#decorative plasterwork

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https://captaincontracting.com/top-10-brownstone-restoration-contractors/

The Ultimate List of Top 10 Brownstone Restoration Contractors in Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY, is famous for its iconic brownstones, reflecting its rich architectural heritage. These structures require specialized care to preserve their historical beauty and structural integrity. If you own a brownstone in Brooklyn, working with experienced restoration contractors is essential. Here’s a detailed look at the top 10 brownstone restoration contractors in Brooklyn, including Captain Renovation & Contracting Inc., to help you make an informed choice.

1. Captain Renovation & Contracting Inc.

With over 30+ years of experience, Captain Renovation & Contracting Inc. has established itself as a trusted name in Brooklyn’s brownstone restoration industry. Specializing in facade restoration, cornice repair, masonry pointing, and waterproofing, they combine traditional craftsmanship with modern techniques. Known for their dedication to quality, the company ensures that every project meets the aesthetic and structural requirements of brownstone owners.

Why Choose Them?

Decades of expertise in restoration and renovation

Focus on preserving architectural integrity

Comprehensive services tailored to client needs

2. American Architectural Restoration

American Architectural Restoration specializes in restoring the historic charm of Brooklyn’s brownstones. From brick repointing to intricate decorative plasterwork, they provide a range of services to keep your property true to its original design.

Services Offered:

Masonry repair

Historical facade restoration

Waterproofing solutions

3. Brooklyn Restoration Pros

Brooklyn Restoration Pros are highly rated for their customer-centric approach and attention to detail. Their team of skilled artisans ensures every brownstone restoration project is completed to perfection.

Specialties:

Stone cleaning and repair

Brownstone facade coating

Restoration of historical details

4. PM Masonry Restoration

With a strong focus on masonry, PM Masonry Restoration has earned a reputation for high-quality brownstone repairs. Their team understands the unique challenges associated with brownstone materials, delivering solutions that stand the test of time.

Services Include:

Masonry pointing

Brick and stone repair

Stucco application

5. Epic Restoration NYC

Epic Restoration NYC excels in combining traditional craftsmanship with modern technology to provide outstanding restoration services. They are experts in maintaining the structural integrity of brownstones while enhancing their visual appeal.

Why They Stand Out:

Use of eco-friendly materials

Expertise in historical preservation

Competitive pricing

6. AJS Masonry Restoration

AJS Masonry Restoration is known for its skilled team and dedication to client satisfaction. Their work on Brooklyn’s brownstones reflects precision and attention to detail, ensuring long-lasting results.

Core Services:

Brick restoration

Cornice repairs

Custom masonry work

7. All Borough Restoration

All Borough Restoration has been serving Brooklyn for decades, offering high-quality restoration services for brownstones. Their team works closely with clients to ensure the original design elements are preserved while addressing structural issues.

Services Provided:

Brownstone patching and resurfacing

Facade maintenance

Water damage repair

8. Brickstone Masonry & Restoration

Brickstone Masonry & Restoration is a family-owned business specializing in brownstone and masonry restoration. They are committed to preserving Brooklyn’s architectural heritage through meticulous craftsmanship.

Notable Features:

Affordable pricing

Expertise in decorative restoration

Strong client recommendations

9. Renaissance Restoration NYC

Renaissance Restoration NYC is a trusted name in historical restoration, offering services that ensure your brownstone retains its historical charm while meeting modern standards.

Their Offerings Include:

Stone carving and detailing

Restoration of cornices and lintels

Waterproofing and sealants

10. Empire Restoration & Masonry

Empire Restoration & Masonry is known for its technical expertise and artistic approach to brownstone restoration. They offer personalized solutions tailored to the unique needs of each project.

Key Services:

Facade cleaning and repair

Structural assessments

Masonry design enhancements

Choosing the Right Contractor for Your Brownstone

When selecting a brownstone restoration contractor in Brooklyn, consider the following factors:

Experience: Choose a contractor with a proven track record in brownstone restoration.

