By design, brownstones tend to be long and narrow in order to maximize the number of homes that can fit on a block. Unless you have a coveted corner brownstone with windows on three sides of the building, you will only…
Making Room
So, this is my first post about one of our several in-progress projects, happening right now. As you can tell from the title photo, this project hasn’t exactly gone smoothly. If you’ve had a look at the floor plans on…
Renovation Rewind #2: Entry Tile
While our house has quite a few of its original details, one major thing that was missing was the front entry tile. Based on many of the other houses we’ve seen, it’s somewhat common for the entry tile to be…
The Stand
This might sound weird, but garbage day is my favorite day of the week. Be it a lack of storage space or simply the revolving door of people moving in and out of the city, the streets of NYC never fail…
Renovation Rewind #1: Tenant Kitchen
After we closed, the first order of business was to renovate the garden level, which we planned to use as a rental until. Basically, the sooner we got the garden level renovated, the sooner we could get tenants. And the…
Fifth Time’s the Charm!
In the spring of 2013 we were living in a great apartment in Park Slope— spacious, great location (one block from the F train), a bit outdated, but a decent price. Though, while Park Slope is lovely, I could never get…