The Greenwich Townhouse · 2024
West Village, NY · Eight rooms
An interior studio · Brooklyn, NY
Solene is a small studio designing residential and hospitality interiors. We compose rooms slowly, for clients who plan to live in them for a long time.
— What we do
Whole homes, single rooms, and apartments. We draw the room, source every piece, and oversee the install.
4–10 monthsSmall hotels, restaurants, and studios. Rooms that perform under traffic and still feel inhabited.
6–14 monthsVintage hunts, dealer relationships in Paris and Brussels, and one‑off commissions from artisans we know by name.
OngoingWe draw the architecture alongside the interior — millwork, plasterwork, lighting plans. We work with your builder.
By inquiryThe pieces a room earns over time — art, textiles, ceramics — installed in a single afternoon.
2–4 weeksA room is not a performance. It is a place someone wakes up in.
№ 091 · 2024
A 1,400 sq ft loft remade for a painter. White-washed pine floors, lime walls, two Charlotte Perriand chairs found in Antwerp.
— A handful of rooms
Scroll right to walk through six recent commissions. Drag · or trackpad.
№ 094 · 2024
№ 091 · 2024
№ 088 · 2023
№ 084 · 2023
№ 079 · 2022
№ 071 · 2022
Solene is two of us — a designer and a sourcer — and a long list of artisans.
We take six commissions a year. Often fewer.
Our clients return. A second house, a daughter's first apartment.
— A working palette
We choose materials that age rather than perform — surfaces that look better in their second decade than their first.
Lime plaster
#F4EDE0 · matte, breathing
Belgian linen
#E8DCC4 · raw, undyed
Unlacquered brass
#B08862 · patinas over time
Soapstone
#2A2823 · darkens with oil
Rift white oak
#C0A378 · soaped finish
Travertine
#D6C9B3 · honed, not filled
Ivory
#F8F6F1 · for ceilings, cotton
Burnt clay
#7A4E2E · a single accent
— Voices
— How a commission unfolds
A long visit to the house. We watch how light moves and ask many questions. No fee.
A mood book — references, swatches, plans. Three to five weeks. Refundable against the work.
We source the room — vintage hunts, custom commissions, millwork. We oversee install on site.
A single afternoon of styling — art, textiles, ceramics. We return six months later to revisit.
— Begin a conversation
We respond within three business days, and only if we think we are right for the work. A short note is enough to begin.
By telephone
718 · 555 · 0212By post
187 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 4
Brooklyn, NY 11201
By appointment
Wednesdays · 11 — 5
Or by arrangement