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The third floor of the Allens Lane house had an unusual landing with a four foot wide space that ran under the hall window. The client originally thought that it could function as a seating area for the children by scattering beanbags in the space. We decided that the wall of the stairway was a […]
Read moreCustom dish rack
No matter how much money is spent or how much thought is put into creating a dream kitchen, the space can get very quickly knocked back to mundane ho hum when you pull out the plastic dish rack and plastic bottle of dishwashing liquid. We designed a custom dish rack for the Hermit Street House. […]
Read moreBread tray kitchen drawers
During the design phase for Allens Lane, the client came across an article in Dwell magazine that featured an apartment in Budapest, which used bread delivery racks as desk shelving. http://www.ecvv.com/product/1000016851.html We had been looking for a unique solution for drawers for the kitchen desk that would incorporate a repurposed material. The Budapest bread delivery […]
Read moreFound object art
The Allens Lane project had a dividing wall between the kitchen and dining room. Instead of leaving the wall painted and hanging shelves or art on it, we decided to build in a piece of installation art on the kitchen side. The palette for the kitchen and dining room was bright red, yellow and blue. […]
Read moreCustom area rug
Amy and Michael Cohen, the owners of the Allens Lane home, insisted on two very colorful design elements for their living room: a Coca-Cola red sofa and electric blue ceramic tiles around their fireplace. When I attempted to source an area rug that would work well with these existing colors, nothing was quite right. We decided to design the […]
Read moreAllens Lane
Amy and Michael Cohen, the owners of the house on Allen’s Lane said, “If you can live with the fact that we will have a Coca-Cola red couch and an electric blue fireplace, then we can work together.” Design Nehez and Metcalfe Architecture spent the next year designing their new home in the West Mt. […]
Read moreHermit Street
Built in 1949 by the Italian Architect, Arthur Tofani, this house commanded a certain level of homage to its Mid-Century modern roots. The original kitchen and bathrooms, although charming, were no longer functional and after fifty-five years of use, they needed to be remodeled. The challenge was how to modernize this house without destroying its […]
Read moreIndian Queen Lane
The house on Indian Queen Lane was purchased as an abandoned property. For the previous 100 years it functioned as the rectory for the church located next door. Despite its history, it had virtually no charm or interesting architectural details. The house was also very dark due to the fact that the majority of the […]
Read moreBeach House
Before joining Design Nehez, JJ Fox transformed the third floor of a beach house in Margate, New Jersey into a children’s play space and bedroom. The client were the grandparents of six boys under the age of six. They wanted a space that would reflect its location and also inspire six lively boys who loved […]
Read moreNYC Loft
The main function of the New York City loft located in Tribeca was to entertain international clients visiting the city. The loft floor plan consisted of one large open room. Part of Design Nehez’s scope was to define specific areas within the space in order to create smaller, intimate spaces but still maintain the openness […]
Read moreGoat Hollow Restaurant
Owner of the Race St Café, seasoned Philadelphia restaurateur, Neil Campbell, hired us to design the interiors on his reopening of the beloved Mt. Airy neighborhood restaurant Goat Hollow.
Read more3580 Indian Queen Lane Offices
Inspired by the working environments described in the documentary Art&Copy, Val Nehez purchased a 10,000-square-foot church built in 1890 located in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadlephia. She renovated the first floor of the church to contain an open plan of offices which are rented by small business owners. The goal was to create a generative, collaborative and enriching […]
Read morePhiladelphia Row Homes
The charm of a block of Philadelphia row homes comes from the rhythmic repetition of architectural detail. The art is to make one home stand out without interrupting the unity of the row. Most of the neighborhoods in Philadelphia, from Mount Airy to Pennsport, are defined by their row house streetscapes. A quote from Gary […]
Read moreMain Line Homes
Woodside Avenue, is a friendly and close-knit community in Narberth, Pennsylvania. Children wander freely from house to house and in the summer people are on their porches or visiting each others backyards. The residents of Woodside Avenue saw the first renovation project we completed on the block. A neighbor of that client hired us soon […]
Read moreDermatology / Aesthetic Center
Design Nehez was hired to transform a bland medical office environment of an aesthetic dermatology office into a comfortable, homey, country-chic atmosphere . Located in historic Doylestown PA, the office building complex is surrounded by two farmhouses, rolling streams and covered bridges. This area is internationally recognized because it is the home of the Moravian Tile Works where Mercer […]
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