Video: This Old House(R) Comes to Brooklyn for First-Ever New York City Project

Video: This Old House(R) Comes to Brooklyn for First-Ever New York City Project

Popular Home Improvement Series Adds Design Correspondent to Team of Experts

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners Kevin Costello and Karen Shen fulfilled a lifelong dream with their recent purchase of a 1904 Renaissance Revival brownstone in the historic Prospect Heights area of Brooklyn. In order to make this dream a reality, they had to come up with an affordable plan to defray mortgage costs. The solution was to turn part of the brownstone into rental units. Once the renovation is complete, the owners plan to rent both the garden and third floor levels, leaving the middle two floors as living space for themselves and their three young children. As the family grows, they hope to one day afford to reclaim the third floor for their private use.

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The This Old House New York City project also marks the official debut of the newest member of the team, design correspondent Carole Freehauf. With more than 20 years of design experience, Carole brings to the series her trademark style of creating interiors that are sophisticated yet comfortable, architecturally appropriate and elegantly understated.

Tune in to welcome Carole to the team and see how the brownstone is transformed from a former rooming house into a three-family home.

The This Old House New York City project premieres nationally on PBS beginning Thursday, January 22, 2009. (check www.thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule or your local listings)

   Media Contacts    Dawn Newell   617-300-5344   dawn_newell@wgbh.org   Tara Rafieymehr Pettinato   617-300-5328   tara_rafieymehr@wgbh.org    This Old House Ventures   Karen Affinito   212-522-3740   karen_affinito@timeinc.com    Photography Contact   Caitlin Karg   617-300-5484   caitlin_karg@wgbh.org    WGBH Station Relations Contacts   Nancy Bocchino   617-300-5371   nancy_bocchino@wgbh.org   Jeanette Scott Thwing   617-300-5327   jeanette_scott@wgbh.org   

This Old House is produced by This Old House Productions, Inc., for This Old House Ventures, Inc., and is presented on PBS by WGBH Boston.

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Source: WGBH

CONTACT: Dawn Newell, +1-617-300-5344, dawn_newell@wgbh.org, or Tara
Rafieymehr Pettinato, +1-617-300-5328, tara_rafieymehr@wgbh.org, both of WGBH;
or Karen Affinito of This Old House Ventures, +1-212-522-3740,
karen_affinito@timeinc.com; or Photography, Caitlin Karg, +1-617-300-5484,
caitlin_karg@wgbh.org; or Nancy Bocchino, +1-617-300-5371,
nancy_bocchino@wgbh.org, or Jeanette Scott Thwing, +1-617-300-5327,
jeanette_scott@wgbh.org, both WGBH Station Relations

Web Site: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/

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