Project · 2026 · Long Island City, New York

The Long Island City Wardrobe.

The brief

A wardrobe wall painted the color of the sky before rain. Floor-to-ceiling. Finger pulls drawn from baseboard to ceiling. The only line, and the whole point.

The brief was simple: the wall should disappear. Dark matte panels from baseboard to ceiling, shadow lines at every seam, finger pulls running the full height of every door. One thin vertical per panel. Walk into the room and you see a wall. Walk up to it and it opens.

The pulls go all the way up. That was deliberate. Everything vertical, everything tall. The room is the same size it was before. It doesn't feel that way.

Year2026
LocationLong Island City, New York
ProgramWardrobe · built-in storage
MaterialsPainted MDF
HardwareFull-height finger pulls · shadow lines
RunFloor-to-ceiling · wall-to-wall
BuiltBrooklyn shop, installed on site

01 · Before / After

After — the finished floor-to-ceiling matte black wardrobe wall in the Long Island City apartment
Before — the living room with open light-wood shelving and low media cabinets, mid-move
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Before
After

02 · The work

Floor-to-ceiling matte black wardrobe with full-height finger pulls beside the apartment entry, Long Island City
Black built-in media wall and tall cabinets running toward the open kitchen
Black wardrobe wall and low bench beside floor-to-ceiling windows over the Queens skyline
Matte black wardrobe wall anchoring the living room, Manhattan skyline beyond the windows
Dining area with the black built-in wall and the skyline through the corner windows
Tall black cabinets and window bench with a view to the Queensboro Bridge
Black wardrobe and bench beside the dining table, city rooftops beyond
Detail of the tall black wardrobe panels and vertical finger pulls by the dining table
Black wardrobe meeting the floating media console below the wall-mounted television
The full black built-in wall in the living room with skyline views and a round grey rug
Black wardrobe wall with a stepped low bench and integrated media unit
Wardrobe doors open, revealing adjustable interior shelving and a hanging rod
Tall wardrobe opened to show the full-height run of interior shelves
Floating media console with doors open beneath the wall-mounted television
Black built-in wall and bench framing the skyline and Queensboro Bridge view

The full piece.

03 · The reel

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