Park Slope Brownstone: Now and Then

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In November 2008, <a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> featured pictures of the Park Slope brownstone owned by J.Crew's Creative Director Jenna Lyons and her then-husband, artist Vincent Mazeau. The photos appeared again and again all over the blogosphere, but two years ago, Jenna sold the home. Tracy Martin and Vince Clarke, a founding member of Depeche Mode and part of the band Erasure, bought the brownstone for $4 million, paying $250,000 more than the asking price. According to <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2013/08/09/j-crews.php" target="_blank">Curbed</a>, Jenna moved on to a $6 million loft in Soho. Today's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=1#" target="_blank">New York Times</a> offers photos of the former Lyons den, which has been redesigned by the firm Roman and Williams. The color yellow, which appeared in the Lyons-Mazeau home on a George Sherlock sofa and the striped ceiling of son Beckett's room, plays a starring role in the Martin-Clarke powder room's Fromenthal wallcovering. Eggplant shades by Fine Paints of Europe have replaced the master bedroom's formerly black walls, but a bit of the macabre has entered the space through skeleton prints and a framed "Mourning Hair" wreath. Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams describe the made-over abode as "embroidered wallpapers meets the toughness of buffalo hide." Which version of the home do you prefer?  Let's begin with the current Martin-Clarke version . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFtGwzsKcy8iqThx7SbJzUsiuvIkr8312ipNAa6dCiCuLo1Zk3kUrEFUoCZH3GktvsTo84Pt1CmH55QJ3dUoNbtGYC8yLb-ZCsbmNciJZQESHPyxs3N0mH7JESiVXW65JL5_vezq6nVEq/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-FY7P-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFtGwzsKcy8iqThx7SbJzUsiuvIkr8312ipNAa6dCiCuLo1Zk3kUrEFUoCZH3GktvsTo84Pt1CmH55QJ3dUoNbtGYC8yLb-ZCsbmNciJZQESHPyxs3N0mH7JESiVXW65JL5_vezq6nVEq/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-FY7P-superJumbo.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark has been washed clean of the contemporary finishes of its previous owner, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>'s Jenna Lyons, and reworked by the design firm Roman and Williams to look as it it were furnished early in the last century."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814505" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtX02ylPiF7hGo7ARLJzkIqOmd0xs-7ngaZfZhSL2z-6CADZEOywRHh9ZWdWSWI4mZAfHUJ2jqp47sL9IzHZnug94WGhz0CdeKaqYHILxBdbGmwpkhyCGZcx2xlYh76FHEGiv0sQCXn-w/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-VNOC-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtX02ylPiF7hGo7ARLJzkIqOmd0xs-7ngaZfZhSL2z-6CADZEOywRHh9ZWdWSWI4mZAfHUJ2jqp47sL9IzHZnug94WGhz0CdeKaqYHILxBdbGmwpkhyCGZcx2xlYh76FHEGiv0sQCXn-w/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-VNOC-superJumbo.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ms. Martin is the executive director of the new Morbid Anatomy Museum (think peculiar Victorian taxidermy, illustrations of medical pathologies and preserved insects, among other curiosities), opening in Gowarus, Brooklyn, next month."