Working with the dream team real_simple is something I am beyond grateful for Ever since I was a little girl I ve dreamed of owning a Brooklyn Brownstone Time will tell whether that dream will ever come true but having the opportunity to renovate the cellar of this incredible 1890s brownstone in Crown Heights for the Real Simple Home 2024 has been a highlight of my career The task at hand was to turn this place from disrepair to swanky speakeasy and I was only able to do such a thing with an incredible team behind me A huge thank you to everyone real_simple and especially mmchandler05 ericafinamore hannahbaker86 - I don t know how you all do what you do but it is beyond impressive A big thanks to dahill_designer_brownstone for letting me dream up this speakeasy in his basement slather his walls in brown and for placing trust