Before & After: A Couple Fix Up a Dated Townhouse From 450 Miles Away

Bowerbird Architects connects remotely with clients to update a Brooklyn home at the start of the pandemic.

If the top-to-bottom remodel of this Windsor Terrace townhouse taught homeowners Brittany Stenerson and Alex Matjanec anything, it’s that they’re not afraid to sweat the small stuff. From selecting 26 new light fixtures (without actually seeing any in person) to envisioning the exact size of the panes in the new 16-foot-wide glazed wall at the rear of the main floor, they dove into nitty-gritty details with aplomb.

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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.