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814500" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaATF2S0e9J2QOUN0ZMZN9dv-yetJ2XAjzasjy7vU-XuXwBk50phWuHOAvEg5tiFEMMTncWrdkjtdatTdqHnaU07OZPrnRRSlrXwRhyphenhyphen42j2ppwK27myvz5AVk6grtptI9sL1Kyb14ck-r/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-72XH-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaATF2S0e9J2QOUN0ZMZN9dv-yetJ2XAjzasjy7vU-XuXwBk50phWuHOAvEg5tiFEMMTncWrdkjtdatTdqHnaU07OZPrnRRSlrXwRhyphenhyphen42j2ppwK27myvz5AVk6grtptI9sL1Kyb14ck-r/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-72XH-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The '19th century kitchen' was designed and built by Roman and Williams, with oversight from Vince Clark, who is the family chef. The midcentury French chairs are oak and rush; the early-20th-century oak table is Belgian. The vintage schoolhouse globes are from Olde Good Things."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814501" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN8Fp26rI0mtLRzdLtYDADe7dEPbmt0AejIuaUzMTW2BR1HxcJ8wgFXz1kyLUIuQWggLRTT06F-EhsuohlBdbSJxl24dsdbxfLoMlh_GP4Fz-1uPWakSy6v3Ie6B4rSz2VZU6C5huMKkH/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-FU6I-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfN8Fp26rI0mtLRzdLtYDADe7dEPbmt0AejIuaUzMTW2BR1HxcJ8wgFXz1kyLUIuQWggLRTT06F-EhsuohlBdbSJxl24dsdbxfLoMlh_GP4Fz-1uPWakSy6v3Ie6B4rSz2VZU6C5huMKkH/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-FU6I-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bedroom is painted an eggplant color from Fine Paints of Europe. The 1850s Indian four-poster bed is from Anglo Raj Antiques in Manhattan. The botanical engravings are 17th-century Dutch. The chandelier is from Bagues in Paris."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814508" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLo3PJdRplUF5WUTqeDcJPrrv361lhOOXScOhqSKeOBHvGGIE4ew9rTTbWbV3M98Ln8mKft85W80CJcEcUziz54Q-s_pfwiU11Kg6cy7lfi6GsSrePkZZB31tG38otris_a5o_aRCchXFQ/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-INKJ-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLo3PJdRplUF5WUTqeDcJPrrv361lhOOXScOhqSKeOBHvGGIE4ew9rTTbWbV3M98Ln8mKft85W80CJcEcUziz54Q-s_pfwiU11Kg6cy7lfi6GsSrePkZZB31tG38otris_a5o_aRCchXFQ/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-INKJ-superJumbo.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The powder room walls are covered in hand-embroidered silk paper from Fromenthal in England. It takes a month or so to 'cure,' said Robin Standefer, the designer. The vintage pedestal sink is from Demolition Depot. The R.W.Atlas Marquee faucet in unlacquered brass is from Roman and Williams's collection for Waterworks."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814507" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8efqbPvha6p_913AJ244Zj1MeopW6XL8DwDmwMBOrLwHZH32GY9EwJ790et5Gxb12Vs6V7r13rg1nXB-CJOEwDqQ6x2S0azJHIk0UCLvPJzbvgeSlSQwFiWbqLaGgHEeoBxxaUOeevHNJ/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-E9BW-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8efqbPvha6p_913AJ244Zj1MeopW6XL8DwDmwMBOrLwHZH32GY9EwJ790et5Gxb12Vs6V7r13rg1nXB-CJOEwDqQ6x2S0azJHIk0UCLvPJzbvgeSlSQwFiWbqLaGgHEeoBxxaUOeevHNJ/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-E9BW-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the sitting room upstairs is a Louis XVI daybed, an Aubusson rug from the Nazmiyal Collection and hand-painted silk wallpaper from Fromental in England."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814515" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGJwvVVHLjF8yHzdpvl__CpqVtjGIV6SKS4qTbS-etbcgY1b0FNg4C0sBHn9msR_V2tkR_HYwa0eReNtXor-VYnpe-4sjWJnAP49kz80vSWi27Q4cmBSR_jLwn8ZHaSyyAO_T6e4xjtcF/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-RUU8-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGJwvVVHLjF8yHzdpvl__CpqVtjGIV6SKS4qTbS-etbcgY1b0FNg4C0sBHn9msR_V2tkR_HYwa0eReNtXor-VYnpe-4sjWJnAP49kz80vSWi27Q4cmBSR_jLwn8ZHaSyyAO_T6e4xjtcF/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-RUU8-superJumbo.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the bathroom off the sitting room, the vintage light fixture is from Olde Good Things. The eggplant paint is from Fine Paints of Europe."