Garden Level of Quincy House by Office of Architecture

Before & After: A Gut Remodel Corrects a Century of Quick Fixes in This Brooklyn Row House

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A kitchenette anchors the rec room, where the family gathers to watch their favorite shows: House Hunters International Renovation for Kwame and Tamara, and "unhealthy amounts of Thomas the Tank Engine with our four-year-old," says Kwame. The papier-mâché solar system hanging from the ceiling is by their son (with help from his grandmother), and the framed artwork is Vipera Lebetina by Damien Hirst.