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.
