11 Applause-Worthy Details We Saw in the 2026 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse

We love a tented ceiling at House Beautiful, so Emily Eng’s guest bedroom really called to us. The designer used Schumacher’s Ecru union cloth to wrap the walls that appear to lift into a tented ceiling. The trim where the walls meet the ceiling is a playful touch.

An antique bronze pendant light from the 1920s, which was sourced straight from a Boston townhouse, hangs from what would be the peak of the tent, adding a touch of opulence to that fifth wall.

Sometimes, it’s the littlest details that really make an impact, and this simple skirted detail in the drawing room by Hannah Hemmerly of HH Studio is just so charming. She chose a soft blue palette for her space, pulling inspiration from favorite artworks and movies—and also Brooklyn’s history.

In the Victorian era, many Brooklyn brownstones had drawing rooms that were painted blue as a quiet signifier of wealth and status. A century later, Hemmerly brought this sophisticated touch back.

Isy Runsewe of Isy’s Interiors is known for her layered use of color, pattern, old and new, and this child’s bedroom is an example of that. Schumacher’s Beasts wallpaper inspired the entire space, displaying a sense of fantasy that feels playful but not childish. She used vintage and antique furniture, some of which she reupholstered with bespoke fabrics, and a calming window treatment to ground the room.

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This listening room has everything you could want out of a space where the primary purpose is relaxation. It’s moody, rich, and totally separate from the outside world. Designer Max Aboody leaned into the ‘70s here, wrapping the walls in a warm walnut and opting for ultra-luxurious textures, like heavy velvet drapery that absorbs the light and sound. It’s a place for retreat and leisure, and the retro space-age design further encourages the mind to wander.

Rachael Rosenblum’s design reads like a tarot spread: it carries hidden meanings underneath the visible forms. An appliquéd evil eye by artist Ali MacDonald is set atop the elevator doors, watching everyone who enters or leaves her space. She upholstered the walls and ceiling in Schumacher’s Giove fabric, the intertwining snakes blurring the lines between the different planes, while her studio’s Overnite Sofa anchors the room alongside a scatter of Lollipop Ottomans.

Inside Sarah Fleischer's tucked-away office, dubbed "The Snug," the founder of SRF Interiors welcomes visitors with a rich palette inspired by her partnership with Spring Street by Pollack. The room is anchored by Corsage drapery—an embroidered floral fabric that conceals a windowless closet Fleischer transformed into a chic corner banquette. She then layered in shades of coral, purple, and ochre, creating a space that feels equal parts luxurious, warm, and playful.

The team at Studio Olivine looked to Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn to set the tone for this corner bedroom. The floral silhouette wallpaper connects the room to the view outside the windows, while ivory window treatments and natural wood keep the space bright and airy. However, it’s the continuous floral design painted onto the white closet doors that really makes this space so special.

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The duo behind Sugarhouse Design & Architecture looked to spaces assembled over generations for their dining room design, choosing rich lacquered woodwork and boldly patterned botanical wallpaper, crowning the space with a sculptural chandelier for some edge and modernity. Other antiques and collected objects are layered in an accumulated, nonprecious way.

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Right off the dining room is the kitchen, also designed by Jess and Jonathan Nahon of Sugarhouse Design & Architecture. The cook space has a quieter palette yet a sharper focus on material, displayed through the dark metal range hood, warm plaster walls, Artistic Tile’s Melange Marble countertops, and a handcrafted ceramic tile backsplash.

This backsplash, designed and crafted by Riwal Manufaktura, is how the two spaces speak to each other, as the team took the floral wallpaper from the dining room and translated it into the 36 custom tiles, recreating the motif into the clay.

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