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More house tours, including a cluttered-in-the-best-way Minnesota apartment (with a sweet dog) and a family’s dream home in Sacramento.Last Saturday I accepted my first ever poetry prize for The Mas Tequila Review’s Editor’s Choice Award. It was a blast getting to meet Richard Vargas, the journal’s editor-in-chief, and hear him read poems from his new book Guernica, Revisited.

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We’ll watch 30 to 40 videos, which is kind of like watching an episode of TV because they’re all like one minute.”īrooke: “My love language is sending TikTok clips to someone I love and watching them watch it. It worked out well.”Ĭyrus: “We do indulge in end-of-day TikTok. For the bedding, I liked the soft brown color.”Ĭyrus: “I was skeptical, but in our design relationship, I tend to be the sourcer of ideas, and Brooke has the good gut instinct to say, yes, that’s the one. Tiffany lamp: vintage on Craigslist.īrooke: “We went with a white with a slight mauve undertone, since some study said that has a more soothing effect.”Ĭyrus: “We need as much of that as we can!”īrooke: “We are all about the mental health around here. So, I handwrote a note: “Hello! I am an old toilet!’ etc.

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You have to hold the flusher down for like 10 seconds.”īrooke: “Whenever we had people over, I didn’t know how to tell every single person. When you’re on the third floor of an older Brooklyn brownstone, it takes a long time to flush. I’m always curious with house tours: what’s wonky about the place?Ĭyrus: “The bathroom. I have my list of ongoing searches: ‘vintage nightstand,’ ‘9×12 vintage rug pink.’ Tiffany-style table lamp was one of my big searches for a long time, and we found that one!” It’s gratifying when people come in and say, ‘Wow, I love how your apartment FEELS.'”īrooke: “I came from having roommates, and this was our first time living together, so it was really fun to combine our styles.”īrooke: “I like fuzzy bouclé textures, and Cy has an eye for vintage.”Ĭyrus: “I grew up obsessed with eBay, Etsy, Craigslist, Facebook marketplace. We love living in a city and always will, but at the same time, we want to feel like we’re in a countryside cottage. What do you love most about the apartment?Ĭyrus: “We lived here during a time when the outside world was chaotic and scary, so our home was a retreat. She had a vision! We wanted to infuse our own footprint, so we installed lights and fans.” Tiffany lamp: vintage on Craiglist.Ĭyrus: “The apartment used to be ketchup and mustard colored, but our friend, who lived here before us, DIY-ed the blue kitchen cabinets.

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I couldn’t afford one from a real artist, so I had an ongoing Craigslist search for ‘extra large canvas.’ Eventually, I found a Brooklyn painter who was selling giant canvases, and I walked one back across the bridge, and I had the idea to put acrylic paint in a spray bottle and just spray it.”īrooke: “I came home one day and there were tarps everywhere, and the fan was full speed, and Cy was like, ‘Look what I’m doing!’ You could tell it brought him joy.”Ĭyrus: “There’s one area that drips and kind of bothers me, but I’ve accepted that life is imperfect.” Where did you find the amazing green painting?Ĭyrus: “I wanted a big piece of abstract art. And then she was like, ‘Can we just date?’ and I was like, ‘Oh! Yeah! Yes, please!'” So, I was like, Okay, when I asked her out, it has to be part of an elaborate treasure hunt or scene. We were a will-they-won’t-they couple.”Ĭyrus: “It was all about fleeting glances across the room, or our elbows touching while watching a movie.”īrooke: “Well, on Valentine’s Day, I was like, ‘This is a silly corporate holiday,’ and he was like, ‘Totally.’ And then he leaves me a flash drive where he sang a song he had written for me and played three instruments!”Ĭyrus: “I like the big romantic gesture.

Here’s a peek into the top-floor apartment of Cyrus and Brooke Brazer, his equally awesome spouse…īrooke: “We lived in the same freshman dorm in college. So, when he reached out about doing a home tour, I immediately said yes. “That guy is hilarious on Instagram!” I told her. But! The other day, I passed Cyrus Ferguson on the street and grabbed my friend’s arm. During the past 20 years in NYC, I’ve spotted a gazillion celebrities, and I rarely fan-girl out.

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