Carroll Gardens, NYCNew York, USA
Three apartments. Two firms. One Carroll Gardens home.
Studio 8 ArchitectTana Nesbitt-HayesArchitect
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The approach
Blejer Architecture led the restoration and the broader architectural moves on the Carroll Gardens townhouse. Studio 8 Architect led the interior architecture, the selections, and day-to-day contractor coordination.
Rather than maintain parallel FF&E spreadsheets that would drift apart as the project evolved, both firms built and iterated schedules inside Programa - so drawings, interiors, and client approvals stayed anchored to the same rows rather than diverging copies.
The specification
Carroll Gardens carried close to a hundred line items across materials, lighting, and fixtures - where the failure mode isn't missing inspiration but a wrong finish, wrong size, or wrong quantity compounding across drawings and trades.
Schedules held the current truth: model numbers, dimensions, and procurement status, updated as decisions firmed up. Engineers sized millwork panels to the actual appliances specified. Fabricators built to real equipment, not placeholder rectangles.
The handoffs
When it came time to price the Carroll Gardens fit-out, Tana sent a single coordinated email to vendors - each quoting against the same stable list of rows. Millworkers and engineers pulled the specs they needed directly: appliance cut-outs, plumbing fixtures, flow rates, all current.
No chasing the latest version across email threads; pricing came back faster, and consultants fabricated to real equipment on the real timeline.
The client side
Rather than booking a meeting for every micro-decision on Carroll Gardens, the clients reviewed selections in their own time through Programa's client dashboard - approving options, tracking items from approved through to installed, and watching how pricing landed against budget before orders locked.
Links took them straight to what had been specified, cutting the "I thought we picked the other one" conversation before it started.
The result
Two firms delivered Carroll Gardens without parallel truths. Selections survived contact with vendors, consultants, and construction. The clients approved decisions on their own time, with budget and status visible throughout.
When Tana walked the finished home with them, the emotional payoff rested on the clarity behind it - a Brooklyn townhouse that reads as warm, layered, and modern, with a process traceable down to the line item.