Tour the Brownstone Boys' Salvaged-From-Scratch Brooklyn Brownstone

Jordan Slocum (left) and Barry Bordelon (right), both project managers, became known as the Brownstone Boys all because they decided to renovate the home of their dreams. “When we started renovation, we had so many questions about how to renovate and we just weren’t finding the right sources," Jordan explains. So the two started up a blog to document their renovation progress. "We found it was very helpful for other people, and the process as we were going through it.”

Step through the Boys' front door and you'll be greeted by a lovely, wooden staircase — a classic staple in most historic row homes. “The entryway is one of our favorite spaces because you really know you’re in a brownstone when you walk into it," Barry says. "It’s the traditional stairway that goes up with the original banister."

Like many other rooms in their home, the original staircase and banisters were buried under layers and layers of paint. “We were going to strip the wood [and repaint it another color]." Jordan says. "But we stripped it and it looked so beautiful and so natural in the space that we were like, ‘We have to keep this!’” Barry adds, "It's really cool, because you couldn’t even see the detail that was in it when it was covered in paint."

It's been said the kitchen is the heart of any home. Barry and Jordan can prove this theory. “The kitchen is definitely something that people gravitate towards,” Jordan says. "They come in and the next thing you know they’re just hanging out on the stools in front of our kitchen island.” Barry adds, "We really wanted a show-stopper kitchen. We wanted it to be very open, so we had to tear down a couple of walls to make it happen."