Journal·Staten Island
The Staten Island suite that actually holds a week
Primary bath, hall bath, walk-in, mud closet — Italian storage for houses with volume. Design in Chelsea. Book a complimentary consultation.
On Staten Island the primary suite often has the volume a Manhattan apartment spends on the whole floor. That is a gift — until the bath is a tile box and the closet is a rod. Italian vanities and closet systems are how that extra footage holds a real week: linen, shoes, a mud drop that is not a pile by the door.
What should a Staten Island bathroom prioritize?
Storage that survives humidity, not a spa slogan. Tall cabinets and a vanity with real drawers beat another decorative niche. Hall baths can go narrower; the primary can take wall-hung or furniture-scale vanities. We specify from bathroom design in Chelsea — you see the finish, then we draw the wet wall.
Walk-in or a better reach-in?
If you have the volume, spend it on a walk-in with interiors, not empty carpet. If you do not, a full-height European reach-in with proper doors still beats a builder rod. Mud-adjacent closets on this island do daily work — specify them as millwork, not an afterthought. Closet systems are designed with the bath so hardware matches.
Should the kitchen wait?
If the suite is the project, we still ask what the kitchen finish will be — so you do not buy two metal families in one house. Full renovations start from kitchen design; suite-only work can go first. Either way: complimentary consultation at 134 W 25th St, then install on Staten Island.
Photograph the suite. Then Chelsea.
Bath, closet, the mud pile. We will not sell you a dressing room that does not fit the door.