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How a pair of young parents turned their attic into a grown-up retreat

PUBLISH BY IRIS BENAROIA | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEREK SHAPTON
AUGUST 24, 2018

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Who: Armando Lopes, a 36-year-old urban planner and photographer; Emily Peluso Lopes, a 37-year-old sales manager; and their daughter, three-year-old Penelope.
Where: Corso Italia

When Armando and Emily bought their ­century-old house, in 2015, they wondered what the deal was with the boarded-up dormer on the third floor. Eventually, they decided to investigate. “We discovered there was a lot of space there. A six-foot person could walk around,” Emily says. They embarked on an ambitious renovation. The ­mission: create the ultimate grown-up ­sanctuary—a quiet space with a contemporary aesthetic.

In went a spa bathroom with a cast iron tub. Doors on either side of a floating maple vanity lead to a toilet and steam shower. Ceiling speakers pipe music into the space, and a 23-foot-long closet with exposed shelves gives them a previously unimaginable amount of ­storage. “Because of the quirky, slanted ceilings, I didn’t want to box it in with a typical closet,” Armando says. “I wanted it to feel airy, like a modern clothing store.” The 420-square-foot space is accessed via a sculptural, private staircase in the couple’s bedroom.

But not everything went according to plan: despite their intention to keep the area adults-only, Penelope insists on hosting friends upstairs. “The kids really love the closet because it feels like their size, with the slanted ceiling,” Emily says.

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