“This town house was the coming together of our lives,” says Abigail Klem Spector of the 16,500-square-foot West Village abode she now shares with her husband, private equity executive Warren Spector, and teenage daughter, Georgia. “It was the first home that we were going to create together. I wanted it to reflect us as a family.” Although Warren had owned the 1847 Greek Revival residence for nearly two decades, when he and Abigail wed three years ago it was due for a change. Abigail has long been friends with Southampton, New York–based designer and gallerist Jeff Lincoln, but they had never worked together on a project. Crafting this family home was the perfect opportunity.
“Abigail wanted something unique; she didn’t really want a house that was just decorated by a decorator whose signature you might recognize,” says Lincoln, whose gallery, Jeff Lincoln Art + Design, pairs important historical design pieces with blue-chip contemporary art. “She wanted something more curated and collectible, and it also had to perform for her lifestyle.” The familial trio needed a comfortable space where they could both spend quality time and host philanthropic gatherings, inside and out in the expansive garden. They already had the benefit of square footage—soon after two West Village town houses were built in the 1800s, they were conjoined into this double-wide residence, which local firm 1100 Architect had renovated for Warren after he acquired it—but strategic space planning was required to make sweeping rooms feel simultaneously intimate.
A pair of chandeliers by Roberto Giulio Rida from Bernd Goeckler hangs over the custom bronze and lacquer dining table by Richard Shemtov of Dune with Gio Ponti chairs upholstered in a Fortuny fabric. Along the wall featuring a hand-painted abstract landscape by Callidus Guild, a bronze console by Pietro Franceschini forms a vignette with an artwork by Jenny Holzer from Tina Kim Gallery and sconces by Jeff Zimmerman. Other artworks by Zimmerman (on table) and John Mason from Jeff Lincoln Art + Design; Najla El Zein bench; antique rug.
—Elizabeth Fazzare