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814511" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDee8Pk6VdfL1MO2ZG0vzHTY-zBvPoh_BlYtdEnm9Ul1ZtEpOldcl_ykeOnKP_g6Yj71mjFctq7cZS-NFjNrXWvW0tBRzHCut5hxwtwT-W9X5ThIqrmAeKfjElH4DXxZds43QcbnriXMg7/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-QZRK-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDee8Pk6VdfL1MO2ZG0vzHTY-zBvPoh_BlYtdEnm9Ul1ZtEpOldcl_ykeOnKP_g6Yj71mjFctq7cZS-NFjNrXWvW0tBRzHCut5hxwtwT-W9X5ThIqrmAeKfjElH4DXxZds43QcbnriXMg7/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-QZRK-superJumbo.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The 19th-century serpentine dresser in the master bedroom came from a dealer in Belgium. The Syrian lamp is from Second Hand Rose. The flowers are by Emily Thompson."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814509" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBeOi-z7_ZA0767AYv_wkSb03FRK3UGO0dbSF2tagAfQBHNRkm2czfQgGez2xLgopYCzL1pFQUyMH2YYHMueUhnMTIle3tI_VsE5Jfae-5G9sfqnbr1mqXQq8CzR5FTJiA51eLwzSRvjA/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-TUA4-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBeOi-z7_ZA0767AYv_wkSb03FRK3UGO0dbSF2tagAfQBHNRkm2czfQgGez2xLgopYCzL1pFQUyMH2YYHMueUhnMTIle3tI_VsE5Jfae-5G9sfqnbr1mqXQq8CzR5FTJiA51eLwzSRvjA/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-TUA4-superJumbo.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The early 20th-century cabinet in the dining area is French. Among the curiosities within is 'Migrant Feet,' bottom left, a pair of porcelain feet by the artist Kate MacDowell, whose work has appeared on an Erasure album and single cover."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814503" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWade-zDp7j4hmKu-FICzFYm6C25fHg0yOUSyz7SE3_tItvmpSB46RyONsVmac5qIrwcciAcXXdsoQr4kbyQGvqst9s04qXvK9BVmuVTJQ3cNXd0EDoqvD2fWCRSDbEgsywFC3UAuA28Jc/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-OMF8-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWade-zDp7j4hmKu-FICzFYm6C25fHg0yOUSyz7SE3_tItvmpSB46RyONsVmac5qIrwcciAcXXdsoQr4kbyQGvqst9s04qXvK9BVmuVTJQ3cNXd0EDoqvD2fWCRSDbEgsywFC3UAuA28Jc/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-OMF8-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tracy Martin's desk in the living room is a 12-foot Belgian console table. The framed 'Mourning Hair' wreath, at right, is from Obscura Antiques and Oddities in the East Village. Its proprietor, Evan Michelson, is the library scholar in residence at the Morbid Anatomy Museum. The 19th-century French artist's mannequin was found on Etsy."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814504" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsZLLz1-xGET6KcZUBXD-akDp7OAmSe5w_c04dY8qyjQCMMhBZwjtnbFBdBGk0kELSErzPPFrzZyKFTxGu2Rj9Wik67YEWGb-X3la-St94-BDgupXB23ww02boP9ECzzCfMou5Im_pJ6Y/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-V0FL-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsZLLz1-xGET6KcZUBXD-akDp7OAmSe5w_c04dY8qyjQCMMhBZwjtnbFBdBGk0kELSErzPPFrzZyKFTxGu2Rj9Wik67YEWGb-X3la-St94-BDgupXB23ww02boP9ECzzCfMou5Im_pJ6Y/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-V0FL-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Also in the living room are a pair of American Art Deco club chairs, a vintage Berber rug from the Nazmiyal Collection and a HUB table in claro walnut by Roman and Williams."