The history of this Boerum Hill renovation starts with the Civil War and ends with a rooftop archery range and soaking tub
The living-room library. Photo: Joshua McHugh Yes, the books on the occult occupy a large portion of our shelves,” says set designer Erica Hohf of the library within the mid-19th-century firehouse she shares with her husband, artist and designer Julian LaVerdiere. It’s here, nestled among the casework shelves, where their all-white leucistic boa, Phanes , will also soon hole up. “She’ll have her own custom Wardian-style case with live plants,” says LaVerdiere.
The Façade: The men of Empire Engine Company No. 19 in the 1860s. Photo: Courtesy of the homeowners The firehouse’s original occupant, the pro-Union independent fire company Empire Engine No. 19, sent some members to serve in the Civil War . More than a century later, in 1984, LaVerdiere’s mother purchased the place, and her son spent his high-school years there before returning to take it over in 2014.
This included the dream addition of a rooftop garden — accessed by a wall of kitchen windows containing a French door — that features an archery range, reflecting pool, and Japanese ofuro soaking tub. “It was one of those things that we always really wanted,” Hohf says. “It is traditionally used more for therapy and reflection, not partying, like an American hot tub.”
In the living-room library, above, the bookshelves were designed by owners Erica Hohf and Julian LaVerdiere and built by Bart Hutton, who worked on the casework for the recent “Heavenly Bodies” exhibition at the Met. “The only thing you focus on [in the all-black environment] are the illuminated book spines,” says LaVerdiere. “It does have a jewel-box effect,” Hohf adds. “Especially at night.”
The Kitchen: “It was formerly a very dark space,” Hohf says. “There were only a few windows, so we wanted to blow light into the house.” The wall of windows with a door to the garden beyond does just that. Photo: Joshua McHugh The Dining/Work Space: Hohf and LaVerdiere designed the massive 16-foot-long dining table after a monastery refectory table, using a plank of mahogany that had been kept for decades in LaVerdiere’s family.
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