"Each week Brownstoner columnist Cara Greenberg provides an inspirational look at interior design and renovation in homes across the borough, from prewar apartments to brownstones. Each Insider column, which has appeared on Brownstoner since 2011, offers a tour of a finished project with details on layout decisions, finishes, and decoration. Below, click through to find the 10 most popular Insider columns of 2025 and see if your favorite made the list."
"The dilapidated row house, recently purchased by a couple with young kids, cried out for a massive renovation. "It needed everything. The works!" said architect Kim Letven of Gowanus-based NV/design.architecture (NV/da). There were some structural issues, as well as mechanicals in need of complete replacement. NV/da began with joist repair, leveling floors, a new roof, new skylights, new HVAC, a sprinkler system, all new plumbing, repointing...the list goes on."
"At just 15 feet wide, narrowness was one challenge in the renovation of this four-story mid-19th century Italianate brownstone in the Cobble Hill Historic District, but it wasn't the only one. Decades of patchwork renovations and general deterioration didn't help. And, as in almost all homes of that era, storage was woefully inadequate for a modern family. "Initially, the house didn't look in bad shape, but it had had hodgepodge, builder-grade renovations,""
A curated collection of ten popular 2025 Brooklyn renovation and interior design projects highlights comprehensive, room-to-room transformations that reconcile historic fabric with contemporary living. Projects include full structural and mechanical overhauls — joist repair, floor leveling, new roofs and skylights, HVAC and sprinkler installation, complete replumbing, and repointing — alongside holistic updates that maximize narrow footprints and add needed storage. Renovations address decades of patchwork work and builder-grade changes, unify finishes, and apply layout and decoration choices that preserve architectural character while meeting modern family needs across neighborhoods such as Park Slope and Cobble Hill.
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