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i love the climbing wall that he has created to make use of the high walls in one of the sitting rooms.

so beautiful!

gorgeous space. i wish we had more raw lofts in LA.

Do you think he has strangers over for tea? If yes, I'd like to volunteer for same.

what the heck is anemone carpet?

Why buy a brownstone, gut it, and turn it into a loft when you could just buy a loft? Confused...

it's not a loft though, it's a brownstone. You can make one of these in LA, too, if you take an old house and rip the guts out.

I think this is just dreadful, unfinished and soulless.

i like it but don't love it. and i agree: why not just go get yourself a NEW property rather than rip apart something that probably had a lot of 1890's charm already.
in 20 years no one is gonna be looking at this place and marvelling at it, but a restoration of a much older home would have retained some of that interest. oh well...

it looks like Gordon Gecko lives here.

opoponax and others, it is mentioned in the article that they specifically picked that house because it had already been stripped of any historical detail worth preserving. I live in the area and many of the old brownstones have been badly renovated many times over their life span or have simply fallen into such serious collapse little can be salvaged beyond the front and back walls. They were able to preserve the front facade which remains in character with the neighborhood, which is better than many of the new construction buildings now going up in the area.

I think they did a beautiful job on his brownstone. It still looks like a Brooklyn brownstone from outside, but the inside it's exactly what the owner wanted.

Well said GHB!

I love the stove vent.

The textures in the spaces like the dining room with exposed brick and mostly natural colors look very soothing to me, but the blue and glass looks plastic-y and out of place (the bathroom counters and the living room coffee table and carpet). I would have stuck more closely to the industrial chic loft look.

I also think it could use a few carpets (under the bed and maybe in the dining room). Take note minimalists: as simple as possible, but no simpler. Carpets are functional and help break space up visually (particularly valuable in an open concept area).

212gretchen: dreadful and soulless? That's a bit mean-spirited, given the obvious thought, art, and personal touches that have gone into this. Unless you have some constructive criticism, it is nicer to keep quiet.

i'm amazed but what appears to be a long cantilevered counter in the second image (i really really want to know what's holding it up on the other end) and the sink in the room with the anemone carpet room. that sink it's amazing.

I love it, though I personally wouldn't fancy those stairs after I've had a skinfull!

A practical question -- ANyone know who makes that ceiling fan (not the range vent contraption, which I think it also interesting, but rather, the spare, wooden, ceiling fan in the bedroom)?