Step Inside Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brents Freshly Renovated Fifth Avenue Family Home
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Jeremiah Brent (born Jeremy Clevenger Johnson; November 24, 1984) is an American interior designer and television personality. He founded his design firm Jeremiah Brent Design (JBD) in 2011, a full service interior design firm based in Los Angeles and New York City. He stars in the 2017 TLC series Nate & Jeremiah by Design (2017) and as the event designer in the Netflix reality series Say I Do (2020).
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Living in this peace, she became comfortable with being quiet and alone. She began to really appreciate the stars and the moon. It’s because she let go of the noise of the city that she feels her career is exploding in the best of ways. She found inspiration when she was at the yurt she kept in the Santa Monica mountains, her “secret space,” where she had a copper bathtub and the backdrop of nature. The whole place was a natural, out-of-the-city experience, one she shared with her then-boyfriend, Thomas. In one of the final chapters, the designer writes about Fatima Robinson, a dancer and choreographer who’s worked with Michael and Janet Jackson, Pharrell Williams, and even the Backstreet Boys on their iconic “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” video.
Nate teases him about his crystal collection.
In 'evolution two' of the kitchen, Nate and Jeremiah had an opportunity to adjust the space to their developed taste – and an increased budget. The final product brings in a bit more vintage, and the classic marble countertop and backsplash introduce a splash warm, inviting color to the space. One of Nate's favorite elements of the space is the welcoming antique lighting.
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“That was my worst nightmare when we bought the house,” says Brent of the stony surface. It is so relaxing.” A deep sense of calm pervades the whole home, something Berkus attributes to his and Brent’s mindset when they approached the design process. In their update of a Montauk home, designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent have fashioned a sanctuary from an array of global influences. A few months after she moved in, the pandemic happened. For her, it was like the universe had plucked her out of the city and put her here. It was the time of year when the orange trees blossom, and the smell in this small city was intoxicating.
She has planted a pear tree, a pomegranate tree, a fig tree, and a plum tree; persimmon and apricot trees were already there. Fatima has always been a girl who loves plants and flowers, and she was able to imagine herself living a much more peaceful, wonderful existence in the garden, hands in the dirt. Reaching out for something in nature was a path to understanding how she wanted to live the next half of her life. It’s a wild milestone, he says, because he remembers his mother’s fortieth so distinctly. “She had a birthday party in our backyard, and I was like, How embarrassing,” he says, imitating a withering tween tone. “Then you blink, and holy shit, you’re 40.” But he counts off the blessings of this age, from his children to the husband he’s “still obsessed with, despite his best efforts,” to his staff of 30 people and the work he adores.
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It’s one of 11 homes featured in the book—but unlike the typical designer monograph, he didn’t work on all or even most of the projects therein. Instead, The Space That Keeps You is an exploration of how a person settles down, rendered through a collage-like format of old and new photos, doodles, handwriting, and detail shots. "I get up around 4 every morning because it's the only time I can find time for myself. I'm also a firm believer in setting your environment," he shared. To do so, he gets the house ready for Nate and the kids by lighting candles, playing music, and making coffee. Poppy (3) and Oskar Michael (almost 1) are the lights of the TV design couple's life.
And for the Brent-Berkus family their reunion with their Fifth Avenue apartment has been made all the sweeter by the realization that this particular address, more than any of the others, is an essential and ongoing part of their love story. Brent is an actor and producer, known for Nate & Jeremiah by Design (2017),[2] The Nate & Jeremiah Home Project (2021), The Rachel Zoe Project (2011),[2] Say I Do (2020), and Home Made Simple (2015). Inside the house, Brent and Berkus stuck to a neutral palette and incorporated design details influenced by their trips to Portugal, Mexico, and Peru, where they got engaged in 2013. Down a hallway and a few stairs from the entrance is the great room with its 22-foot-high ceilings and the aforementioned stone fireplace, which the couple topped with a collection of antique terra-cotta bulls, Peruvian objects thought to ward off evil spirits. Much of the furniture here and throughout the home is from Berkus and Brent’s collaboration with the company Living Spaces, which they mixed with online finds from Etsy and eBay that are covered in performance fabrics. Monique Valeris is the home design director for Good Housekeeping, where she oversees the brand's home decorating coverage across print and digital.
