Join us, if you will, as we observe a typical Sunday for Amy Globus in her family’s newly renovated Park Slope, Brooklyn, brownstone: Her two lovably rambunctious children wiggle in their seats at the vast kitchen island while her husband, who was once on MasterChef and speaks with a British accent, is pulling freshly baked bread from the oven. Before you collapse into a heap of envy, please know that it wasn’t always like this, of course. In the early years of their marriage, Amy and her husband, Gareth Miles, rented tiny apartments in nearly every neighborhood in the city before buying their first home: a two-bedroom in the building Ansonia Court. It was enough space for the couple, but after a few years and two additions to the family—Hunter, now seven years old, and Bowen, now five—things began to feel cramped. Bowen’s crib was in their kitchen. It was time to go.

Their brownstone, like much of what fills it, was a lucky find fatefully discovered thanks to Amy’s dedication—and constant StreetEasy refreshing. She approached the house hunt and the subsequent renovation the same way she approaches her work as the cofounder and creative director of Team , a strategic branding and design studio: earnestly, with total immersion.

This second-floor workspace was custom-made to fit the area near the staircase, where a rug from Nanimarquina adds handcrafted vibes. Offering a view into the family room, and opening up the hallway is a find from a Ninth Street junk shop: an old factory window from somewhere in Sunset Park.

One of the best features of the house is below the desk: a fairy door leading into Hunter’s closet. It was something Gareth insisted on, both because there’s nothing more fun for a kid than a secret door, and (taking a bit of a turn here) because he’s seen the movie Panic Room . “He told her, ‘If anybody breaks in, go in the fairy door and hide,’” says Amy.

“Amy is obsessive,” says Gareth, who himself works in creative consulting and is the cofounder of his company, the Rise Group . “And that is a big connection between her artwork, her design work for clients, and the house. The contractor said, ‘She's got to stop texting me at 3 a.m.’ When she's passionate about something, she goes incredibly deep into it.”

From left: Hunter, Amy, Gareth, and Bowen. The piano is one of the few things that came with the house and survived the renovation. Throughout the house, the varnished wood floors were replaced with Douglas fir planks from Dinesen , which are sealed with a natural wax that is environmentally friendly and results in a lovely matte finish.

This is where the action happens, with a little help from a brass chandelier by Workstead and a dining table designed by Amy and built by Mark Jupiter .

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