the best brownstone in brooklyn

Jewelry designer Page Sargisson lives in Brooklyn with her family. Their beautiful, 25 foot Brownstone in Park Slope caught our eye immediately, and after reading below, you’ll see why. All lovers of handcrafted furniture, personal details, and amazing wallpaper should keep reading.

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Wood Living room
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

Jewelry designer Page Sargisson lives in Brooklyn with her family. Their beautiful, 25 foot
Brownstone in Park Slope caught our eye immediately, and after reading below, you’ll see why.
All lovers of handcrafted furniture, personal details, and amazing wallpaper should keep reading.

Green Portrait
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK
YOUR HOME IS CAPTIVATING, AND WE KNOW YOU’VE MADE A FEW CHANGES LATELY. DESCRIBE THEM FOR US.

After a full renovation, you’re just happy that the
contractor is out of your house and the bathroom
has a door on it. Once we had enough furniture for
people to sit down, I took a break. Recently I’ve
been trying to get art on the wall. I made the
weaving piece with my kids’ art and finally sent it to
Framebridge to get framed. I also recently bought a
photograph for my 40th birthday by a somewhat
famous photographer from my hometown named
Tony King and bought a huge photograph by my
friend Jessica Antola from her Ethiopia series.

Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

1. WHAT WAS YOUR GOAL IN MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS? WHAT BROUGHT THEM ABOUT? Although I am so amazed at the craftsmanship of
my grandfather’s pieces, they are of a certain genre
being copies of old antiques from the 1700’s. The
craftsmanship is incredible but they definitely have
a “ye olde” look and I don’t want my house to look
exactly like my mother’s house did.  I tried to
modernize it with the light fixtures we bought,
adding more modern textiles to the furniture and
through the pieces we hung on the wall.

Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

2. THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS IN YOUR HOME WE’RE REALLY INTO. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT…FURNITURE MADE  BY YOUR GRANDFATHER? My grandfather was ahead of his time – an environmentalist, DIYer, and flannel-shirt wearing man in the 60’s!  He taught woodworking at Groton school for 30 years so he could do what he loved and still educate his kids. He was 73 when I was born and he taught me how to make dovetail boxes, jigsaw puzzles, fly fish, and so much more. He was retired by the time I was born but he’d spend hours each day working in his basement studio. I have memories of the furniture in their house, then my parents’ house and now my house. I have a secretary he made my father for his college graduation in 1955, a desk he made my grandmother in 1938 and a mini secretary he made for me when I was two – all inscribed to each of us in his script on the underside of the internal drawer.

Black Vignette
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

DRAWER PULLS MADE  BY YOUR HUSBAND? These are amazing!  My husband had
this idea well before we moved into the
house or designed the kitchen.  His
attention to detail flabbergasts me – not
only did he throw these tiny knobs on
the wheel but he drew the tiny designs
by hand.  I also adore that he had my
sons go into his studio and draw on
some – they’re just scribbles or just say
H T but they’re my favorite, something
that will stay with us forever – a ceramic
piece of history.

Brown and Red and Wood Staircase
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

YOUR  WALLPAPER? These are amazing!  My husband had
Wow – wallpaper was harder than I
thought.  I love color and pattern but
also didn’t want my house to look like an
old grandmother’s house from the Mad
Men era.  I also had a hard time figuring
out what the “repeat” would look like
when it was all over your wall. Thankfully
my friend, Ali Tick, is an interior designer
(and former Domino editor!) so she
totally got my vibe and made sure I
didn’t go crazy. The red cork wallpaper
was inspired by a wallpaper that my
parents had in their library. I have such
fond memories of that red room that I
wanted to replicate it and thankfully Ali
was able to find it! I bought the green,
bright flower wallpaper off of Gilt.com –
it’s from Brooklyn based designer Aimee
Wilder which made it an even bigger
draw for me and seemed appropriate.

Wood Hallway
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

3. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE  PART OF YOUR HOUSE, WHERE  DO YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME? With two little kids I definitely spend the most
time in the kitchen but my favorite room in the
house is my bedroom. It’s a corner room, so
enormous by New York standards, and you can
see the tops of the trees and the sky so it feels
like you’re in a treehouse.

Black Living room
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

4. CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR DESIGN AESTHETIC IN THREE WORDS Pattern, craftsmanship, color.

Wood Gallery Wall
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

5. ARE THERE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN YOUR AESTHETIC AT HOME AND IN YOUR WORK? Absolutely!  I love pattern and texture and
finding old things that can be re-worked into
something current and beautiful. I did it with
my sons’ art (weaving their watercolors
together), weaving the sailing rope for the
seats of my grandfather’s chairs and mixing
old and new design motifs. It’s similar to
how I find old woodblocks and take the
patterns from them for my jewelry or how
sometimes I hand carve a classic wedding
band but keep all the file marks.

Black Bedroom
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

6. WHO IN YOUR LIFE  HAS THE BEST SENSE OF INTERIOR DESIGN? My high school friend Margi has amazing
taste and her house reflects it.  She knows
how to edit and curate — something I greatly
admire but not something I can ever do.

Blue Kid's room
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK

7. WHAT IS THE MOST CHERISHED ITEM IN YOUR HOME? The plates that my husband made me and
my children. They have a note inscribed on
the bottom talking about the year and what
he loved about us at that moment.  It’s like a
pottery love note.

White Kid's room
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK
Wood Gallery Wall
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK
White Bathroom
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK
Blue Bedroom
Photography by MICHAEL WILTBANK