This Brooklyn Rental Is Full of Extremely Cool Handmade Furniture (and Joy!)
This Brooklyn Rental Is Full of Extremely Cool Handmade Furniture (and Joy!)
Designer Ezekiel Nelson moved to Brooklyn in “search of a space that could support my attempt at designing and constructing all the furniture and items to fill it. I was lucky to have found that apartment, and since then me and my dog have slowly built it into a space we can enjoy,” he writes of the 700-square-foot apartment he’s rented for 10 months with his dog, Renzo.
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He says that “every piece of furniture was deliberately and carefully designed to meet a specific function. Whether it’s a section of the sofa perfect for my dog to rest, or a drawing board to support my constant sketching. This small space has been molded into all we need … with some added play.”
“So far in my (limited) design career I know I have continued to gravitate toward design that presents honesty, expresses logical and joyful construction connections, and, perhaps above all, utilizes common materials used in an uncommon way,” he writes.
“Furthermore, the design concepts worked to infuse bursts of color into these recognizable materials — rekindling joy and curiosity within the space.”
Resources
LIVING ROOM
- Metal Archway — Designed and installed by me
- Judd Piece — Skilset (a local studio making objects from reused materials)
- Bar Car — Designed and built by me
- Large Painting — Vintage from JAM (a local architecture studio and vintage shop)
- Metal and Blue Shelves — Designed and built by me
- “Poof” on Wheels — Designed and built by me (wheels came from Webstaurant store)
- Sofa — Designed and built by me (fabric from Kirkby Design)
- Rug — Etsy
- Coffee Table — Designed and built by me
- Rubber Tree Plant — Dahing Plants
- Floor Lamp — Designed and built by me
- Console — Designed and built by me
- Transparent Frame — Designed and built by me
- Speakers — Amazon
DINING ROOM
- Floral Posters — Vintage Heronim Wysocki secondhand
- Table — Urban Outfitters
- Chairs — Mart Stam Chairs secondhand
- Coasters — 3Form
HALLWAY
- Console Table — Designed and built by me
- Blue Acrylic for Table — Canal Plastics
- Red Shelf — Skilset (a local studio making objects from reused materials)
- Wire Grid Light — Designed and built by me
- Drawing Board — Designed and built by me
- New Yorker Poster — Secondhand
BEDROOM
- Rug — Sean Brown Curves Collection
- Bedding — Midnatt
- Table — Designed and built by me
- Curtains — IKEA
Thanks, Ezekiel!
This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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