Name: Malene Barnett
Occupation: Principal and Design Director of Malene B, a custom carpet company (maleneb.com)
The space: A large and bright two-bedroom duplex within a Brooklyn townhouse
The city: Brooklyn, New York

Name: Malene Barnett
Occupation: Principal and Design Director of Malene B, a custom carpet company (maleneb.com)
The space: A large and bright two-bedroom duplex within a Brooklyn townhouse
The city: Brooklyn, New York

Malene Barnett, the talent behind the New York-based carpet company, Malene B, dreams of one day moving to the Caribbean. “I haven’t picked my island yet. So until I do, I want to live in an environment that makes me feel like I’m already there,” she says. Her home has a warm, calm and beach-y look that stands out on a block of red brick buildings. The island feeling literally greets you at her turquoise colored door.

“It’s my favorite color and I love that I get to see it every day. It’s also unique because I’m the only one on my block with that kind of door,” she says.
She achieved the look by filling her home with up-beat colors, creative plays on texture, African contemporary art and crafts collected during her travels and a range of textiles — all against a calm backdrop of the palest blues and white. “Each piece has a story that reminds me of my trips abroad.”