Tag: Renovation

In just five months, architect Alexandra Barker of Barker Freeman gut-renovated a petite (16 fe...

The owners of this late-19th-century two-story wood-frame were ready to abandon their dream of a...

This recently gut-renovated 1860s townhouse in the lower Slope has some trademark signifiers -- ...

If you've ever renovated an old house, chances are there are some things you wish you'd done differe...

"Modern but warm" is how the new homeowners described their vision to Park Slope-based architect J...

This month marks Brownstoner’s Steel Anniversary. We’re taking some time to look back at our...

Though currently a hot commodity, brownstones aren't known for their energy efficiency. "It's a...

An extravagant but dilapidated Brooklyn brownstone famed as the family home in Spike Lee's Crookly...

Photo by Steve Chan It's the thing in Brooklyn these days to convert chopped-up brownstones ba...

A year ago, our bathrooms -- with plumbing ranging in age from 65 to 100 years old -- were demolis...