Name: Katrine Hildebrandt + Peter Hussey
Location: Boston, MA
Size: 1800 square feet
Years lived in: 1
Katrine Hildebrant is a sculptor and artist. Peter Hussey is a woodworker and craftsman. Together, this husband and wife duo are designers that have created a beautiful home in their Boston loft. Their aesthetic is warm, natural, and structured from their own creations and wonderful, unique finds.
This spacious Boston loft is zoned for live/work artists, which works perfectly for the creative couple. Whenever inspiration hits, Peter can go to his workshop and Katrine step over to her art studio. This accessibility is invaluable to their craft, and it has also built their home into what it is today.
This loft is an industrial space, with its hard concrete floors and a metal staircase, yet the couple has warmed the space with weathered wood, lots of plants, and art/objects from friends and family. The upstairs shares this vibe with a copper ceiling, skylight, and three headed shower!
One of the most charming, and rare, facets of this Boston loft is its proximity to nature. The living room has a garage-style window that opens up to a beautiful brook. Additionally, the upstairs bedroom doors open up to an expansive roof deck, filled with plants and abundant sun.
It's a pleasure to see such a creative couple fill such an incredible space. You can see more of Peter and Katrine's art, homegoods, and furniture at Boston's twelve chairs and Room 68.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Favorite Element: Having our studios at home. It's great being able to step right in whenever inspiration hits.
Biggest Challenge: Getting used to the Amtrak and commuter rail noise.
Proudest DIY: Building the studio wall & sliding door that separates our living and workspace.
Future Improvement: Peter just made some stair treads from salvaged oak and chestnut to cover the metal grates on the stairs, which will be installed soon.
Best Advice: When working with an industrial space, using weathered wood and lots of plants and art/objects that are from friends/family makes the space feel more warm and inviting.
Dream Sources: Lloyd Kahn's publications.
Resources of Note:
LIVING ROOM
- • old ladder as plant holder
• garage door that opens to brook
• Work on paper and sculpture by Katrine Hildebrandt
DINING ROOM
- • Dining table - old farmhouse door
• Studio wall separator by Peter Hussey - White washed spruce barn boards
KITCHEN
- • Kitchen Island - refinished butcher block
BATHROOM
- • copper ceiling
• three-headed shower
KATRINE'S STUDIO
- • WWII Army cot found at yard sale for $3
• Katrine Hildebrandt pillows
Thanks, Katrine and Peter!
Images: Nick Siemaska
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How are there no comments???? This place is amazing! Congrats you two.
Probably my favorite home tour yet. I love the stairs over the railing--so playful! What a beautiful home.
AMAZING!!!!!
Forget the rest of the house...I'd live in that shower alone! So amazing. Love all the small details and pops of color. Love the use of greenery to add color and life to space. Glad to see an amazing space representing Boston!
It's so warm and cozy, despite being industrial. I really love all of the plants, and your living room looks so inviting.
SO COOL!!! And the shower!
I love the juxtapositions (a more "finished" furniture item placed next to a rustic/rough one), the pops of color, the use of the ladder and rough crates, the cool stairs, the way everything seems to just organically "belong" where they are.
One thought: The kitchen could maybe use a bit of rough texture in there somewhere? The whole kitchen is just "smoother" than the rest of the place.
You've done great things with the space!
Do you participate in Open Studios? Which one? And, yes I am interested in seeing your work as well as your home!
GREAT home!!!!!! I am so inspired to make my loft look "comfortable"...LOL
OH MY GOD! I love this place so much, it is the complete package. I would not change one thing. Thank you so much for showing us, I am completely inspired ! Fleur :)
Great space! Would love to see more of the studios and know which part of Boston this loft is located.:-)
So amazing. Her art is fantastic- talented couple. And I want that shower.
Also thanks for letting the carpet being a little messed up and showing us that you actually make coffee and do your laundry- makes me feel like I am looking at someone's actually home as opposed to a magazine.
Beautiful space and home.
Love the copper ceiling
Love the balcony garden.
I am rarely jealous. BUT. I am really jealous. Awesome home.
Such a lovely, soothing home! The bedroom is my idea of heaven. What kind of bedspread/blanket is that on the bed? I'm looking for exactly that!!!
Wowzerumba! Do you have room for a lodger? Totally in love with the shower - how do you ever get anything done? I'd be in there all day. And the bedroom, with the roof terrace! Blimey. And as if that wasn't enough, the view. Wow.
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my god, this is absolutely amazing!!!
Wow I love this. Before I had children my husband and created a loft space in our live-in studio. It was nothing as elaborate as this but it was an awesome space that I miss so much these days. Looking at this post makes me want to stop our traditional home space and start looking for downtown spaces again! So well done, very impressive!
What a very INTERESTING space, filled with beautiful things! The copper in the shower - Wow. but I love the character of the rest of the home even more! Great stuff here!! Love seeing gathered, personal, inspiring spaces like this.
Hope that arm heeled up, too. :)
This did not appeal to me. I did not like the mix of industrial and cottagey. I did not like the rugs. I would have used bold color, larger fewer wall hangings, and so forth.
Love love love ! The tour was very much like actually coming to visit. I am trying to do the same, incorporate working studio space into my home. So envy all your space! I got a kick out of how many things we have similar/same ! Kindred spirits:)
Thanks for the comments everyone. The space is a work in progress, at the time AT came to visit we had only been in there a few months. We are currently working on the kitchen. @ JT2 Agreed! We are replacing the counter-top with salvaged chalk board slate from an old schoolhouse along with maple butcher block to bring some much needed texture to the kitchen. We also plan make some changes to the railings to make it more open, and also strip the paint off the steel to get it back to it's raw state and to have some continuity in tones throughout the space.
@ LOLLYPUP - You can find us at SoWa open market http://www.sowaopenmarket.com this summer on May 20th, June 17th and Aug, 19th, we will also be there a few times in the fall.
@BATSQUATCH - Thanks. I have a show opening this fall at Bouy Gallery http://buoygallery.org/index.html which is in Kittery Maine. The show is a duo show with our dear friend Jenny who's work you can see here... http://jennymcgeed.com
@BROOKLYNS - The bedspread was found at Urban in the sale room. It's made from upclcyed saris from India. Looks like they have some on the website. Search One-of-a-Kind Chiti Kantha Quilt.
Thanks all,
K&P
There's a lot of nice stuff going on here. I read another Apartment Therapy reader's comment about some concrete tile treatment that I think would enhance the country-chic-industrial mix this couple has going on: http://www.smart-urban-stage.com/blog/future-of-the-city/new-ways-of-sanctuary/