59 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Exquisitely renovated and remarkably proportioned, with 22' width and 50' depth, on a rare 140' lot — 59 Lefferts Place is a complete owner-led re-imagination of a historic Clinton Hill property. With architectural design by BAOO and garden by Brook Landscape, the home features a rare grade of natural materials and equal artistry and functionality; privately presented, the glimpses offered here are an invitation to a scale and specificity most beautifully experienced in person. A unique motif of arches — across lofted doorways, barrel-raised ceilings and skylights, a wall of doors that draws the garden into the parlor floor, and the curvature of the limewashed fireplace anchoring the luminous parlor — reflects both historic Brooklyn and biophilic design. Original doors, mantelpieces, stairs and railings are matched with reconstructed medallions; designer fixtures from Alexandre Biaggi, Louis Jobst, Allied Maker, among others; and a palette of honed and polished stone, zellige tile,...