Project 02 — Laurel, MD

Laurel

A lived-in townhouse — toys, piled sofas, and a hard-working entry — is reordered room by room. The same navy sofa story returns as a tailored sectional on a soft field rug, the dining bay gets a pale oak table under a new linear pendant, and the entry is reset with a fluted console and round rattan mirror. Downstairs, the basement splits into a built-in work-and-play wall and a mustard-and-leather lounge.

Spaces

Entry
Living room
Dining room
Basement

Entry

The finished entry with a round rattan mirror, a fluted oak console, a dark vase and a framed family portrait beside the front door. — The entry, looking back at the front door.

The entry, looking back at the front door.

Living and dining rooms

The living and dining rooms, before and after.

Photographed from different corners before and after, so the frames are shown as a set rather than paired one to one.

The living room as found, with a navy sofa, a cream storage ottoman and toys and papers across the rug.

The dining area as found, seen past the kitchen counter, with a dark table and mismatched chairs under a small chandelier.

The finished living room with a deep navy velvet sectional, a round white ottoman, a pale patterned rug and tall plants at the windows.

The finished dining bay with a pale oak table, sculptural boucle chairs, a linear glass pendant and a tall palm beside the garden doors.

Basement

The basement, replanned as a play-and-work level and a lounge.

Photographed from different corners before and after, so the frames are set side by side.

The basement as found, with exercise equipment along a bare wall.

Another corner of the basement as found, with a desk, cables and stacked boxes.

The finished lower level with a white built-in wall of shelving, a desk and monitors at one end and a soft play area at the other.

The basement lounge with a mustard sofa, two leather armchairs, a round tray table and a wall-mounted screen above the fireplace.

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