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This place is really cool. I love the mix of textures and patterns and the paintings (good choice to go with boldly over-sized pieces). I do wish the textiles between the windows were displayed better, but that's a small thing.

This home is within shouting distance of mine and so beautiful that I'm almost covetous. I really would love to see more. It's wonderful to see a sensitive treatment of global objects paired with the best of brownstone Brooklyn architecture and modern art. So spot-on.

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Valery your home looks beautiful, I just love the parquet floors and that brick wall. Hold on to that Gem.

You can definitely tell, the owners of this home have a great eye! Love the mix of styles without looking too cluttered or overdone.

I love it! What a great, personal mix of furniture and art. Please share more!

This place is a knock-out! You had me at the fireplace!
Love the art, the textiles, the "evolved-over-time" look. Cheers to the 'anti-catalog' house, and thanks for sharing!

This decor has a nice synergy and what a beautiful brownstone. Love your art collection and very cool ceiling fan in the bedroom.

Love Love Love it!
Especially the #2 and #3 pictures.

Absolutely stunning, and as the reader above mentioned, it seems personal, not from teh pages of a catalog. Well done

Seconding, or thirding, the call for a full tour! The pics were a joy to wake up to this morning. Thanks to Valery for inviting us in.

Wow. I love it. Wow.

how are the african cloths hung on the wall? my mom have some that have been waiting years to be hung, without adornment looks like a real winner.

House Tour, please! I love the colors. From what I see in these pictures, it looks like a well-balanced home. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

Oh, this house makes me miss Brooklyn! It's so beautiful. I do agree with the criticism of the hanging of the textiles and I want to say if a textile is worth hanging on the wall, it's worth treating with great respect. Do a little research. Hang it in a way that will preserve it. Make sure it remains dust free. Watch out for insects that go for some of the ingredients of ethnic dyes.

Most textile work is painstaking hand work done by women. Guess what -- it may seem common and cheap, but a hand-worked textile will never be reproduced exactly the same twice. It is a perishable, unique piece. Value the labor and sensibility that went into its creation.

this is a gorgeous home with beautiful artwork. i love your fireplace and floor. oh hell, i love it all!

Very lovely! Love everything about this place!

Valery has great taste and an impressive sense of proportion. I also love that there is dust in the corner of the bedroom -- real people have dust!

Beautiful!

Great looking place, I would love to see mroe!

Just gorgeous! Please indulge us with a full house tour!!!

Also, AustinSarah's advice on how to keep and love textiles is true.

Beautiful house it has brought me back on time, it remembers me my house when I used to live in Brooklyn.
I would also love to see more pictures.

Wow, thanks so much everyone! I just submitted these pictures yesterday and had no idea they had run here. I really appreciate the comments and suggestions. My husband and I just moved into the house last spring and it has been a real labor of love. We would be happy to share more photos of our home, should we be asked. In the meantime, should any of you be Brooklyn locals, the house will be featured on the Prospect Heights House tour on Sunday, October 18th from 1-5 p.m, along with some other wonderful properties. Cheers!

Love those big plants!

Beautiful home - I too would love a full house tour.

Beautiful place - I'd love the house tour, too.

beautiful home- awesome to see a work of art by Gandalf -the large tar painting-that was a pleasant surprise to see!

it's wonderful! looks comfortable and very pleasing, and i agree about the 'layered' look. people don't get all their decor and furniture at the same time, it's just collected and refined over the years. well done.

Beautiful. Love the bedroom, and your window area arrangement of furniture.

Lovely shade of gray behind the fireplace. What is it? We'd love to make use of a gray color like this in our hallway. Would you recommend it for large surface areas?

Would love to know who made the large black and white artwork hung behind the red woven chairs. I'm in NYC so hoping it's a local artist I an check out.

I love the Brownstone architecture but also how people live in them! I hate how some people gut it out to turn into a super-modern-studio without individuality or personal touches.

This Brownstone home tells me that real people live in it and that's why I enjoy your style.

Jennifer2106--the artist is Gandalf Gavan. He is indeed Brooklyn based. You can see more of his work here:

http://www.larissagoldston.com/artists/gandalfgavan/index.aspx

This is totally not my style, but I LOVE it!!! I love the colors and the art. That comfy chair next to the window looks like a fabulous place to have a cup of coffee! Great taste!

This house was featured on the Prospect Heights House Tour, and to see it in person was real treat. This house is beautiful, warm and the owner's fabulous art is everywhere!