Interior Lives: The All Black Firehouse

New York Magazine has a series of profiles on fascinating homes in NYC. I recently shared the Amy Sedaris tour (do watch), which led me to this piece on The All-Black Boerum Hill Firehouse home to production designer and artists Julian LaVerdiere and Erica Hohf.

The home features an archery range, a Japanese soaking tub and a massive terrace; particularly by Brooklyn standards. The entirety of the downstairs is painted black and they have a pet snake. All of those things together would generally incur a massive eye-roll on my part as it stinks of the worst kind of pretension. However, it does look great. The all black interior is intelligently lit, particularly in the bookcases, and the kitchen is filled with beautiful natural light and vegetation.

Long story short, it's okay to have a "thing," particularly when you do it this well.