This Beautifully Busy Brooklyn Apartment Proves Maximalism Can Still Feel Calm

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This Beautifully Busy Brooklyn Apartment Proves Maximalism Can Still Feel Calm

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ABOUT THIS TOUR

HOME TYPE: Historic Home

LOCATION: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York

STYLE: Bohemian, Eclectic, Vintage

BEDROOMS: 1

SQUARE FEET: 1500

“Before I moved in, I was living in Austin, Texas, and I had leased the apartment sight unseen. After a week of driving across the country, the moment I walked in, I knew the universe was taking care of me and that I’d found my NYC home and safe haven,” begins Laci Mosier, writer, creative director, visual artist, and poet.

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Laci describes herself as “infinitely curious and intrigued by oddities” She says she loves things with a story. “From the wooden donkey I carried back from Mexico City in my lap like a baby to the Mark Maggiori cowboy lithograph above my bed, I am surrounded by bright colors, strange objects, and special stories,” she writes. “Coming from Amarillo, Texas — aka cowboy country — it felt important to have some piece of home when I moved to New York. This print is one of my most special pieces in the entire apartment and the first piece of art I bought for the home. My orange and lilac bedding was a sweet little score from IKEA. The long pillow is from West Elm, and the lace throw is a vintage find from an estate sale in Texas. The leather chair is also West Elm.” Credit: Laci Mosier

Brightly decorated bedroom featuring a striped orange and pink bedspread, framed artwork, and a cozy reading nook. — Laci describes herself as “infinitely curious and intrigued by oddities” She says she loves things with a story. “From the wooden donkey I carried back from Mexico City in my lap like a baby to the Mark Maggiori cowboy lithograph above my bed, I am surrounded by bright colors, strange objects, and special stories,” she writes. “Coming from Amarillo, Texas — aka cowboy country — it felt important to have some piece of home when I moved to New York. This print is one of my most special pieces in the entire apartment and the first piece of art I bought for the home. My orange and lilac bedding was a sweet little score from IKEA. The long pillow is from West Elm, and the lace throw is a vintage find from an estate sale in Texas. The leather chair is also West Elm.” Credit: Laci Mosier

“The sun came through the parallel windows and spread wide across the hardwood floors. The subway tile bathroom needed a good scrub. And the 10-foot ceilings made the apartment echo-y but full of hope for the life I could make here,” Laci says of the one-bedroom apartment in a 125-year-old building in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood.

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“This is one of my favorite nooks. I love to have friends over for meals, and this is also where I make my collages and paint. I like to sprawl out, and it’s nice that it’s tucked away from the rest of the apartment so I can let projects linger without feeling like they’re taking over the apartment. The long dining table is from Castlery and took a long time to source. I love the curved legs and the surprisingly thin tabletop. The chairs are a mix of Facebook Marketplace and IKEA.” Credit: Laci Mosier

“I slept on an air mattress for six weeks while I waited for my things to arrive from Texas, and in that time, I made the dining room with its grand crown-molding archway my temporary bedroom. Even though I had nothing but an air mattress and a suitcase, that time period felt strangely exquisite and hopeful. I couldn’t wait to see what the apartment (and my life in it) would become over time.” Laci has rented the space for four years now.

“Over the years, the home has become a living thing that moves and shifts as my life does. I recently held a poetry salon where all my writer and writer-adjacent friends gathered to read poems, stories, and plays. The energy felt so sweet, cozy, and safe. All the aspects of a home I’ve always wanted to create.” Credit: Laci Mosier

It was important to Laci to create a home that could contain all the different “versions” of her creativity, from writing, to visual art, to poetry, and more. “I wanted a place to be able to write, make art, read, share meals with friends, watch movies, and all of the above,” she writes.

“The place gets really beautiful natural light during the day,” Laci writes. “At night, I usually have a few taper candles going. Lighting is such an important part of experiencing home to me, so I have gone through dozens of lightbulb experiments and swaps to find the right vibe!” Credit: Laci Mosier

Her best advice for decorating a home? It’s to do the weird thing. “Do the thing you always wanted to do when you were a kid. The canopy bed, the purple wall, the strange art, the dumpster chair. Your home is truly an extension of your mind and yourself. And just as it takes a lifetime to grow into yourself, it can take a long time for your home to feel like *home*. You will go through many permutations before things start to feel just ‘right.’ Enjoy the unfolding and puzzling journey. ”

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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