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An Impeccably Renovated Brooklyn Brownstone by Urban Pioneering Architecture
“It is about focusing your eye onto something worth focusing on,” says designer Sarah Hill of her use of black paint throughout this townhouse in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. “It's the front door. It's the fireplace. It's this great paneling in this one section of the room.” And the kitchen cabinets, and Corinthian columns, and the master bath’s marble countertop and tiled floor. When the bones of a home are this fantastic, there sure is a lot to draw attention to.
Before & After: An Italianate-Style Brownstone in Brooklyn Rises Above Years of Ad-Hoc Remodels
Urban Pioneering Architecture strategically preserves the historic details of this Clinton Hill row house while creating a garden-level apartment and a top-floor guest suite.
The Insider: Central Stair, Bold Black Paint Distinguish Renovated Clinton Hill Townhouse
Sarah Hill’s definition of sustainable design takes it back to basics. “We try to make forever homes that are welcoming and timeless and that the homeowners will not feel the need to change,” said Hill, an interior designer who partners with her husband, architect Jim Hill (an active contributor to the Brownstoner Forum on all things code-related), in the small Manhattan-based firm Urban Pioneering Architecture.
Renovation Diary: A Clinton Hill townhouse makes room for layers of history and modernist design
Our Renovation Diary has been following 6sqft writer Michelle Cohen as she takes on the challenge of transforming a Brooklyn townhouse in the historic Clinton Hill neighborhood into a site-sensitive modern home.
Renovated Fort Greene Italianate With Plasterwork, Mantels, Heated Chicken Coop Asks $4.4 Million
The sedate exterior of this Fort Greene Italianate gives way to an exuberant, wedding-cake plaster-filled parlor floor that’s been opened up as part of an interior renovation. That renovation retained original details like mantels, moldings and wood floors, mixing them with modern amenities, including a stylish kitchen, for an interior that has played host to magazine shoots and television and film productions, according to the listing.
