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8 of the Coolest Homes in Brooklyn

by Rick Anderson

Technically, yes, Brooklyn is a borough, but at this point it’s also an idea—in the world of design, that means reclaimed wood, Edison bulbs, wrought iron fixtures. The new book Brooklyn Interiors by Kathleen Hackett with creative direction by Hilary Robertson ($45; Rizzoli) proves, though, that Brooklyn doesn’t have to be defined by any one interior aesthetic. Featuring homes ranging in neighborhoods from Bed-Stuy to Clinton Hill to Ditmas Park, the tome underscores the borough’s diversity—there’s a white-walled bedroom accented with greys and blacks, and then another painted yellow and green with a fish sculpture hanging over the bed. There’s one living room with an antique map and surfboard and another living room decorated with leather sofas and industrial pendant lamps. These are the eight homes we’d move into right now.

Brooklyn Interiors ($45; Rizzoli)

Boerum Hill

The owner, artist Stephen Antonson, created and then plastered an Angele chandelier and Volute candlesticks for the dining room.

Fort Greene

Everything in this room was purchased secondhand; the metal horse in the center of the living room was once part of a European carousel.

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Colorful Dansk enamelware—the owners are restaurateurs—decorates the space above the kitchen table.

Clinton Hill

A Jacolby Satterwhite photo hangs above the nonworking fireplace in this bedroom.

Brooklyn Heights

Home to an artist, a filmmaker, and their son, this classic six contains free-flowing space between the dining and living rooms.

Bushwick

The owner carved the cod hanging over the bed. The winged articulated pendant light on the left is suspended above an antique blanket chest.

Dumbo

This art-filled loft is the resting place for a surfboard that’s been in the owner’s family for decades.

Ditmas Park

All the artwork in this five-bedroom Colonial Revival was done by friends of the owner, who shot the two photographs that sit on the bookcase while in India.

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