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814496" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIGocy4_EFrcQOsToczSttP-KaqUOtxWAkb5yW2dt3ETy9sX6FD8kPr6VAzgRsKHy4g5YbL002EEANXQBuK8NBBxA3IiMV6N3azG70V9vLstKXZZRg0PoEUfrLgTbSdLcbUQoROZ5tLTl/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-5MK4-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIGocy4_EFrcQOsToczSttP-KaqUOtxWAkb5yW2dt3ETy9sX6FD8kPr6VAzgRsKHy4g5YbL002EEANXQBuK8NBBxA3IiMV6N3azG70V9vLstKXZZRg0PoEUfrLgTbSdLcbUQoROZ5tLTl/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-5MK4-superJumbo.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Swedish Baroque armoire in the master bedroom is from Laserow Antiques. The tapestry slipper chair is vintage French Napoleon III-style. The eggplant color paint is from Fine Paints of Europe."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814510" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPba9M0mmPHNbL-Z9LLRDg9qK7Aep8xrJTzhILqjysdlxWjoooHNaZd90UWMehWR_tcmNshqzv_6B2d-hX4pOrpKxg44vwDqVYf_Zv24eQ7zyLcox7Tuy9qQHJAki0PwnhGUt-BIH_GTt/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-1965-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPba9M0mmPHNbL-Z9LLRDg9qK7Aep8xrJTzhILqjysdlxWjoooHNaZd90UWMehWR_tcmNshqzv_6B2d-hX4pOrpKxg44vwDqVYf_Zv24eQ7zyLcox7Tuy9qQHJAki0PwnhGUt-BIH_GTt/s1600/20140410-LOCATION-slide-1965-superJumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mr. Clarke moved his collection of synthesizers into the cedar-planked basement. Last week, he was on deadline for a new Erasure album, out this fall."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park Slope (Brooklyn), New York, brownstone of Tracy Martin and Vince Clark.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesign by <a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Roman and Williams</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bruce Buck for The New York Times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/greathomesanddestinations/its-mourning-in-america.html?_r=0#slideshow/100000002814480/100000002814512" target="_blank">It's Mourning in America</a>" by Penelope Green.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 10, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a look at the same brownstone - circa 2008 - when it was the home of Jenna Lyons, Vincent Mazeau, and their son Beckett . . .</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0tlJU1YmQnw1GWMu5Rj3WeFykechn-k7KTZKlFBdCsrxTcDLZWGLJ05XipAS1u55K6ugl81EydwanZ0-o3zUgBLkwO0wmOzy5VQiBic3nUpwEXmIwjkdK9WGT-uD9MqzHus0eok5t5hP/s1600/e288376cfe9abfaa6830b7e7c362a1b8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0tlJU1YmQnw1GWMu5Rj3WeFykechn-k7KTZKlFBdCsrxTcDLZWGLJ05XipAS1u55K6ugl81EydwanZ0-o3zUgBLkwO0wmOzy5VQiBic3nUpwEXmIwjkdK9WGT-uD9MqzHus0eok5t5hP/s1600/e288376cfe9abfaa6830b7e7c362a1b8.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An old-school George Sherlock sofa gets updated with vivid yellow, kicking up a turn-of-the-century parlor."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7wortFJ5nDZJoY8gR5yP93iPknqCkabQ7ZKDaIdiviX9OH9YSQbqlTtt6H7z9JygDuDeR5gChzhxRQi-XXbWIyrE71gsxbmi5nfU2qbJMVJcZNtIAGe3pxML3SxD6ChwnZ_KY05gxtem/s1600/3992e729536de651e0bb6fbe73267fb4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7wortFJ5nDZJoY8gR5yP93iPknqCkabQ7ZKDaIdiviX9OH9YSQbqlTtt6H7z9JygDuDeR5gChzhxRQi-XXbWIyrE71gsxbmi5nfU2qbJMVJcZNtIAGe3pxML3SxD6ChwnZ_KY05gxtem/s1600/3992e729536de651e0bb6fbe73267fb4.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The black candles in the chandelier are real, and yes, they've been known to drip on dinner guests."