Jeremiah Brent is an interior designer, television personality, author, and founder of lifestyle brand Atrio and Jeremiah Brent Design (JBD), an interior design firm with offices in Los Angeles and New York City. Brent has a rare understanding of the ineffable qualities that keep us truly connected to the spaces we inhabit. His fine-honed intuition and sophisticated sensibilities have led to the transformation of countless homes and commercial properties across the world—a feat that has repeatedly landed him on Architectural Digest’s AD100. Brent recently released his first book, The Space That Keeps You, that isn’t just a study of beautiful interior design; it’s an emotional design book that explores what gives spaces meaning. If there's one interior designer who has mastered the art of creating a timeless kitchen, it's Jeremiah Brent. Much like his husband, fellow design star Nate Berkus, Brent loves nothing more than collaborating with clients to craft a space that truly tells their story—and the kitchen is no exception.
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With plenty of room for the whole family and a lot of natural light, it offers a serene escape that Nate and Jeremiah love. Nate describes the previous design scheme as 'a little bit more industrial in style,' noting its subway tile, butcher block counters and black cabinetry. The new space allows for an entirely different atmosphere.
For the Brentwood project, Brent and the clients first had to imagine a weekend in which parenting was no longer a priority. The couple wanted to enjoy one another’s company and to reconnect with friends and family. Brent adds that the husband is an avid wine collector. In response, the designer made a defining social (and oenophilic) statement at the house’s entry, installing a custom bar in mahogany, bronze, and marble at the foot of the staircase. But it can be difficult to drop the pretense of Jeremiah Brent.
What does Jeremiah Brent, interior designer and host of the Ideas of Order podcast, have to say about home? Get to know Brent in this interview, in partnership with the SURROUND Podcast Network, at the link in our bio. Beyond combining their voices as designers, they’ve also seized the opportunity to make other little changes they hadn’t been able to a decade ago, one of which was the entry’s flooring, a tan limestone that leaned just a bit “fancy granny,” for Berkus’s taste. This time around, Brent found a beautifully aged reclaimed black-and-white Spanish tile.
While he wanted more whites, browns, and grays, Jeremiah pushed for the more 'busy' option, and ultimately won. And also our budget had evolved, in all honesty – we could barely afford to live there the first time we bought that place,' Nate tells Homes & Gardens. "When you walk into a home and you feel like everything is a set, I don't think it tends to read like you have really been collecting things," Jeremiah said. "I think it's about really mixing, not only different metals and textures, but different design aesthetics. Different things to curate and showcase your personality."
Inviting hues, personality-packed accessories, and, of course, high-tech appliances are just a few of Brent's go-to's. For Brent, no aspect proved too small, too large, or too infuriating. He designed the elegant bronze snake handles adorning the bar’s cabinetry but also wrestled with the contractors for weeks to get the house’s exterior bricks cut, washed, and rewashed to achieve the perfect impression of centuries-old weathering. There's nothing like a light and airy kitchen to bring the family together, and this kitchen redesign fits the bill. Curated by interior designers, authors, and TV personalities Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent for their New York City home, the space is a masterclass in transitional design. "I've always loved design. I loved imagining the way people could live in a space, that's what I connected to," Jeremiah shared, recalling the weekends when his mother used to take him to peek inside open houses.
Brent is set to start filming the Netflix juggernaut days after he chats with House Beautiful—and weeks after an investigative exposé alleged tumult on the set, which seemed to explain the departure of the show’s previous design expert, Bobby Berk. Brent seems exhausted by the usual conversations around interior aesthetics, instead directing his laser-like focus on the mindset of “letting go of all these pretenses around what good design is or isn’t,” he explains. There’s an early sentence in Jeremiah Brent’s new book you just have to push past. “The idea to write The Space That Keeps You was born in Oprah’s dining room in her home in Montecito,” the designer writes in the introduction. 'The island has a beautiful bowl from my husband's shop Atrio that we keep bananas and avocados for the kids in.
Brent had previously designed the couple’s primary residence outside LA, and as the parents began picturing life with an empty nest, they asked Brent to help them envision their next act, in which the 4,500-square-foot Brentwood purchase would serve as a weekend place. From living out of his car to landing a coveted spot on Netflix’s hottest show, it’s safe to say the multi-hyphenate has finally built a life he loves. He opens up about stigmas, on-set drama, and his deeply emotional connection to design. Functional and fresh, the finished kitchen is truly a success.
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