Living with HAY – Hannah & Landon Metz’s Converted Church Home in New York City
Together, as artists, partners, and parents, Hannah and Landon Metz live with HAY in a home guided by creativity. Set within a converted 19th-century Gothic Revival church in New York City’s Brooklyn Heights, the space is defined by its architectural character, where art, contemporary design, and everyday life unfold side by side. In dialogue with Landon’s paintings on canvas, Hannah’s hand-painted floral murals, and a mix of personal belongings accumulated over time, HAY’s contemporary designs become part of life as it’s lived throughout their home.
Landon & Hannah Metz
How would you describe your home and the feeling of living within it?
Hannah & Landon Metz: Our home is in a converted American Gothic church from 1850. It still carries that sense of reverence and stillness, with arched stained-glass windows and original stonework. It’s become a kind of sanctuary for us and our son. The house reflects our belief that life and art are inseparable. The same impulse that drives a painting or a piece of music can live in how light moves across a wall through stained glass or how a chair holds space.
How do you think about design in your everyday life?
Hannah & Landon Metz: Design, to us, is an expression of harmony. It’s not about perfection but about alignment, when material, form, and intention meet in balance. Good design disappears, as if it were always meant to be there. It’s about creating environments that quietly support life.
How do you define your personal style?
Hannah & Landon Metz: Our style is easy and warm. Everything should feel lived in, accumulated by life, and touched by time.
Where do you find inspiration for your interior?
Hannah & Landon Metz: We’re inspired by spaces that hold life, by the city outside our window, and by a connection to Europe. Our interior is a way of bringing those worlds together.
How do you relate to colour in your work and at home?
Landon Metz: Colour is emotion made visible, vibration, and energy. In my paintings, colour carries presence. It’s how form breathes. In our home, when colour appears, it’s intuitive and free.
How have HAY designs become part of your daily surroundings?
Hannah & Landon Metz: We’ve added a few HAY pieces that share our values of clarity and craftsmanship – including the X-Line Chair, Rey Chair and stool, and J77 Series Chair, alongside a selection of tableware accessories and lamps. They bring a soft precision to the space. HAY has a way of creating design that feels timeless and deeply thoughtful, which resonates with how we try to live.
How does your Quilton Daybed fit into your daily life at home?
Landon Metz: It lives in a sitting area under a large church window in our bedroom, where the light changes throughout the day. We use it for reading, resting, talking, and sketching. It’s become a place of pause, a small altar to everyday life.
Hannah Metz: Our son uses our Quilton Daybed as his fort. In the morning, the light hits it perfectly. It’s where he likes to lay his clothes out before the day begins. Those are the moments we cherish most, just being together in our space.