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QE9VX2Mdosg_LG0GEfxe2DLk7Hk7wbabTGgFAgFv5Vhl-qugX4oxuFMT52S2Ji6X7mhprXQZXE8hmjkWokMrfWKdhUMj_eBOOuo6yHnQulUBx9r1UqhlSWZHN-NaTJSnKeFeiINcNnCM/s1600/7ddfb62e3d6e0493d585880b1b980005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9QE9VX2Mdosg_LG0GEfxe2DLk7Hk7wbabTGgFAgFv5Vhl-qugX4oxuFMT52S2Ji6X7mhprXQZXE8hmjkWokMrfWKdhUMj_eBOOuo6yHnQulUBx9r1UqhlSWZHN-NaTJSnKeFeiINcNnCM/s1600/7ddfb62e3d6e0493d585880b1b980005.jpeg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lyons obsessively sprayed the fixtures with ocean water, so the brass would appear as seasoned as the herringbone floor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdsxWUzzITr56TSWdBtuHtFvzfFQmDiAndU5h61wiLh5zHkV6atvMCegj3MLmt1cPbl6y_QaChAdSl_vIdzLRBlH53e2ZhofXeQgaYOOqecj4pAzJe7YKEvKOYNd97kkTvk2lZto0siTP/s1600/74647818e94117f6d51fc864d14dee63.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdsxWUzzITr56TSWdBtuHtFvzfFQmDiAndU5h61wiLh5zHkV6atvMCegj3MLmt1cPbl6y_QaChAdSl_vIdzLRBlH53e2ZhofXeQgaYOOqecj4pAzJe7YKEvKOYNd97kkTvk2lZto0siTP/s1600/74647818e94117f6d51fc864d14dee63.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A black Calder-esque mobile and vintage dresser lend grown-up panache to a spunky nursery."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBqb59ih7db7y8kjRFdyrWmCf1lbiwWQM58ghIqdOuydPH3oDgxNpFiaTlTzQUOjV1nOYF9hidch9BMP-cONRZL4AUtCXondkYlrqJLP3fPqdC4YZ_N0pZQtN9Cv0SA4BXkNVCe0U1Vro/s1600/d3238933a1c225166fc95719ea7c3190.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBqb59ih7db7y8kjRFdyrWmCf1lbiwWQM58ghIqdOuydPH3oDgxNpFiaTlTzQUOjV1nOYF9hidch9BMP-cONRZL4AUtCXondkYlrqJLP3fPqdC4YZ_N0pZQtN9Cv0SA4BXkNVCe0U1Vro/s1600/d3238933a1c225166fc95719ea7c3190.jpeg" width="518" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Old signs and letter blocks spell out Beckett's name above the mantel."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC60jyoniQxRR9i4kJY4I-OAG6nvFJA8g-YOEYK_pU49k7j0939oiWJkGvfpydlwalmsMa4JY8awDCyb_lbQNkyIJ6jQrMCUx5INtebRglIYN8midopNt5CEq2cAfd_xlukmKDlhNGiV5d/s1600/8922bd6c4202dbd5c5d54fd65f9f1abc.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC60jyoniQxRR9i4kJY4I-OAG6nvFJA8g-YOEYK_pU49k7j0939oiWJkGvfpydlwalmsMa4JY8awDCyb_lbQNkyIJ6jQrMCUx5INtebRglIYN8midopNt5CEq2cAfd_xlukmKDlhNGiV5d/s1600/8922bd6c4202dbd5c5d54fd65f9f1abc.jpeg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lyons likes how the thick poured-concrete countertops absorb wine stains, giving the kitchen a lived-in quality."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtLou1S1Eq6fHi0ya0MIyFm_myvUasnqnb3gGKUg7eSxHMtVNegFe4N3fPuOzh63bFZWZd_zs5KOlOimtwV01obANRKrMolCKlX7CmpPhDFn9b1W5EipnBe398R9c_4M4XUy8DIoOmKEj/s1600/bea90b1575a38922c76a404ae89d3742.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtLou1S1Eq6fHi0ya0MIyFm_myvUasnqnb3gGKUg7eSxHMtVNegFe4N3fPuOzh63bFZWZd_zs5KOlOimtwV01obANRKrMolCKlX7CmpPhDFn9b1W5EipnBe398R9c_4M4XUy8DIoOmKEj/s1600/bea90b1575a38922c76a404ae89d3742.jpeg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A threadbare Oriental rug next to the bed captures the play of humble and haute."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1p_zeOa_RwZPos1s3jOyBDanaWiZaxzJVFT1TkZct7PoVZCKmOiKgsp32P3F2xiUwLHKpZGp7CzlUOtrQ1ClXrzWe1NtOzE_Gu44QQRz8WG3eCTlfdXK3WYRRtfzyvg7t5Hjgn9PUmM6p/s1600/2ffedf3b3c08bc4a6da1e8e053165bae.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1p_zeOa_RwZPos1s3jOyBDanaWiZaxzJVFT1TkZct7PoVZCKmOiKgsp32P3F2xiUwLHKpZGp7CzlUOtrQ1ClXrzWe1NtOzE_Gu44QQRz8WG3eCTlfdXK3WYRRtfzyvg7t5Hjgn9PUmM6p/s1600/2ffedf3b3c08bc4a6da1e8e053165bae.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At home, Lyons has the great luxury of allowing her extensive wardrobe a room of its own."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons, <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J.Crew</a>'s Creative Director.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.domino.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008).</span></div>

Park Slope Brownstone: Now and Then

In November 2008, Domino featured pictures of the Park Slope brownstone owned by J.Crew's Creative Director Jenna Lyons and her then-hu...

