The Back Parlor created by Steven Walsh Design is a sophisticated and inviting space for entertaining and relaxing. Much of the artwork was taken from Walsh’s personal collection. Photo by Beth Eisgrau-Heller
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Hundreds of guests mingled at Wednesday night’s opening party for the 2024 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, the biannual event which transforms a historic Heights home into a showcase of modern interior design.
This year, the Showhouse took over 182 Clinton St., a classic brick Greek Revival townhouse built in the late 1840s.
The Showhouse is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s primary fundraising event, and like the civic organization itself (founded in 1910), the project combines an appreciation of history, community and the “now.” The four-plus levels of the revamped home sparkle with the creativity of 16 brilliant and idiosyncratic interior and landscape designers.
“We want to expose people to the beautiful homes that are in the neighborhood and to the wide variety of ways you can decorate a house, and to bring together people in the community at an event like this,” BHA President Jeremy Lechtzin told the Brooklyn Eagle. “Also, to show the depth of decorating talent that is available in Brooklyn and across the city.”
An architectural historian and technology lawyer, Lechtzin provides in the Showhouse catalog a deep dive into the history of the house dating back to its 19th century farmland beginnings. Its story mirrors the arc of many neighborhood homes reconfigured over time into multi-family housing before converting back to a single-family in the 1990s, Lechtzin writes.
The Showhouse is co-chaired by interior designer Ellen Hamilton and…
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