Tag Archives: kitchen

Hamptons Reno: Beach Kitchen#2

Posted on November 11, 2014 by

DEMOLITION has begun — and it ended, four hours later — at my East Hampton beach house, above. That’s how long it took to disappear two closets and a storage area in a corner of what’s eventually to become a ‘winter … Continue reading →

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The Insider: Kitchen Extension in Brooklyn Heights

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

MY COLUMN TODAY on Brownstoner.com is all about a new two-story extension on the back of a c.1820 Dutch Revival row house in Brooklyn Heights. Robinson + Grisaru Architecture, a local husband-and-wife team, conceived the design using a steel window … Continue reading →

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The Insider: Shipshape Kitchen in Brooklyn Heights

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

THE LATEST IN MY WEEKLY INTERIORS SERIES for Brownstoner.com is this warmly appealing, functional kitchen by North Fork, L.I.-based designer Kate Altman. Not long ago, it was an “impossibly bad” ’70s galley kitchen. Now it has floor-to-ceiling storage and two … Continue reading →

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Max and Lexy’s Kitchen

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT to report down in Philadelphia: my son Max and his girlfriend Alexis, who bought an 1870s house in Fishtown in June of last year, now have a beautiful, functioning kitchen. They’ve been working on it all spring and … Continue reading →

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Before & After: Prospect Lefferts Kitchen

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

JANE ROSENBAUM, a Boerum Hill-based interior designer, sent me these before-and-after shots of a kitchen she masterminded in a Prospect Lefferts Gardens limestone. She described the ‘before,’ below, as “icky ’70s.” I couldn’t have put it better myself. The ‘after’ … Continue reading →

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Bohemian Splendor in Cobble Hill

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT BLOGGING is making new friends. Lula and I met only a few months ago, when she stumbled upon my blog and contacted me. We soon discovered we are neighbors in two places. She has … Continue reading →

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Nancy’s New Kitchen

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

WHEN I PHOTOGRAPHED my friend Nancy’s house in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, for a Brownstone Voyeur post last spring, I scrupulously avoided the kitchen. At the time, it was badly in need of a re-do, not befitting the rest of her … Continue reading →

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