Wow.

That’s pretty cool. Brownstone? How close are the neighbors’ windows?

How close are the neighbors’ windows?

Across the street, unless they are on a square/park of which there are several in the area.

The thing that is odd about this house is the decor looks circa 80s, and no expense spared (high end finishes and molding, expensive WT). However in the 80s this neighborhood was quite questionable ... very early stage gentrification. The WT would have cost more than the house.

I could be wrong, but I think this bathroom is late 1990s at the very earliest. Does the other decor predate this?

I thought the WT screamed 80s… maybe im wrong. ...even if it was 90s, it would’ve been crazy luxe for the area

My carbon-dating skills may be off, but these images made me think 80s?

I think it is a clever attempt to create a double vanity and the associated counterspace. I think I would have done it in marble and not glass, with traditional nickel legs and not balustrades. I am not sure how I would do the storage. If it is only in the middle it will always feel like a seesaw...

I recognize the Ralph Lauren Aubusson duvet cover from one of the bedroom pictures, but I don’t know what year that was issued. Lauren started his home collection in 1986, so it wouldn’t have been earlier than that.

I actually thought I was looking at a hair salon set up! I do love the fireplace and cabinetry situation at the end, however. Very nice.

The overall look originated in the 1980s for sure, but I was in design school in the years surrounding 2000, and two of my classmates were working for firms that were doing this look 100%, at that time. The drapery in the gold bedroom is an approximation of what the house would have had new in the 19th c. if the homeowners had the budget. They didn't care at all that it covered all the elaborate millwork.

The workroom who made my drapery were making window treatments like this around 2015. There are clients out there who like what they like, and designers who will give it to them, and neither the client or designer pay all that much attention to what is trending, except that to some extent it has an effect on what is available even in the custom market. One of my instructor's first big clients was in the late 1960s and they wanted high traditional, and he was doing a downsized house for them in 2000 and it was a version of what he had done 30 years earlier.

So, I could be wrong, but I could easily see this interior being 25 years old rather than 35-40. Does that make more sense in terms of investment made in the house?

IDK the area has risen to 5-fold since 1993, from $200/sq ft to ~$1000 sft. So I guess that would place its value at about $600k in 1993. My first house cost me $655k in 1997, and I was buying WT not all that different. (see below.) So I guess it does track! This concludes this week's segment of Forensic Decorating.

PS Yes, this was my first grown up DR. It may explain where i developed my red aversion.

Well, I suppose I could have been a design or architectural historian had I known such a thing existed back when I was going to college.

You saw some of my school renderings, period authenticity was always one of my things.

And my dad was a forensic and clinical pathologist.

Ya know...I'm ALL about decorating with some drama....that was achieved here!

I'm ALL about decorating with some drama.

Really? Your posts, with caps and bolds, are kinda dramatic, but I have not seen drama decor. Are you holding out on us? Share!

I keep looking at it, and just don’t like it at all. I most dislike the entire vanity set up — the glass top, the legs (ugh ugh), the sinks, the cheap-looking drawers.

Wait, I do like the built-in dresser. And having a fire going while bathing would be pretty wonderful.

Maybe it looks better in person? (I doubt it in my case.)

But I’m just some hick from Texas, what do I know? 🤠

Let me rephrase that...I love people who decorate with drama. I'm in cabin mode...in Colorado! Love to see what others are doing out there ....in the BIG world. Happy? I'm also a hick from Texas. Howdy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough bold exclamation marks for ya? 😂😵Would I want it in my home. No. It would lower the property value....as DO a lot of decorating trends out there.

Nicole,

Makes sense!

From my OP - I think the way they did this vanity is super smart, though not my style (except i love the mirrors).

Jilly, I don't like the vanity at all, except the mirrors. I just thought it was an interesting/creative way to make a double vanity bathroom with countertop in a room like this. If it were me, I would have used marble going across and rested it on traditional nickel legs. And not teal vessel sinks for sure!

Yes, I know what you said in your OP … I agree. Different materials would’ve been better in my mind, too. :)

But if I were able to move plumbing and such, I would have tried to keep the windows more open somehow … maybe a tub under the windows and vanity somewhere else. I’m never one who needs two sinks, which every house of mine has had, so could easily plan for one sink and mirror. Currently, the sink on my side is rarely used, we both use his side. I’d prefer more counter space there instead.

I was holding off saying anything because I really don't care for it . Then I saw Jilly 's comment and I felt vindicated. ((I really don't like it. And I may be some hick from BrooklyntoNJtoPa so what do I know)..

I did very much enjoy the forensic decorating!