The 10th Flat

There’s a quietness to the 10th Flat that you feel the moment you walk in. The living spaces are warm and unhurried — creamy walls, an electric fireplace with a wavy-edged mirror above it, hanging plants catching the light from tall windows, and a dining table set as though someone is expected for dinner.

A dramatic storm cloud painting by local artist Zach Hixson greets you in the entry, the kind of piece that stops you mid-sentence and makes you want to know the story behind it.

The kitchen is its own destination — sage green walls, walnut cabinetry, open shelving lined with wine glasses, and a small landscape painting in a gilded frame that somehow ties it all together. It’s the kitchen you actually want to cook in.

The bedrooms, meanwhile, deliver the flat’s most vivid moments: one is wrapped in a rich terracotta wildlife scene alive with peacocks, leopards, and foxes; the other goes deep forest green with a William Morris-style floral that feels equally at home in a country house or a collector’s apartment. Together they’re proof that restraint and exuberance can share the same address.