We worked with a team of designers and architects to make over a brownstone in Brooklyn, New York.
Modern touches and elegant upgrades enhance the building’s historic charm.
The REAL SIMPLE Home 2024 was stunning from the startthat woodwork!
Kelly Marshall, Styling: Sophia Pappas
Here are the creatives who brought the home to life.
Amber Guyton
Amber Guyton ownsBlessed Little Bungalow, an interior design firm based in Atlanta.
Brooklyn Grange
Brooklyn Grange is a Brooklyn-based company focused on making cities more livable and climate-adaptable.
Amber Guyton
They launched in 2010 and are now the leading soil-based rooftop farming business in the U.S.
They operate over 300,000 square feet of rooftop farms in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.
They create spaces that marry historic charm with clean, modern designs.
Brooklyn Grange
Their first book,For the Love of Renovating, debuted in June 2024.
They started with services in San Francisco and have since spread into markets across the country.
Marissa lives in Colorado with her husband and two children.
Brownstone Boys
Kate Pearce
Kate Pearce is an interior designer and blogger based in Evanston, IL.
Her home was built in 1899, so only a few years after our REAL SIMPLE Home!
Hema loves traveling, exploring L.A., and spending time with her husband and daughters.
Jessica Davis
Roth specializes in finding ways to make homes as personal, functional, and beautiful as possible.
He has since completed six renovations and restorationsand the REAL SIMPLE Home is his seventh!
Dahill lives and works in Brooklyn, along with his wife and two daughters.
The Neat Method
Spotted the perfect paint color in the den?
The woodwork was refinished, some of the older windows were replaced, and every corner was spruced up.
We learned so much in the process, we compiled all our top tips for updating an older home.
Kate Pearce
Design Ideas
Tidying Tips
Hema Persad
Jasmine Roth
Mikel Welch
AlexAllen Studio
Adam Dahill
Corinne Mucha
Kelly Marshall, Styling: Sophia Pappas
Kelly Marshall, Styling: Sophia Pappas
Photography by Kelly Marshall / Prop Styling by Sophia Pappas
Kelly Marshall, Styling: Sophia Pappas
