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Rainy Night in Brooklyn
WHEN IT’S DAMP AND DRIZZLING AND DARK BY 5, and some trucker has sideswiped your car and taken off your driver’s side mirror, and you find yourself walking home in the rain from an auto body shop in gritty Gowanus, … Continue reading →
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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Tagged 19th century, Bar Tano, Brooklyn Bridge, brownstone, facade, Flatbush Avenue, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Fulton Ferry, Future of Fourth Avenue, Gowanus, horse-drawn, late Victorian, Michael & Ping, omnibuses, Park Slope, parlor, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Romanesque, row house, stone faces, Victorian, Whole Fods, wood frame
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Emery & Cie
ONE E-MAIL LIST I’LL NEVER UNSUBSCRIBE FROM is Emery & Cie, a European textile and wallpaper company whose elegant designs and sophisticated color palettes always send me into a reverie of an alternate life in which I a) could afford … Continue reading →
Posted in BROWNSTONE DECORATING, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged Agnes Emery, Antwerp, brownstone, Brussels, ceramic tile, decorating, Emery & Cie, fabrics, LONDON, Paris, parlor, textiles, wallpaper
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BROWNSTONE VOYEUR: Relaxing an Ornate Townhouse in Cobble Hill
BROWNSTONE VOYEUR is a joint project of casaCARA and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn. THE GRAND SCALE and intricate plasterwork of June and Stephen Negrycz’s Congress Street brownstone are impressive, maybe even a little intimidating. But the warmth of the … Continue reading →
Posted in BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, BROWNSTONE VOYEUR, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged 19th century, American Empire, antiques, arches, Baccarat, brownstone, chandelier, claw-foot, Cobble Hill, Italianate, mahogany, Oriental carpets, parlor, plasterwork, Sheridan, slipcovers, tea table, Triple Pier Antiques, Victorian
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Detaching from Dean Street
AT THE END OF APRIL, I’m downsizing from a grand, 1,800-square-foot garden/parlor duplex to a more sensible garden floor-through a few blocks away. It’s been 2-1/2 years, which flew, and I’ve loved living here. I’ve realized that my identity is … Continue reading →
Posted in BROOKLYN, BROWNSTONE DECORATING, INTERIOR DESIGN
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Tagged Boerum Hill, duplex, floor-through, garden, moving, parlor
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