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INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO

Project · Storage Platform

Custom Millwork · Brooklyn · 2023

Before the Stage.

A raised floor that holds what the room couldn't — without blocking what the room does best.

Dimensions

9'2" W × 3'11" L × 9" H

3-panel base · gas-lift center

BROOKLYN APARTMENT · CUSTOM STORAGE PLATFORM · 2023 01 / CONCEPT
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Construction Set · 3 Sheets

The drawings behind it.

Construction sheet 01
Construction sheet 02
Construction sheet 03
Sheet 01

Plan & Elevations

Overall dimensions, plan view, and front/side elevations showing the three-panel base and lift-top layout.

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Mechanism · Concept Render

The stage in motion.

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Build Process · Four Moments

From drawing to built.

Six MDF panels laid out to dry on a Brooklyn rooftop after their final coat of Sherwin-Williams Grasslands, with the green rooftop garden and city skyline behind
Rooftop · Paint Day Six panels, the final Grasslands coat, and a Brooklyn skyline doing the drying for us.
Stage framing in progress
Phase 01 Framing
Panels being painted on rooftop
Phase 02 Finish · Grasslands
MDF top installed
Phase 03 Top installed
Storage compartments filled with contents
Phase 04 As storage, in use

Preparation · From the drawing

Before any cuts, every 2×8 stud and MDF sheet was counted against the construction set — matching material yield to the design so nothing was wasted and nothing ran short. The drawing did the work twice: once on paper, once on the floor.

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Behind the Scenes · Field Notes

Made by hand.

Rooftop · Brooklyn

Panels drying in the sun

Prep

Stirring the primer

Finish · On-site

Grasslands, painting in place

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Lived In · The Room Today

How it settles in.

Final Photo Placeholder

Coming Soon — One cleaned-up wide shot of the finished room with the sofa, rug, and lived-in details. This is the emotional close of the page.

Dimensions

9'2" W × 3'11" L × 9" HPainted MDF · SW Grasslands

Lift

Center panelGas-lift top

Framing

2×8 studsThree internal compartments

Build

2023Brooklyn, NY