BROWNSTONE VOYEUR is a joint project of casaCARA and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.
THIS APARTMENT IS REALLY SMALL. If you drink and dance, I wouldn’t recommend doing it in Jane Rosenbaum’s apartment. You might just hit a wall.
Two rooms totaling 375 square feet in a pre-war State Street rental building, it’s nevertheless got a lot of charm and some good DIY ideas, yours for the copying.
- A limited color palette — white and periwinkle blue — keeps the tiny space from looking too busy. (This takes discipline! I intended to use only blue and white in my Springs cottage, but keep bringing in things that are red, brown, green, orange…)
- Secondhand furnishings were all painted periwinkle to unify them.
- Round table folds to store against a wall. Open, it seats six for dinner.
- There’s a Murphy bed behind a white curtain in the living room (and you thought they were only in Marx Brothers movies)
- Salvaged chandelier in the living room is painted white and used with candles. Bookshelf up high makes use of every inch.
Moving on to the only other room, the kitchen:
- Galvanized buckets organize utensils
- The cabinets are painted with chalkboard paint; Jane uses them to display the menu for dinner parties.
Jane is an interior designer — her website is here, in case you missed it up top. She worked previously for Wolfman-Gold, the NYC housewares company known for its all-white look, and in display design at Henri Bendel in Ohio.
She ran this ad recently on the Boerum Hill listserv:
Don’t like the way a room looks? Change it now! Living Room, Bedrooms, Dining Room, Hall and Kitchen Spruce Ups include: paint colors, window treatments, rugs, accessories, fabric, lighting, and rearranging of furniture, if necessary. Dining Rooms, Halls and Kitchens: $300 each. Living Rooms and Bedrooms: $375 each. Bathrooms: $150-$275 http://www.janeinteriorsnyc.com
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