When scrolling through beautiful homes online, it?s easy to overlook the time and energy it took to craft each one’s style. I, for one, am totally guilty of this. Sometimes I assume that such pretty spaces must be unicorns: Homes that just came into being sans disagreement, compromise or tension. In reality, however, oftentimes there?s […]

When scrolling through beautiful homes online, it?s easy to overlook the time and energy it took to craft each one’s style. I, for one, am totally guilty of this. Sometimes I assume that such pretty spaces must be unicorns: Homes that just came into being sans disagreement, compromise or tension. In reality, however, oftentimes there?s a direct correlation between how effortless a home appears and how much actual work went into making it look as such. Briana DeVoe White and Evan Ripley?s Greenpoint, Brooklyn railroad-style apartment is a great example of this. It?s cohesive and well-appointed now, but the two years they spent designing it were trying and not always easy. Much of the tension throughout the process came as a result of the pair?s creative acumen. Briana?s painterly background and Evan?s work as an architect has instilled in each of them a very pointed opinion of not only how interiors should look, but the best way to go about bringing their look to life. ?There were fights. Oh lord, there were fights. But we worked through them,? Briana says. The tumultuous undertaking taught the pair how to better commun...