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Chalk It Up

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard paint is a creative option for children's playrooms, but the spaces below demonstrate that it works just as well for the grown-ups at home. Take a look . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN_A5gz3EEmIIbkbtjAjpC94ZMLeCC9rEVqrMqklnaNqetyH-pxSHUFTfrPY39We9F73RLD0DGAG-R6s4I_AYHA0jooHFj2cwBu_ipJSoTVftw21lKX8u_lCIt6fEwha8-bxz_r39XP1q/s1600/20121011-LOCATION-slide-JCBW-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZN_A5gz3EEmIIbkbtjAjpC94ZMLeCC9rEVqrMqklnaNqetyH-pxSHUFTfrPY39We9F73RLD0DGAG-R6s4I_AYHA0jooHFj2cwBu_ipJSoTVftw21lKX8u_lCIt6fEwha8-bxz_r39XP1q/s640/20121011-LOCATION-slide-JCBW-jumbo.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When your walls are painted with chalkboard paint, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can create your own changing art work."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for </span><a href="http://www.garnethill.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Garnet Hill</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of <a href="http://chesneys.com/" target="_blank">Chesney's</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/20121011-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#19" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the <i>New York Times</i></a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/staple-gun-decorating-in-fort-greene-brooklyn.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1350269534-s4aYTYx4Ac6lRhkNhGZOCw" target="_blank">Staple-Gun Decorating</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.newyorktimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a></i>, October 11, 2012</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5hoFz_xWfK-YgxRWM4N1dKWd7g5NUFyDc4FaXE7a62KyKc-_a3iTDBHY7682CbCainjAJaNenOyNJhJ5q1EQjmbf7jadPd1eR4GfhaDmUhWF5FeZbgxpBt_IWINPHhV12Vg7Z7bUut7h/s1600/20121011-LOCATION-slide-SY98-jumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5hoFz_xWfK-YgxRWM4N1dKWd7g5NUFyDc4FaXE7a62KyKc-_a3iTDBHY7682CbCainjAJaNenOyNJhJ5q1EQjmbf7jadPd1eR4GfhaDmUhWF5FeZbgxpBt_IWINPHhV12Vg7Z7bUut7h/s640/20121011-LOCATION-slide-SY98-jumbo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The parlor floor has all the wedding cake details people prize in a 19th-century townhouse. And the basement floor has all the drawbacks, including two windowless interior rooms, the larger of which Mr. McCowan handled by covering the walls in chalkboard paint. 'It was already dark, so why not paint it black?' his wife said."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone of Hilary Robertson - a stylist for <a href="http://www.garnethill.com/" target="_blank">Garnet Hill</a>, Whole Living, and Ochre - and Alastair McCowan, chief executive of <a href="http://chesneys.com/" target="_blank">Chesney's</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/20121011-LOCATION.html?ref=greathomesanddestinations#17" target="_blank">Photography by Trevor Tondro for the <i>New York Times</i></a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/greathomesanddestinations/staple-gun-decorating-in-fort-greene-brooklyn.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1350269534-s4aYTYx4Ac6lRhkNhGZOCw" target="_blank">Staple-Gun Decorating</a>" by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.newyorktimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a></i>, October 11, 2012</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPZBImKnTTm7Gx-XlwNRaCbiYuQTP2ch1lnLAdpcx4DEponC1n5d8ywQ-LrBry8CBE_Ie_RM_YUN76hG5fmoxo2jb7qWftL6jRYUgq50bDc64Fo42yYD__muQ8ZmZJ4BhjZh4_4735YtB/s1600/white-vintage-stove-blackboard-breakfast-bar-kitchen-0712dempster04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPZBImKnTTm7Gx-XlwNRaCbiYuQTP2ch1lnLAdpcx4DEponC1n5d8ywQ-LrBry8CBE_Ie_RM_YUN76hG5fmoxo2jb7qWftL6jRYUgq50bDc64Fo42yYD__muQ8ZmZJ4BhjZh4_4735YtB/s640/white-vintage-stove-blackboard-breakfast-bar-kitchen-0712dempster04-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The blackboard on the breakfast bar is an opportunity for an intriguing quote."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vintage Chambers range from <a href="http://antiqueappliances.com/">antiqueappliances.com</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paint is <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Snow on the Mountain. