Step Inside This Year’s Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse

ByAbd Rabbah


Steps away from Brooklyn Bridge Park, in a classic Greek Revival town house, the Brooklyn Heights Association welcomed guests to the grand opening of the third biennial Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse last week. The newly renovated and six-floor residence’s style is decidedly Brooklyn, with many of the participating interior designers choosing to showcase the artistry of borough-based talents and honor the historical neighborhood’s architectural nuances.

The property—which is open for tours through October 30—was built in 1839 by George S. Howland, founder of paint pigment makers Brooklyn White Lead Company (and an early developer of the Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo neighborhoods). Nearly two centuries later, regional design and landscape pros present a more contemporary picture of Brooklyn living within the home with help from sponsors such as Sherwin-Williams, Forbes & Lomax, Walker Zanger, Wovn Home, and Ferguson.

Below get a glimpse inside the designer showcase, which supports the Brooklyn Heights Association’s advocacy efforts.

“Yellow fields of wheat and blue skies above them. These are the colors of my native Ukraine,” Serhiy Mshanetskiy, founder of Brooklyn Heights Gardens, says of the inspiration behind the town house’s front window boxes. “Unfortunately, this year as well, spilled drops of red color had to be added to this palette.”

Photo: Tim Cree

In Chused & Co.’s regal double parlor, a set of abstract artworks from the 1930s and ’40s spawned the “Art moderne” color palette, parlaying into pale green high-lacquer walls by NYC Fine Finishes, acid yellow accents, and a burgundy serpentine sofa. “I realized the two decades had a lot in common,” says lead designer Jenna Chused. “They both featured softer silhouettes and a certain purity of line, so the idea of mixing the two periods felt very inspirational.”

Photo:  Jeff Holt 



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