The A List
The A List: Brockschmidt & Coleman
Brockschmidt & Coleman’s work often focuses on traditional detailing, proportion, materials, and craftsmanship in both architectural elements and in furnishings.
Courtney Coleman and Bill Brockschmidt
Working with artisans to create unique, one-of-a-kind pieces is one of the most gratifying parts of the design process – for both us and our clients. Details like custom-embroidered linens, hand-blocked wallpapers, or specially designed furniture not only give a layered richness to rooms, but are instant heirlooms.
Chelsea Loft Apartment- View of Living Room/Dining Room featuring antique beaded Italian chandelier and gallery style art hanging
Chelsea Loft Apartment Living Room with custom sofa inspired by example from Roman palazzo
Park Avenue Duplex Apartment- Splendid fireplace and framed drawing by the contemporary Italian artist Giuseppe Penone.
Unpretentious, effortless style, rooted in centuries of living with history and antiquities.
Traveling and soaking up details of architecture and decorative arts. Cornice profiles from Frances Elkins’s Monterrey Living Room, tadelackt plaster from Morocco, and decorative painting schemes from a Sicilian palace have all found their way into projects.
Park Avenue Duplex Apartment- Living Room, space used for working and for more formal and large scale entertaining. The fireplace mantle is a custom design created in scagliola, an ancient Roman technique for simulating marble.
Describe your design approach and philosophy.
Color. It is the simplest, most effective, and least expensive design tool.
To be surrounded by people and things and that bring you joy – and to have time to enjoy it all!
Park Avenue Duplex Apartment- View of Master Bedroom with Fortuny fabric border at headboard, reading lamps, and embroidered area rug from Italian designer Federica Tondato of Fedora Design.
