids to bed while the architect and build team are trying to take their lunch break. And there are pros and cons of having multiple stakeholders who are passionate about their ideas. But it all came from a good place: everyone wanting to realize an excellent end product,\u201d says Joe. \u201cWe\u2019ve all become such good friends. We can\u2019t wait to be able to invite Lea and Matthias and their family to Brooklyn to see the results in person.\u201d  See more photos of the project at Hatchet.<\/p>\n

Studio Oink plans to continue working on \u201cprojects that are close to our hearts and with people for whom it is also an affair of the heart.\u201d Here are three more of their projects:<\/p>\n