Green Style: Ten Broeck Cottage

We certainly get our kicks from eclectic, vintage-y homes with lots of color and texture, but we're equally drawn to clean and minimalist interiors — homes that feel like a breath of fresh air. (A good attitude to get in with the Green Cure starting next week...)

This renovation of this cottage, done by New York architect Messana O'Rorke, retained the basic frame and form of the 1734 original, as well as the wattle and daub wall in the field stone basement...

See more of Messana O'Rorke at her website.

Via Desire to Inspire

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I can't imagine anything better than lying in that tub on a rainy day.

posted by birdablaze on September 29th 2009 at 5:49pm
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I could nap there and bathe there all day.

posted by Icanmakeit on September 29th 2009 at 9:46pm
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Is there a word stronger than "love?" Looking at these I kept thinking, "Is.. that.. my..home?"

posted by mellon on September 29th 2009 at 11:36pm
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Whoa...those floors are AMAZING!!!

posted by bitdot on September 30th 2009 at 9:41am
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I've always dreamt of living in such a beautifully peaceful home. And then the reality of a 2 year old, a dog, a puttering husband, and two jobs I love sets in. But just looking at these pictures is an invitation to keep the dream alive!

posted by thlitt on September 30th 2009 at 10:12am
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A fireplace is incompatible with Green. It's a giant hole in your house that sucks out the hot air. Burning wood causes deforestation and contributes to climate change. Not to mention the particulates that aggravate asthma and cause lung cancer. Just say no to fireplaces.

posted by nohj on September 30th 2009 at 11:43am
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