Original Pocket Doors For Sale
Hi, my wife and I are doing some construction in our early 1900’s Brownstone in Brooklyn. We have a pair of original pocket doors that we will not be using and would like to sell. We would be willing to let them go for a very reasonable price if someone were interested. If you would…
Hi, my wife and I are doing some construction in our early 1900’s Brownstone in Brooklyn. We have a pair of original pocket doors that we will not be using and would like to sell. We would be willing to let them go for a very reasonable price if someone were interested. If you would like to see photos, you can email me at daniel.flores@tmo.blackberry.net
The OP didn’t pose a question. He offered doors for sale.
If the OP didn’t want to hear a variety of opinions, including opinions that don’t match his own, the OP shouldn’t have posted the question in a public forum. He has the right to remove original details from his house, but people have a right to say it’s stupid if they think it’s stupid. So you get a grip.
While I agree its a shame to buy a brownstone and then destroy everything that makes its beautiful – its the original posters house and if he wants to paint his walls day glow green and put stick down tiles over his parquet floors, its up to him. Get a grip people. At least he is offering the doors to someone who would appreciate them rather than throwing them in a dumpster.
Me again, from 3:14, the latest thing to come back by the way, is “Hollywood Regency” in interior design. Influenced by Dorothy Draper and Billy Haines and others. Which by the way, definitely goes beautifully with antique details in an old house. And which is more hot these days than mid-century or danish modern or zen west elm kind of looks. Plus a recent NY Times article says Victorian furniture is undervalued and is the best buy, and that mid-century has peaked. Anyone paying to dollar for mid-century now is not making a good investment.
It’s not that they shouldn’t renovate to their taste, 2pm, but people are pointing out they should be smart enough to realize the more original details the more valuable the house is. It’s a fact of the brownstone and older-house market. Me personally, I hate the ornate Victorian details too. Which if I had a choice is why I would not buy a house like that. Instead, I found an older house that has some antique details, but is not ornate and over the top. I just think it’s a very “me me me” attitude to destroy historic details that have survived longer than you’ve been alive, and will likely exist long after you’ve gone, just to suit your own taste. Taste which changes, by the way. We make fun of bad 70’s renovations that destroyed historic details, and bad 80’s renovations. How do we know future generations won’t think our renos are ugly? Most people got into modern and mid-century only fairly recently. Who knows what their tastes will be 5 to 10 years from now. Early 90’s it was all about Shabby Chic slipcovered sofas and unfinished pine furniture. Nowdays it’s mid-century and West Elm and “zen”. Which is already totally out of fashion. Some are late to catch on though.
Wow you so don’t know Brooklyn do you? There are tons of single and multi family WOOD FRAME homes in Victorian Flatbush, and a whole lotta rather plain non-brownstones in other area of Bklyn.
Any FYI: I’m not trapped by dark Victorian details, I live in buildings that have them BECAUSE they have them and I have ZERO desire for a Subzero fridge.
You should probably save them in the basement.
That being said, why does everyone come down so hard on homeowners who don’t want to be trapped by dark Victorian details? The only non-apartment options in brownstone Brooklyn are Brownstones. Homeowners should be allowed to renovate their house as they see fit to accommodate their lifestyle. The juxtaposition of modern furniture (West Elm comment) in older homes can be lovely—it works very well in European homes. The same people who complain about people who renovate brownstones are the first ones to install stainless appliances and subzero refrigerators in their own homes……
I curse on the first born child of every homeowner that takes out original pocket doors, regular doors, etc. and does not store them for future owners. Just because you have no respect for the features of the house, doesn’t mean future owners will not.
he needs the money for West Elm