From Melbourne to Brooklyn: a Textile Designer at Home (Design*Sponge)

I’ve been stalking the weavings of textile designer Maryanne Moodie all winter. When New York City was covered in snow, her work gave me a much-needed color pick-me-up. Last week, Maryanne was the subject of our Day in the Life, and today we’re getting a closer look into the Brooklyn home that she shares with her husband Aaron, who is a designer at Etsy, and the couple’s son, Murray. This was only the third apartment that the couple looked at before signing the lease. When moving to NYC from Melbourne, they had two wishes for an apartment: They knew that they wanted to live in Brooklyn and they wanted be to close to a park. In Melbourne, they lived right on the river and long, nightly walks had become a family ritual. This apartment was on a beautiful, tree-lined street where kids played outdoors, it still had the original fixtures including a huge window that let in lots of natural light, space to separate home and work life, and the thing that sealed the deal? A huge farm sink. In the ten months since they moved in, they’ve moved the furniture multiple times trying a myriad of different layouts before settling on the one that allows them to live, work and entertain easily. And now, it finally feels like home. Thanks, Maryanne, Aaron and Murray! -Amy

Photography by Maxwell Tielman

Image above: We don’t have a TV and so the room is not dictated by the direction of the screen. This allows for a less defined space that caters to more activities. Reading, chatting, eating, crafting, playing.