(Photo: Jason Schmidt)

The Kitchen
“We were looking for clearances for Chuck between the countertop and the butcher block, so we took the counter from a standard 36 inches down an inch and a half,” says Freundlich.

The Bedroom
The wall closet is fourteen feet of pearwood veneer, oriented horizontally to echo the skyline outside. “The thing about minimal is, it’s all seamless and invisible,” says Leslie. “There are no decorative things added, so the doors really have to line up.”