NY Mag Tackles Home Design
Fort Greene backyards, Williamsburg roof havens — NY Mag’s home design issue finds enviable outdoor and indoor spots in Brooklyn to profile. Check out this slideshow of a Fort Greene duplex, purchased and made over by a reluctant-to-leave-Manhattan resident; he created a backyard “built for entertaining” and “made the space an extension of his living…
Fort Greene backyards, Williamsburg roof havens — NY Mag’s home design issue finds enviable outdoor and indoor spots in Brooklyn to profile. Check out this slideshow of a Fort Greene duplex, purchased and made over by a reluctant-to-leave-Manhattan resident; he created a backyard “built for entertaining” and “made the space an extension of his living room with a big dining table and a chair that hangs from a tree limb (only to be used by very lightweight visitors).” The Williamsburg roof, however, is actually home to the pigeons.
The Country in the City [NY Mag]
Photo by kevinbondelli.
funny that he left manhattan to the greener pastures of brooklyn to have a back yard covered in gravel. seems like a waste.
I love it. I am leaving now to buy New York magazine so I can oogle it some more.
I’d like to know how he controls the mosquitos in his Fort Greene backyard to even entertain anybody.
Btw – notwithstanding the very hot chair – since when did clutter count for design – the inside looks like it was designed by the Collyer Brothers and the outside is totally stark and uncomfortable and actually looks horrible for entertaining –
Love that hanging chair – saw it in a movie once around 1979……