Inside Zach Bryan's Manhattan home, designed by Somerset House

Zach Bryan's new record opens with a poem about this house. The previous owner, who bought it in 1978 when it held four small apartments, kept the wooden floors for 16 years because he knew where every scuff came from. Bryan chose it for its wood-burning fireplaces and creaky old architecture, then spent a year there with his dog, Jack, and little more than a fire.

Then came Alan Eckstein of Somerset House, a former DJ and fashion-label cofounder. Their conversations on the roof ranged from Kings of Leon to Carlo Scarpa, and the brief was simple: unpretentious, comfortable for friends, with, as Eckstein puts it, "character" and "patina". Walls are clad in stained white oak, and the palette runs to leather, iron, copper and timber. A pair of rare 1920s Poul Henningsen pendants, nearly a century old, set the tone.

The details are personal. Dark woods nod to Bryan's Oklahoma, an oil portrait of a sailor recalls his Navy years, and a Gibson guitar from Bruce Springsteen leans against the striped sofa. Bryan's favourite piece is a wool-wrapped bed frame, and he writes at a Jacques Adnet desk trimmed in red saddle-stitched leather, set by the bedroom window.

This is a private home, featured in AD's November issue. It's a good read if you like interiors that feel lived in rather than styled.

Our summary of a story from Architectural Digest, published 12 October 2026. Read the original

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