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-6" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumxem_DngBNngpbKKrkqDl1eywA7XxVKufFTsIPQaq6DRO6UBY0pbPSw_gzwCp3DvucXVYMtf32dZTEwDKCL4GGilphPMDGyJ5OfjwxzPCJLF0e-WRpPH7u2uaGSt2078JIopNSdzBek/s1600/vintage-white-icebox-refrigerator-marble-counters-0712-dempster05-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCumxem_DngBNngpbKKrkqDl1eywA7XxVKufFTsIPQaq6DRO6UBY0pbPSw_gzwCp3DvucXVYMtf32dZTEwDKCL4GGilphPMDGyJ5OfjwxzPCJLF0e-WRpPH7u2uaGSt2078JIopNSdzBek/s640/vintage-white-icebox-refrigerator-marble-counters-0712-dempster05-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dempster had the refrigerator made by <a href="http://antiquevintageappliances.com/" target="_blank">Antique Vintage Appliances</a>, in Tucson, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to look like an old icebox."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekend house in Marin County, California belonging to Kim and Mark Dempster.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Kim Dempster and <a href="http://erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alec Hemer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/beach-house-decor-ideas-0712#slide-6" target="_blank">A Chic Little Beach House</a>" interview by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July - August 2012).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz0pTt1qKm__BGXEymjYhs9W30EB3w3Y9cRgoc1U-d9T2TInpGP77ILPaWXKXzc8Noxu2JhJI8W6FdhcRO1tLYOckvV8vO3y4CMthuDcdcycZkYZ8gUXdaF1Q6NSAk5XMNM96EgwV52BR/s1600/2-hbx-kitchen-with-island-0412-kitchen02-lgn+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFz0pTt1qKm__BGXEymjYhs9W30EB3w3Y9cRgoc1U-d9T2TInpGP77ILPaWXKXzc8Noxu2JhJI8W6FdhcRO1tLYOckvV8vO3y4CMthuDcdcycZkYZ8gUXdaF1Q6NSAk5XMNM96EgwV52BR/s640/2-hbx-kitchen-with-island-0412-kitchen02-lgn+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The island is topped with Calacutta Gold marble and trimmed with brass corner guards for steamer trunks, from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop. Its metal tubular legs are fitted with parts from Brass Finders. Footed cabinets by <a href="http://www.wood-mode.com/" target="_blank">Wood-Mode</a> reflect the period of the 1905 house. The black countertops are made of two slabs of soapstone equaling two inches and forming a double ogee edge."  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard panels: </span><a href="http://nyblackboard.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">New York Blackboard Online</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Nicole Hough.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/family-kitchen-design-ideas-0412#slide-2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9v0fvyhskscRzYnndTBn1SgLgXBhg_-Daq9h5mCjghratGVyZQCxJBovivWVNsOUvnrYma7KNfxq1aElkbO2ZypHuTYwU0xKDgo7yMm4wdBb-NRFZ6S0DlN1aV8bWZMclpHcD4jRkllp/s1600/4-hbx-chalkboard-fridge-kitchen-0412-kitchen03-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9v0fvyhskscRzYnndTBn1SgLgXBhg_-Daq9h5mCjghratGVyZQCxJBovivWVNsOUvnrYma7KNfxq1aElkbO2ZypHuTYwU0xKDgo7yMm4wdBb-NRFZ6S0DlN1aV8bWZMclpHcD4jRkllp/s640/4-hbx-chalkboard-fridge-kitchen-0412-kitchen03-lgn.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Nicole] Hough makes her lists on the custom steel chalkboard panels on the fridge doors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chalkboard panels: <a href="http://nyblackboard.com/" target="_blank">New York Blackboard Online</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ridgewood, New Jersey kitchen of Nicole Hough and family in a 1905 American foursquare.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Nicole Hough.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/family-kitchen-design-ideas-0412#slide-4" target="_blank">Kitchen of the Month</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7H-NIMcoMSBGsJFvqahyphenhyphenr6aMgS7Kv722DElZpyF73aCS90OwcstYg4HcUhWY39J2nFUAUI5o2rb3Q8qdN0y_at7dWDj_lcoyCVQpE-VkE8nx7pS9AGv-YjHaudGq7saLg20z2xQUJT0R/s1600/white-kitchen-4-0307-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7H-NIMcoMSBGsJFvqahyphenhyphenr6aMgS7Kv722DElZpyF73aCS90OwcstYg4HcUhWY39J2nFUAUI5o2rb3Q8qdN0y_at7dWDj_lcoyCVQpE-VkE8nx7pS9AGv-YjHaudGq7saLg20z2xQUJT0R/s640/white-kitchen-4-0307-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This Christopher Peacock kitchen in Chappaqua, New York, has the soft, mellow feel of a beloved antique, and the chalkboard on the pantry cupboard - a Peacock signature - is a detail that adds approachability."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen design by <a href="http://www.peacockhome.com/">Christopher Peacock</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/kitchen-of-the-month-0307?click=main_sr#slide-4">Mellow Looks in Chappaqua, New York</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (March 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoecOOVtFqgejEEdHm06eaXQ8T38Of-bFGh0YOCa641cxyCFaCxRWzPAv_QO40Jx5PqFwyjMDMfEwSRaCpMHOBEqYGhT0-HlRNdu1UL3ZD2MSKgFloqt8gzdW86hSCI_XWhHoKt0pSPxf/s1600/white-library-0706_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoecOOVtFqgejEEdHm06eaXQ8T38Of-bFGh0YOCa641cxyCFaCxRWzPAv_QO40Jx5PqFwyjMDMfEwSRaCpMHOBEqYGhT0-HlRNdu1UL3ZD2MSKgFloqt8gzdW86hSCI_XWhHoKt0pSPxf/s640/white-library-0706_xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/">Benjamin Moore</a>'s blackboard paint covers the playroom walls, ready for when inspiration strikes. The black Farmhouse chairs are from <a href="http://www.potterybarnkids.