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

Hans Bergström’s Monumental Chandeliers Are Made for Grand Spaces

2 weeks ago | 1stdibs.com | Cara Greenberg

Hans Bergström may be the Scandinavian lighting-design powerhouse you’ve never heard of. “Bergström is the Swedish equivalent of Poul Henningsen and Paavo Tynell in both influence and stature,” says Naomi Verbeek, head of design research at the Netherlands-based gallery Morentz, which is currently offering on 1stDibs two monumental brass-and-glass chandeliers that Bergström designed in the 1950s, about midway through his prolific career.
Design Language Emerges From Fort Greene Reno

2 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comArchitects are problem solvers, especially in vintage row house renovations where, despite a generally similar archetype, no two are ever exactly the same.
1stDibs 50 Designer David Kleinberg Remakes a Fifth Avenue Home

2 weeks ago | 1stdibs.com | Cara Greenberg

When David Kleinberg took on the down-to-the-studs renovation and comprehensive interior design of an apartment in a landmarked prewar building whispering distance from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, he didn’t realize he was about to become an ace student in an unexpected course on contemporary Persian art.
Curved Shapes Characterize Heights Loft Reno

3 weeks ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comSomewhat surprisingly, there it still was, in a building once used for manufacturing in Brooklyn Heights: “Wonderful, big, wide, open space that had never been lived in,” architect Hormuz Batliboi of Dumbo-based Batliboi Studio said of the raw loft he was tasked with reimagining as a residence.
Architects Modernize Park Slope Prewar

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comYou know you’re looking at the floor plan of a prewar apartment when it shows a narrow, enclosed galley kitchen, behind which is small bedroom labeled “maid’s room.” These days, homeowners do their own cooking, and don’t want to be isolated while they do it. And that small room tucked behind the kitchen is perfect for another modern must: the home office.
The Insider: New Layout, Millwork, Paint, and Tile Remake Clinton Hill Duplex

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comBlue, green, orange, red. Jazzy terrazzo, exuberant florals. What could go wrong? Nothing, in Luki Anderson’s renovation of a lower duplex for a young family, where the brights are tempered by an abundance of white. The Bed Stuy-based architect’s boutique firm, Studio Officina, conceived a new layout and color scheme to address the new homeowners’ needs.
The Insider: Park Slope Townhouse Gut Mixes Preserved Details With Lively Decor

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comAntoin O’Duibhir worked as a carpenter when he first came to the U.S. from Ireland in the 1990s. By 2006, he and his wife, Kerry, an interior designer, had formed their own design-build company specializing in the renovation of historic houses. “Our very first brownstone, in Park Slope, was featured on the television series Billions,” O’Duibhir recalled. “It was my education in brownstones.
1stDibs 50 Designer Molly Kidd Invites Us into her Family’s Oregon Home

1 month ago | 1stdibs.com | Cara Greenberg

Most interior designers prepare for client presentations with mood boards and fabric swatches. Oregon-based Molly Beth Kidd woos — and wows — prospective clients with flowers. “I’ll create a floral arrangement not only for inspiration in terms of color, form and texture but also for design direction, whether contemporary or modern, traditional or forward-thinking,” Kidd says. “The clients love it.” Not least because they get to take home a bespoke bouquet.
Cobble Hill Home Becomes Grown-up Retreat

1 month ago | brownstoner.com | Cara Greenberg

Got a project to propose for The Insider? Contact Cara at caramia447 [at] gmail [dot] comSome empty nesters downsize when their kids leave home. This pair of homeowners spread out, renovating three floors of their four-story, mid-19th century townhouse for their own use. Their longtime family home got a stylish update, with an expanded kitchen, new primary bath, and a strikingly modern open stair.
In the Hands of Lauren Garrett, an Industrial Manhattan Loft Feels Like Home

1 month ago | 1stdibs.com | Cara Greenberg

One eye-catching wall speaks volumes about Lauren Garrett’s uncommon approach to a loft in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Laced with criss-crossingplumbing pipes, some straight, some curvy, the lot of them unabashedly punctuated by an electrical junction box and a disused fire-alarm bell, the wall is utility as art, a strangely beautiful composition in and of itself. Another designer might well have sheet-rocked over the jumble.