A happy home in a Brooklyn brownstone
The intention with the downstairs kitchen was to modernise as quickly and reasonably priced as we could. We wanted to retain the Victorian charm while still keeping something that would appeal to the local rental market. New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos The old 1970s design choices had made the room seem…
As HGTV will tell you, demolition day is best day! Only we took about 3 weeks … There was plenty of sketchy DIY renovations that could be removed before the contractors showed up. New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos Rental Dining – Demolition New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos…
Like many traditional Victorian Brownstones Minion Manor came complete with a ground floor apartment separate from the main house. If we were going to appeal to the Brooklyn Hipster community something needed to be done about the 1970s orange and brown theme and prepare for renovations! New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos…
New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos Finding a house in Brooklyn that still had original details in a Brownstone took a lot of work most houses that were affordable had long been flipped to generic home depot tile and white formica counters. New photo by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos After…
One of the best things we did before moving to NYC was to spend a couple of days just pottering around New York on the subway getting a feel for various neighbourhoods. After years of apartment living in Sydney and San Francisco we knew we wanted an actual house. While the large houses and commuter…