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn Kids</a> and the worktable is from <a href="http://www.ikea.com/" target="_blank">IKEA</a>, its legs cut down to child-size. The rug is from <a href="http://www.pier1.com/" target="_blank">Pier 1 Imports</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.rubybeets.com/" target="_blank">Ruby Beets</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Penelope Green.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/ruby-beets-0706#slide-2" target="_blank">May We Introduce Ruby Beets</a>?" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (July 2006).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf55aypgJf8nqQ2lrYm91wVgKI0TI9Kvl-DVazf16I3DICZi7yOIqFW-ATGDR7-ZDb5PjYwJWzO5snE-mNCd-ofdC4kH-CBkH5P1JvmCdMEuSde2OALxzHWndZuQoLFAZocRMoOxe-5NX/s1600/larkins-11-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivf55aypgJf8nqQ2lrYm91wVgKI0TI9Kvl-DVazf16I3DICZi7yOIqFW-ATGDR7-ZDb5PjYwJWzO5snE-mNCd-ofdC4kH-CBkH5P1JvmCdMEuSde2OALxzHWndZuQoLFAZocRMoOxe-5NX/s640/larkins-11-de.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A kitchen chalkboard by <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/" target="_blank">Ballard Designs</a> caters to [Ty] Larkins's seven-year-old twin daughters."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baton Rouge, Louisiana home of Ty Larkins and family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tylarkins.com/" target="_blank">Ty Larkins</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thomas Loof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by James Servin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/updated-traditional-design?click=main_sr#slide-8" target="_blank">A New Take on Traditional Design</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (December 2009 - January 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqa-H9W4ridsvgI9jC-XpFVKy_83C2I7Jd6bz_mSuEhm9AI4GI0kLAnibah7X_HzNJnoGZekZ_23FYWKoZWJ2XSTWQx6Hf6M_VHtxN4oleQ5gl8U7kfn4QsbEvO8Pld5_14ftELfZDeb9/s1600/BlogChalkItUpJennaLyonsBath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqa-H9W4ridsvgI9jC-XpFVKy_83C2I7Jd6bz_mSuEhm9AI4GI0kLAnibah7X_HzNJnoGZekZ_23FYWKoZWJ2XSTWQx6Hf6M_VHtxN4oleQ5gl8U7kfn4QsbEvO8Pld5_14ftELfZDeb9/s640/BlogChalkItUpJennaLyonsBath.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wall paint: </span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Studio Finishes Chalkboard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/" target="_blank">J. Crew</a>'s Jenna Lyons "obsessively sprayed the fixtures with ocean water, so the brass would appear as seasoned as the herringbone floor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008). </span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKtsjEvE0KA7XtbrRtReIPI-H0-vBiK3clmfIMVxeBrDfbxZn1WJW_b4t4bFgNPfB5eRBR4f-TIn1jvphxfo1yAyfYNVnLPTWx5iomIpilrB9AdyQLThrDLsiRmHq1atWyCFYiK3QR-Xq/s1600/BlogChalkItUpJennLyonsMasterBedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKtsjEvE0KA7XtbrRtReIPI-H0-vBiK3clmfIMVxeBrDfbxZn1WJW_b4t4bFgNPfB5eRBR4f-TIn1jvphxfo1yAyfYNVnLPTWx5iomIpilrB9AdyQLThrDLsiRmHq1atWyCFYiK3QR-Xq/s640/BlogChalkItUpJennLyonsMasterBedroom.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I love taking simple materials and finding the beauty in them - letting things be what they are.' Charcoal walls - not the bathtub that's in the bedroom - are what surprise visitors most. 'There's a certain drama in something being unexpected,' says [Jenna] Lyons, 'and an air of formality because it's dark. But there's also an ease you don't usually find.' Why? It's chalkboard paint. [</span><a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'s Studio Finishes Chalkboard]. Likewise, feed sacks tacked to the headboard and rumpled always white linens bring a casual rusticity to the majesty of the marble fireplace and crown molding."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1890 Brooklyn, New York brownstone formerly owned by Jenna Lyons of <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">J.Crew</a>.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Melanie Acevedo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Lauren Sandler.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Totally Modern Timelessness" produced by Kim Ficaro.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomagazine.com/" target="_blank">Domino</a> (November 2008). </span> </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Chalk It Up

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