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HOMES Brooklyn Brownstone
‘Everything in the house
is, in fact, super personal.
They’re all things I’ve
chosen for this house and,
a!er nearly 20 years,
somehow feel a part of me.’
in my furnishings and art, but I’m not
very brave about colour on the walls.’
Against the blank canvas of these
enormous light spaces, she has built up
a colourful, eclectic and enormously
personal collection of antique the space above the bed has been given
furniture, mirrors and lamps, textiles to a diptych by Sidney Mang’ong’o.
The bathroom has a charming
from around the world, and art by A self-confessed ‘terrible hoarder’
vintage vibe and is filled with
artists working in New York or who Marysia has a tendency to hang on to
souvenirs from Marysia’s travels.
she has met on her travels. every li"le thing. ‘When I pick The vibrant pink rug came from
‘My ex-husband is an artist and something up, I get a strong sense of Morocco and adds warmth and
through him I got to know artists where I was when I got it and what I colour to the tiled floor.
working in the city,’ she says. ‘Over was thinking at the time.’ Above all, LEFT Metro tiles along the side
time I’ve developed a more informed her mirrors are her most prized assets. of the bath and above the basin
eye and got more perspective and a bit ‘I would never part with them. The one are a glamorous touch, while
an antique shaving mirror and
more knowledge. I’d love to buy more, over the main #replace hung in my
the Thirties kitchen cabinet are
but not only can I not a!ord it, but I mother’s living room. Everything in the
characterful as well as practical.
don’t actually have room on the walls!’ house, in fact, is super personal. They’re
The yellow bentwood chair was
Her living room features work by New all things I’ve chosen for this house and,
a flea-market find.
York artists Mickalene Thomas and a$er nearly 20 years of living here,
Kara Walker, while in her bedroom, somehow feel a part of me.’
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