Author Erika Veurink pulled collectively her Brooklyn residence like she did her wardrobe: she peppered it with offbeat items (assume: a foot candle and Greek column), and nearly each piece was thrifted. “I don’t need our house to ever really feel too severe,” she says. Come take a tour…
ENTRYWAY
On creating an oasis: I need our house to really feel like a soothing inhale, exhale. We’re in a quieter a part of Brooklyn, and it’s good when folks come from Manhattan and have their whole day on their face, and might simply sit down and be like, ‘Okay, I’m right here now.’ I at all times prefer to mild candles earlier than associates arrive and provide them a seat on the couch, versus our chairs.
Bench: Restoration {Hardware} by way of Craigslist. Display, eating desk and chair: Craiglist.
On furnishings price preventing for: My husband, Christian, and I bought into an enormous argument the evening we discovered this room display on Craigslist, as a result of we needed to wait exterior of the vendor’s residence for an hour. My husband was like, ‘I don’t wish to be right here.’ And I used to be like, ‘I’ve looked for a room display like this for 5 years. We’re ready.’ Painted room screens don’t come up that usually, and this one was solely $75. So, price it.
Cloud portray: Rachel English. Rain portray: Francesca Wade. Eating desk illustration: Julie Thomson Martin. Brick wall {photograph}: taken by Erika. To Kill a Mockingbird quote: painted by Erika’s sister. Flower portray: “my husband’s grandmother painted it for our wedding ceremony.” Italy photograph: taken by Erika’s mother-in-law. Embroidered wall hanging and Elvis bust: thrifted.
On DIY shenanigans: I discovered this Elvis bust whereas thrifting with my greatest pal Ruby in D.C. I’m a giant Elvis fan, and Ruby and I at all times egg one another on with concepts. The bust was initially colourful and sparkly, however once we noticed it, we thought, We will spray paint it! Let’s do it!
LIVING/DINING AREA
Paint: White Dove by Benjamin Moore. Mirror: Craigslist, related. Bookshelves: Ikea. Chairs: Reuse America. Espresso desk and globe pendant: Craigslist. Wall clock: Umei. Rug: eBay.
On favourite reads: I’ve been loving Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik, and I additionally like flipping by The Home E book, an previous coffee-table guide of interiors by Terence Conran. It’s from the ’90s, and I really like how intentional every bit feels, again when placing collectively a house was a typically slower course of. After which clearly I learn Sarah Manguso’s Liars like everybody else.
Candlesticks: Tiffany. Mirror: Craigslist, related. Bookshelves: Ikea. Chair: Reuse America.
On Euro inspiration: I like how our residence feels cozy, heat, and vibrant. I used to be impressed by English countryside coziness; I like the concept that there are not any guidelines in relation to colour. Additionally, all these women on the market in Copenhagen, their dedication to paint, and the way they boldly mash issues collectively.
Candles: Hay. Des Moines Map: Home.
On soulmates: My greatest pal Ruby and I met 10 years in the past in Iowa, and we had been each going to high school in New York. She’s my muse and like a second sister to me. I keep in mind going to her mother and father’ home for the primary time, and so they had all these framed photographs of their associates and prolonged household, and I discovered it so touching. I didn’t have that in the home that I grew up in — we simply had photos of our nuclear household. So, I keep in mind framing this image nearly instantly and displaying it with satisfaction.
On the foot candle: My pal made this two years in the past, and he or she was like, ‘I’m going to begin a foot candle enterprise.’ I used to be like, ‘Okay, I’m by no means going to burn this,’ as a result of I wished to help her when she launched her enterprise. She nonetheless hasn’t began it, however I’m simply ready.
David Hockney poster: First Dibs. Eating desk and chairs: Craigslist.
On items you study to like: The Greek-style column was once my father-in-law’s; he had it in his bachelor pad. It was one of many three items of furnishings that my husband introduced into our residence. At first I assumed it was so ugly and cheesy, however now I’ve change into so endeared to it. Seeing it built-in into our house made me far more keen on it; typically I simply want somewhat time to heat as much as one thing. Now it means all the things to me. So, ethical of the story — folks can develop and alter.
Couch and basket: Craigslist. Lamp: Etsy. Facet desk: classic. Weighted blanket: Bearaby.
On household heirlooms: My grandma made the quilt [pictured above, top] for me after I graduated with my MFA in non-fiction writing. She’s a lifelong quilter residing in Iowa, and he or she often offers quilts for weddings. It meant quite a bit that she acknowledged my grad-school commencement as one thing to actually have a good time.
