Hardware Kingpin's Red Hook Spread

Let’s just say Rhett Butler bought into Red Hook before the Brooklyn real estate explosion. As a result, the owner of arguably the highest-end major architectural hardware company, E.R. Butler, has got room to spare in the 1887 foundry he purchased eight years ago. (His loft in the building has 30 15-by-20-foot bays!) And if he could have his way, it sounds like he would have it completely bare. But since compromise is the cornerstone of marriage, he has learned to live with the couches and clutter of his dog-trainer wife.

“Forget about all the really important things you’re supposed to worry about when you marry someone,” Ms. Arden said. “I just couldn’t imagine how Rhett was going to be able to deal with the fact that I really don’t care about design.”

Maybe he will achieve de-cluttered nirvana if he ever gets around to building the metal and glass house on the roof of the building.
Yin Moves In With Yang [NY Times]