Tropical shades of fuchsia, seafoam, and cobalt bring island vibes to a young couple’s historic Brooklyn brownstone.
Photography by Annie Schlechter Words by Erin Cunningham Styling by Benjamin Reynaert
Sunshine
Eternal
Megan O’Neill wore a neon green veil to her 2015 wedding. In other words, she has forever been drawn to the idiosyncratic. It would make sense, then, that she was convinced to buy a three-story Brooklyn brownstone four years later after seeing a decrepit basketball hoop in the backyard. “It just felt so cool and urban,” says O’Neill. “I loved it.”
Some might be deterred by a house’s quirks. But O’Neill, the senior beauty editor at Goop, and her husband, Jesse Bull, president of an immersive video game startup, saw their potential. The exposed brick and wood beams; the airy, loftlike layout; and the painted-over window that later turned out to be a skylight all attracted the couple to the 1910 property in Bushwick, the neighborhood O’Neill has called home for the past 12 years. Although the brownstone didn’t require a gut renovation (a developer had completed a recent update), it still offered room to make it their own.
EternaL
Sunshine
Photography by Annie Schlechter Words by Erin Cunningham Styling by Benjamin Reynaert
Tropical shades of fuschia, seafoam, and cobalt bring island vibes to a young couple’s historic Brooklyn brownstone.