Brownstone basement

This handsome brick Italianate corner townhouse in Boerum Hill includes a roof terrace and an immaculate cellar/wine storage room.

This early 20th century Windsor Terrace brick row house has gotten an interior makeover that still retains some original details while providing an impressive amount of work and play space in the spacious English basement.

Check out lovely homes in Bed-Stuy, Ocean Hill, and more

This move-in ready brownstone is on the narrow side but a renovation several years ago fit in a large kitchen, plenty of bedroom space, closets and built-ins.

Welcome to The Insider, a design and renovation column appearing on Brownstoner every Thursday at 11:30AM. It's written and produced by Cara Greenberg, who also contributes The Outsider, Brownstoner's new garden column, Sundays at 8AM.

The whole family, under one roof in Fort Greene.

For “The Menu” Star John Leguizamo and his wife Justine, building a family home meant incorporating pieces from the past

A wine cellar built to hold 1,500 bottles, many of them containing Chianti produced by the homeowners’ own vineyard.

The chickens are gone in favor of a hot tub in the rear yard, but on the interior this 1850s Fort Greene brownstone is still packed with lush plasterwork, moldings, and mantels.

The whole family, under one roof in Fort Greene.