House Call: pettybaum's Holiday Sparkle New York

House Call: pettybaum's Holiday Sparkle
New York

Name: pettybaum
Location: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

We bought our apartment about three years ago and just finished a major renovation. While we hired carpenters and plumbers, we did most of the refinishing ourselves (e.g., staining the wood). We decided not to stick to one style, so our apartment is an eclectic mix of vintage and modern — a Danish midcentury modern desk with a modern ceiling fan or contemporary wallpaper accented with an antique medicine cabinet.

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Comments (14)

Seems like a very warm, lovely place to live. Nice job!

posted by lilithslair on December 17th 2008 at 11:36am
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I love it and I want to see more!

posted by JoniRae on December 17th 2008 at 11:41am
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Love the bookshelves. Tell us more about those.

posted by Original A on December 17th 2008 at 12:23pm
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Love the blue! what color is that?

posted by AnnieP on December 17th 2008 at 12:29pm
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Hi, All. Thanks for the compliments. After a long two-years of renovating, they're good to hear. The bookshelves were made by T&A carpentry, who also hung our cabinets and crafted a split door for our tiny bathroom (not pictured). They're hickory. The blue paint is one of our favorite features of our apartment. It's Palace Ballroom Wallpaper Prussian Blue from the Pratt & Lambert Williamsburg line. Thanks again!

posted by pettybaum on December 17th 2008 at 6:32pm
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Perfection!

posted by rosenatti on December 18th 2008 at 4:36pm
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Lovely!

posted by Henrietta the Terrible on December 18th 2008 at 5:52pm
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Love it! Used to live in Prospect Heights and now in LA. Totally miss it!

posted by jessadavis on December 18th 2008 at 8:09pm
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i love it, and i would kill for those bookshelves!

posted by wondrouspilgrim on December 19th 2008 at 10:47am
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GORGEOUS; i am walking a greige path myself (renter: painting the walls any saturated and rich color is a no), but the use of color is outstanding!

i also love the self-submission idea; it makes getting published on AT less a function of curation and more of a community! while i am all for selection and think the bloggers all do a fantastic job, there is SO MUCH content here on a daily basis that having at least some of it be bottom-up instead of top down is a nice feeling.

posted by curvatura on December 19th 2008 at 10:56am
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I like how everyone is being so positive! I have been getting tired of the "throw them to the sharks" tone set on so many comments. Constructive evaluation is one thing, totally trashing someone's space is another. This positive tone is really getting into the holiday spirit!

posted by royaltygirl on December 19th 2008 at 12:53pm
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Love your bookshelves! A wall of well-loved and well-read books really makes a house (or apartment) a home...

posted by mllemiki on December 22nd 2008 at 5:45pm
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So much ugly clutter. C minus.

posted by m on January 9th 2009 at 12:39am
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Nice. And refreshingly different.

posted by EAM on January 9th 2009 at 7:44am
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