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.

To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/thisoldhouse/36628/

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090116/NY59696 )

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.

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090116/NY59696
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.comVideo: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/thisoldhouse/36628/
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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