Cara Greenberg

East Hampton, New York

Freelance Writer and Blogger at Freelance

I blog for fun, about old-house real estate, interiors, gardening, and travel.

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Articles

Park Slope Row House Gets Curves

2 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comIn the early 2000s, a developer added two floors to an existing two-story garage in the South Slope, rebuilding the facade to create a handsome brick row house, still with a garage on ground level. “That construction was pretty good,” said architect Michael Licht, who recently made a slew of additional changes to the structure in a total gut remodel, turning a two-unit building into a single-family residence.
Considered Decor Adds Personality to New Build

3 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comPersonalizing a brand new townhouse was the challenge before interior designer Lucy Harris, who decorated from scratch for the very first occupants of the four-story building.
Etage Projects Upends Traditional Scandinavian Ideas about Design

3 weeks ago | 1stdibs.com | Cara Greenberg

Some call the works on view at Etage Projects conceptual. Some call them political. Maria Foerlev, owner of the airy Copenhagen gallery, calls them poetic. “What I usually say to justify showing these strange — to some people — things is ‘The world doesn’t need another chair, but we do need poetry.’ ”The “strange things” Foerlev purveys in her high-ceilinged white space in the city center are the otherworldly imaginings of an international assortment of contemporary artists and designers.
Rich Colors Distinguish Cobble Hill Reno

4 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comThe fuchsia-colored sofa in the front parlor is an immediate giveaway that this Historic District townhouse will be a place of rich color, along with luxurious materials like natural stone, handmade tile, Venetian plaster, and fluted glass.
Reno Makes Aging in Place Stylish and Social

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comBarry Bordelon and Jordan Slocum, the design team known as the Brownstone Boys, were working corporate jobs in 2018 when they impulsively bought a Bed Stuy brownstone, decided to renovate it themselves, and meticulously documented the process in nearly 100 installments for this very website. Since then, they’ve become nothing less than a phenomenon.
The Well-Upholstered Home

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Back in the day, when New York was a great newspaper town, Brooklyn was home to multiple printing plants that ran all night, spitting out the papers that were essential reading for nearly everyone. The Daily News presses were housed in a late 1920s brick and limestone building on Dean Street, converted to condos in 2002 and dubbed Newswalk.
Architect Expands Loft for Dumbo Family

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comA reimagined home for a family of five began when an opportunity presented itself to buy a sizable one-bedroom unit adjacent to the loft they’d been living in. The ensuing reno entailed upgrading their original corner space and totally gutting the newly acquired one. The industrial building had been converted to living lofts some years ago.
Japanese, Scandi Design Influence Heights Reno

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comIt was mainly the convenient location of the two-bedroom prewar apartment that sold the new owners on the place, not its dated kitchen, pastel pink bath, doorless closets, or peeling parquet floor tiles. They lived in it for a year to let the apartment “reveal itself,” as one of the homeowners put it, before proceeding with a thoughtful, transformative renovation.
Park Slope Prewar Conjures Sophisticated Salon

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comAt a certain point, the charms of living in a walk-up faded for designer Jennifer Morris’s client. So she bought a bright two-bedroom apartment in an elevator building near Grand Army Plaza, a former senior residence recently redeveloped as condos, with glamorous public spaces by Workstead, a Brooklyn-based design studio. The new homeowner was the first to live in the newly renovated space.
Fun Furnishings Warm Windsor Terrace Row House

2 months ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] com“Let’s make this fun” was the prevailing attitude when Brooklyn-based interior designer Emma Beryl Kemper took on the comprehensive kitting out of a Windsor Terrace row house for a pair of new homeowners. The three-story brick house, dating to the early 20th century, had been freshly renovated just before being sold, so Kemper was more or less able to go straight to painting and furniture shopping.