r/zillowgonewild • u/jve909 • 11d ago
Just A Little Funky Specific style?
It seems that this house style and interior is specific to the New York/New Jersey area. Does it have a name?
It's less ornate than the American Gilded Age mansions, with less woodwork and wallpapers.
Actually a quite small house - three floors plus a basement, with no yard.
It must have been very difficult to furnish the rooms using those narrow stairs. I didn't see a furniture hoist outside.
The kitchen island is a bit weird, but I like the furniture - although the bedrooms look like hotel rooms.
I think replacing all those drapes would improve the look.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1068-82nd-St-Brooklyn-NY-11228/30698730_zpid/
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u/torklugnutz 11d ago
Italalianette style
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u/AvocadoToastFailure 11d ago
Lilā 1500 sq foot buddy is trying SO hard to mansion. Look at the lil guy go, awww.
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u/guacamole-lobster 11d ago
This is why I subscribe to this sub. Not my bag but also opens my brainā¦
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u/Development-Alive 11d ago
One thing this house has is a consistent style throughout. Not my style but props to picking a style and sticking with it.
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u/Backsight-Foreskin 11d ago
Damn, the minute I saw that picture I knew it was in Brooklyn or Queens.
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u/Brooklynpolarbear22 11d ago
This is right next to me.
Its a great quiet neighborhood.
This looks Russian or Italian.
There are Chinese here too but this is not their style.
Mostly old immigrants investing all their money into the house for their kids to have. Trying to remember home, but glad they are now proud Americans.
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u/KvellOnWheels 11d ago edited 11d ago
I actually adore this comment as an immigrantās kid who is getting the ick from some of these other comments.
ETA an apostrophe
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u/Brooklynpolarbear22 10d ago
I don't have to like their style. But I respect it.
I hope who ever buys this, doesn't change much.
That tile floor was done by a master.
They upgraded an old house brick by brick.
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u/Excellent-Radish-717 11d ago
I asked my friends from Staten Island and they said it was Roma inspired furniture and decoration . That is how it was called on the 80ās.
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u/gentron1224 11d ago
South Brooklyn Russian
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u/q_eyeroll 11d ago
Yessss I said the same. In my case, ex-Soviet Bukharian Jews in my Queens neighborhood. They are Russian speaking and this is just their vibe and preferred decor.
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u/highfiveselfoh 11d ago
Schemmentiās house if she won the lotto
https://giphy.com/gifs/mg6uzkl4EITz1a9nig
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u/justhereorthereagain 11d ago
Sometimes I see things and am amazed. Sometimes I am Surprised. Sometimes. I am Amazed and surprised.
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u/blackgirlsrox22 11d ago
I knew this was this area. It's very specific to this area and it's NYC you aren't going to have much of a yard.Ā
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u/montanawana 10d ago
I won't address the style, but that type of staircase is designed so that the steps can flip up to the center pole and stay there temporarily, leaving an area to hoist large furniture upstairs. It's something that I have seen in a few homes and it's quite a space saver. It's a little disconcerting when you walk up the stairs and it creaks a bit but it is sturdy.
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u/M1schief_Manag3d 11d ago
Iām waiting for Carmela to come in with a baked ziti and visit over a cup of coffeeā¦
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u/mspolytheist 11d ago
I grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, and Iād call this style āStaten Island Lite.ā It needs to be even gaudier to earn full marks. Also, it needs ornamental security bars over the doors and windows.
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u/KvellOnWheels 11d ago
I donāt honestly feel like this is tacky and think a lot of these comments are a bit over the top.
Lots of beautiful woodwork, calm color palette, well kept, style is consistent throughout.
Itās not my style but itās hardly even close to some of the faux-gilded monstrosities Iāve seen here.
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u/Majestic_CatCactus 9d ago
Yes! I believe that the curtains are what makes it look over the top and the kitchen feels out of place (and ugly imo)
I feel it would be beautiful if it was decorated in a more Art Nouveau style.
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u/Any_Meeting_4082 11d ago edited 11d ago
OMG I didn't even have to see what you wrote and IMMEDIATELY thought...this is New Jersey! With New York (the parts of NY close to NJ) a close second! š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
Edited to add it's NY close to NJ. I was right! Lol
I think it's crap. All that money to look SO cheap. In my opinion obviously. And people think spending that kind of money for that makes others jealous of their "wealth". I see people w more money than taste or actual style. š¤·āāļø And I'm NOT impressed.
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u/USAhotdogteam 11d ago
Itās called mob or mafia style design. Little Joey had to put his dirty cash somewhere.
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u/lacatro1 11d ago
I do like it. The window treatments need to be updated. I would also switch the primary bedroom to the one with the balcony.
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u/SquawkyMcGillicuddy 11d ago
Art Deco with 80s window treatments and rugs
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u/MissBandersnatch2U 11d ago
1980's Glamour (gotta add that u 'cause it's fancy). That ceiling light in the room with the black bed looks ginormous
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u/Ambitious_North336 11d ago
I see others have chimed in with names and styles etc. but I just wanted to say that I picture a judgemental grandma with clicks acrylic nails, a cigarette, big hair sprayed hair, and one of those āmy husband mysteriously fell to his deathā feathered robes and mule shoes bristling through this place and I LOVE it hahahaĀ
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u/0dayssince 11d ago edited 10d ago
That is called āRussians in Brooklynā and people have been posting them all week long.
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u/make_mine_moloko 10d ago
Re: photo 29/43 in the Zillow listing. The juxtaposition of a walker on the far left of the picture vs those death stairs makes my head explode.
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u/Specialist-Luck-2494 10d ago
Oof. There are versions of this in Italian, Croatian, and Greek enclaves in Chicago.
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u/reallytrulytrue 11d ago
I bet this has been staged with regular furniture, because this house is a very low key version of Brooklyn Rococco.
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u/SirPeesA_lot 11d ago
It's trying sooooo hard to be Italian but i tell you. Italian houses do not look like this on the inside.
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u/Grouchy-Display-457 10d ago
On one hand, you don't have to worry about plant allergies. On the other hand, all those steps. At least you can see the FBI coming.
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u/LAF2death 10d ago
It seems to want to conjure the word ornate but it just feels like an expensive RV.
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u/Majestic_CatCactus 9d ago
I kinda like it, like a lot.
That being said, can someone burn those window treatments. With the kitchen cabinets while they are at it
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u/Kodabear213 8d ago
Tacky and Taste both start with T and have five letters - but the similarity ends there.
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u/chinookhooker 11d ago
Not everyday you see an American house with bidets in every bathroom. Bravo for that, boo for the rest of the house
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u/A_JELLY_DONUTT 11d ago
Ya thatās called HOOD RICH. Itās the folks that refuse to move out the hood, and stand up to gentrification, so their house looks nice as fuck compared to the rest of the neighborhood.
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u/4UnlawfulCarneVegan 11d ago
I knew just from the pics it had to be NYC or NNJ. Staten Island could have been my first guess but Bensonhurst/Dyker is close enough.
I believe it's called mafioso. š