Espresso desk: Craigslist.
On fortunate finds: I prefer to randomly seek for furnishings on Craigslist inside a three-mile radius, and sooner or later an inventory for this espresso desk got here up. It included a screenshot of its Chairish itemizing that was priced at $16,000, however the proprietor was promoting it on Craigslist for $350. After we went over to the vendor’s residence, she was reluctant to provide it up. She was anxious it might go to somebody who didn’t respect it. So, after I couldn’t cease gushing, we had this wonderful second the place I used to be like, ‘Don’t fear, that is going to a very good house.’ It’s one in every of my favourite thrifting reminiscences.
KITCHEN
Star print: Alex Ry.
On partnership roles: I don’t prepare dinner any of the meals in our household — I really feel very uncomfortable in that house, and my husband was once a non-public chef. When I’ve dinner events with my girlfriends, he’ll make the dinner, depart to go learn at a bar, come again after which do the dishes. He reveals up for me in that means on a regular basis; he’s the kindest particular person I do know and is supportive in each sense of the phrase.
On love languages: As for me, I at all times select good motion pictures for us, and discover good podcasts to hearken to once we’re on highway journeys.
On helpful crops: Christian grows herbs in our kitchen within the winter. Salade niçoise and our morning cappuccinos are my favourite issues he makes.
Race automobile photograph: of Erika’s grandfather.
On shocking photographs: This photograph is of my grandad. He used to race automobiles, and after I noticed this photograph hanging in his storage, I made him to provide it to me so I might make prints for my sister and myself. I really like this image a lot.
PRIMARY BEDROOM
Oui print: Clare V x Framebridge. Lamp: Craigslist. Yellow quilt: Pottery Barn, related. Yellow throw pillow: Mexico. Blue throw pillow: Matouk. Euro shams: Restoration {Hardware}.
On a monochrome bed room: We went to Copenhagen for our winter honeymoon — it was freezing chilly and windy, so we spent plenty of time in design shops. That, plus the romance on being on our honeymoon, kind of incited a confidence in colours that I’d beforehand been intimidated by. After we got here house, I stated ‘We wanted a striped yellow quilt instantly.’ Then the Clare V. print got here into the image, after which all of it got here collectively.
On inside jokes: Above our mattress, we framed the manila envelope we used to hold the papers for our marriage license. It says ‘Pups Solely’ as a result of ‘Pup’ is our nickname for one another. I introduced it to Framebridge and was prepared to inform them the entire backstory. However then they had been like, ‘Okay, what sort of mat would you like?’ In that second, I spotted they see the world’s cutest stuff daily.
Dresser: Fb Market. Bag: thrifted. Eve Babitz photograph: reward.
On reward traditions: My mother-in-law and I began a ritual of at all times giving one another candle sticks; it’s very candy. She stunned me with those on my dresser as a result of she is aware of I like a pop of purple. I’m obsessive about candles and at all times have backups readily available. In case you’re on the lookout for taper candles, go along with beeswax as a result of it burns extra slowly. For scented, I at all times do D.S. & Durga.
Cell: Mobiles Mobiles. Chair: Reuse America. Throw pillow: Salvesen Graham. Coronary heart and balloon lamp: classic Ikea.
On large realizations: For some time, Christian and I went forwards and backwards over the place to cool down and begin a household, and regarded on the lookout for a home on the lake in Minnesota. I grew up in Iowa and at all times imagined elevating my children within the Midwest. However after many lengthy conversations, we realized that our lives and individuals are right here in Brooklyn. When I discovered this cellular, I used to be initially drawn to the colour. However then I observed it’s additionally known as ‘Lake’, and it felt symbolic to me. I spotted that although we’re staying in New York, we will nonetheless deliver that lovely, calm Midwest vitality to our house.
On recreating childhood reminiscences: Rising up, I at all times had the liberty to be artistic in my household house. There was an area in my basement the place I produced a play, and if I wished to take over the eating desk to construct a fort or placed on a puppet present, my mother and father’ angle was ‘Nice, go forward.’ So, my hope is to domesticate that for my children sometime, and for myself now.
Thanks a lot, Erika. We like you.
P.S. Many extra home excursions, together with a Minnesota house with plenty of collections and a really colourful home in Connecticut.
(Pictures by Christine Han for Cup of Jo.)
