GARDEN LEVEL IN CARROLL GARDENS
From Brownstoner:
“It was clear from the get-go what the number one challenge would be in renovating a garden-level floor-through apartment in a vintage row house that had been converted to condos some years before. It was dark. Really dark.
‘It was so incredibly dark, a really glum experience’ for the family of four who lived there, said architect Jon Powell of Bushwick-based Jon Powell Architecture (JPA). ‘It hadn’t been renovated since the ’70s. It was a rabbit warren, with small internal kids’ bedrooms with no light. Only one bedroom had an actual window. There was a galley kitchen and only one bath, and three or four different types of flooring. There was no cohesion whatsoever.’”
Photography by Mark Roskams