Expecting parents take on a Manhattan duplex remodel to expand their space and fortify for the future Homeowners: Rachel + Marco posted their Manhattan duplex remodel on Sweeten Where: Greenwich Village in Manhattan, NYC Primary renovation: Swapping rooms between two floors of a duplex co-op Notable: A kitchen expands with hidden appliances and built-ins Result: […]
A kitchen banquette and an Instagram hashtag make a family home It takes just a word to sum up this family’s home-finding experience: miraculous. In the cosmopolitan stretches of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where even the parks are tiny and concrete-dipped, Jenn and Jon, six-year-old Elliott, two-year-old Abigail, and their Cockapoo, Zucca, found a place […]
Simple touches give this condo a personalized stamp Brooke and Sam knew they were home when they walked into this 1,800-foot, loft-style Brooklyn condo. The three-bedroom Fort Greene apartment was modern and gave them room to grow. That was good, because by the time they’d closed on it, they had one-week-old baby Leroy in their […]
Big personality comes home with a trough sink and a wine fridge—under the stairs After Roxy, a rescued Rhodesian ridgeback, joined their household, Alicia and Ed realized “a little more space in a laid-back neighborhood” would be a better fit for the family of three than Manhattan, where they were currently living. They set their […]
Planning ahead pushed these bedrooms and master bath renovations to the finish line Guest post by Tina in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Last week in part 1, we visited architect Tina and her husband Fletcher’s duplex in Cobble Hill. She gave us the tour of the kitchen and powder room on the upper parlor level. Now we’re […]
A hunt for more space led Tina Ladd and her husband, Fletcher, from a one-bedroom on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to a garden duplex in a Cobble Hill brownstone. As an architect, Tina was thrilled to be able to customize their new home but was up against an urgent deadline: the imminent birth of the couple’s first […]
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