Designer throws a few curves at high-rise downtown condo

Home Builders Association of Greenville

July 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM·2 min read

It started with a skeleton – a bare bones new construction. But given the freedom to “play,” Ashton Acosta, Lead Residential Designer at In Site Designs, created a serene home that has the wow factor the homeowners wanted, while working with – not against – the elements of the space.

Winner of the Bridge Award for Best Interior Design, the condo is located in downtown Greenville and features 3 bedrooms (one is used as an office) and 3? bathrooms.

“We were basically handed over the skeleton of the building, so there's just one large open space, concrete floors, steel beams,” Acosta says.

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The architect incorporated curved walls and kept the exposed concrete columns, adding more soft edges to the space. Acosta says she played off those features when selecting other materials, like the light fixtures and furniture.

“The clients wanted everything to be nice and clean and crisp, white and bright,” she says. “We did have to bring in some darker stains and some other tones in order to have some interest. Otherwise, everything is white and it would fall a little flat. But overall, the palette is white in different shapes and forms and textures.”

The walls are covered in plaster in two different shades of white that are applied with a trowel finish.

This condo in a downtown high-rise was chosen as the Bridge Award winner for best interior design by the Home Builders Association of Greenville

“That gives more depth on the wall,” Acosta says. “You can see the color play, the sheen and the texture depending on how the sun's hitting the wall and even in the way that the walls curve.”

Warm wood and textured upholstery and bedding also add interest. Even side tables and casement details were carefully chosen to add depth.

The biggest challenges Acosta faced in the design were making sure everything fit in the elevator and finishing a home in a building where other homes are also under construction. There were a lot of moving parts, including working around neighboring builds. But the result is nothing short of spectacular.

Acosta says local artisans are showcased throughout, including in the custom kitchen hardware.

“Pieces that would normally be bought online, we got to have made local and custom to the space, so it was a really fun project in that aspect,” she says.

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