I’ve been a big fan of Nick and Rachel Cope since first meeting them at Sight Unseen Offsite in 2014, a year after they launched their company, Calico Wallpaper. Since then, their business has grown, and so has their family with daughter, Willow, and son, River. After years of visiting Hudson, New York, they took the plunge and bought a mid-century, split-level five years ago that needed tons of work, but with the help of architect Michael Yarinsky, they created an oasis of calm for the family, and included the designs of their friends in the décor. I always love a before and after to illustrate the possibilities of great design. But as always with these stories, even for these experienced hands, they quickly realized it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park. “I overestimated my abilities,” Nick admitted to me. “I was used to doing interior renovations in Manhattan, working on smaller-scale projects with systems in place.” But as you’ll see, it was worth it.

Also on Curbed: Carmen Herrera’s new mural was painted by kids; Leonard Bernstein’s former apartment — the setting for the New York cover story “Radical Chic” — is for sale; and lots of looks at what needs to happen in NYC next.

Yours,
Wendy Goodman

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