House Tour Dates?

RE: PLG tour:

40th Annual Prospect Lefferts Gardens House and Garden Tour

May 23, 2010
Noon to 5 PM
Ticket Prices: Advance Price $20, Day of Tour Price $25

Phone Info: 718.284.6210 or 718.462.0024
e-Mail Address: plghousetour@earthlink.net
Website: leffertsmanor.org

Among the nine houses on tour are:

* A commodious three-story 1909 neo-Renaissance limestone, retaining its original woodwork and ornate plaster details, showcases three new stylish bathrooms, a 21st-century kitchen, grand media center/family room with surround sound and film editing office/suite. The predominately white interior creates a modern and airy feel and provides the perfect foil for an eclectic collection of art.
* The fabulous top-to-bottom, inside and out renovation/restoration of an 1898 transitional Romanesque Revival/neo-Renaissance brownstone. Glass doors front and back maximize interior light; an open floor-through kitchen/dining/family room garden level design makes cooking a communal activity.
* An elegant 1897 Romanesque Revival townhouse replete with breathtaking two-story atrium and owner designed bi-level backyard garden; an eclectic blend of fine artwork, photography, antique, mid-century, modern furnishings and a life time collection of strange and wonderful objects.
* A free-standing neo-Georgian two story English-bond brick home where arched doors lead to a dramatic full-width black and white kitchen featuring high-end European appliances housed in an ingenious triple island design. In the new classically inspired library, French doors open onto a railed porch on the unusual porte-cochere roof.
* A 101-year-old neo-Renaissance limestone energized by the owner’s reupholstered heirlooms, auction house finds, and quirky taste in contemporary art. Of particular interest: the hand-painted foyer, home office, and dining space, hooked rugs by grandma and great grandma, remodeled kitchen overlooking sweet garden, and a fuchsia and gold master bedroom.
* An 1898 Romanesque Revival/neo-Renaissance limestone spotlights a beautifully renovated garden-level kitchen and a stylish bathroom that invites one to luxuriate in a steam shower-or get the laundry done. Warm earth-tones, a fireplace and French doors leading out to a cozy backyard makes this an inviting space for year-round entertaining.
* In a circa 1910 two-story limestone, an owner’s artist’s eye and sweat equity has produced three updated classy bathrooms, an up-to-date kitchen, and a basement with an inviting recreation room and organized storage space. Two rare urban oases: a relaxing, sun-filled “sanctuary” adjoining the master bedroom and a very private rear garden.

Ft, Greene–May 2
Brooklyn Heights–May 8
Park Slope–May 16
Prospect Lefferts Gardens–May 23
Boerum Hill–May 23
Garden Walk (Clinton Hill)–June 6
Victorian Flatbush–June 13
Crown Heights North–Oct. 2
Bedford Stuyvesant–Oct. 16

Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA)
Sponsors their 4th Annual House Tour
October 2, 2010
11-4
Tickets: $20 in advance/$25 day of tour
Tour starts at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church
Corner of St. Johns Place and Brooklyn Ave.

Check mid summer for more details and ticket sales at:
http://www.crownheightsnorth.org

Tour is rain or shine.

Brooklyn Heights – May 8th