The Nicest Bedroom in Ditmas Park

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Or, at least, the only one to get a makeover from the New York Times!

The paper writes:

FOR Judith HoSang, a travel industry publicist, redecorating the bedroom she shares with her husband, Robert HoSang, a media buyer for a marketing company, had been an exercise in frustration.

“We really, really need some help,” pleaded Ms. HoSang, 29, in a short video she sent by e-mail to The New York Times in response to a message on its Web site (the message is no longer online) offering to pair people with small budgets with a professional designer willing to work free.

In the video, Ms. HoSang, a design enthusiast with a blog called “Better Home, No Garden,” described a series of attempted improvements to their Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, apartment: an inflatable headboard that refused to stay inflated; two color swatches that she and Mr. HoSang, 35, had painted on the wall before deciding they didn’t like either one; a $265 vintage dresser that broke every time she used it; and three roman shades hung with Mighty Putty, only one of which would stay up.

Ms. HoSang, who had just $1,500 to spend, was frustrated by her repeated failures and confused by the seemingly disparate styles she found appealing.

“I really love the Kardashians’ house,” she said on the video. “I know, I know, it’s the Kardashians. But I love that look of all white.”

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