Specialization: Look for companies specializing in brownstone materials and historical preservation.

Client Reviews: Research testimonials and reviews to gauge customer satisfaction.

Licensing and Insurance: Ensure the contractor is fully licensed and insured to protect your investment.

Portfolio: Review their previous projects to ensure their work aligns with your vision.

Why Invest in Professional Brownstone Restoration?

Brownstones are more than just homes—they are a piece of history. Professional restoration enhances their value, ensures structural safety, and preserves their historical charm.

With Brooklyn’s top contractors, including Captain Renovation & Contracting Inc., you can ensure your property stands out while maintaining its timeless elegance. Whether it’s facade restoration, waterproofing, or intricate masonry work, these professionals have the skills and experience to bring your vision to life.

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London Great Room Dining Room

Example of a mid-sized eclectic medium tone wood floor and gray floor great room design with gray walls

[periodinteriors]

John Carter, View of the Library at Strawberry Hill, 1788, watercolor.

[vintagehomecollection]

The shrimp-coloured corridor runs along the length of one wing of the house and leads to the blue library. Plasterwork is an important feature at Glenasmole and particularly fine examples of modern gothic work in both plaster and wood are visible here above the doors.

In an Irish House, 1988

[oceancentury]

Georgian Dublin | Belvedere House, Dublin, Ireland.

[one-hell-of-a-manic-girl]

New Products – Christmas Tree Paint Dotting for Tealights

Painting at the same time; well, whenever I find some time in between my main job. 😅🙂

These are my first attempts to create products made from plaster and painting them. 🤞#

[marzipanandminutiae]

"Traditional European ArchitectureTM is the best! modern architecture is degenerate!"

"alright, well, putting aside my strong disagreement on the philosophical/ethical undertones of your statement- I do love old buildings! you must be a big proponent of paid apprenticeships for preservation students"

"um what?"

"well, people have to know how to preserve these buildings. and as it stands now, only those willing to go into student debt or with family money to fall back on while they study can afford to learn the techniques involved (unless they're lucky enough to be born into a family with their own preservation contracting business). young people aren't going into these fields even if they want to, because they can't take the financial hit"

"yes but why should anyone have to pay them to learn? they should pull themselves up by their bootstraps!"

"...right. well, what about preservation grants? nationalizing historical site museums?"

"government handouts! no way!"

"preserving and revitalizing traditional forms of building craftsmanship, like decorative masonry or plasterwork, stained glass, tiling, clockmaking, etc?"

"those things cost too much and will hurt the building company's bottom line!"

"talking about the people whose labor made these incredible works of architectural art possible?"

"woke history!"

"adaptive reuse, like letting businesses rent historical buildings with appropriate restrictions on modification?"

"ew! not in my backyard!"

"traditional buildings in styles from other parts of the world?"

"no, no, no! everyone knows western art is the most ~highly evolved~!"

"so, let me get this straight: you just want grand old buildings to be there, and stay perfectly intact, unused for anything, with no effort whatsoever. and you want new buildings to happen in that style but somehow as cheaply as throwing up a glass-and-steel skyscraper that starts falling apart in six months? also only western-style buildings, and we should only talk about very specific people who occupied them?"

"yes!"

"my guy, you don't actually love old architecture"

[atleastpleasetelephone]

I have another request!! So I stumbled across these photos a few weeks ago..

And needless to say, it’s made me a little feral to put it simply. For the request, I was thinking that him and reader are at an after party for his friends wedding, which is actually what’s going on in the photo, and he’s showing off the gun and whatnot and reader finds it reallyyy attractive. Things take a turn and well….yeah. Also, I would love if there was spice. Like.. a LOT 🌚. Like borderline depravity…

Anyways, thank you! I absolutely love your writing and I know this will be amazing💗

A/N: Thanks so much for this request! Sidenote: I am going to write the other one but this is much more immediately in my wheelhouse so I'm starting here.

I am not ashamed to say that this man gave me a gun kink, so any excuse to write something filthy with firearms. Thanks to @polksaladava for helping me come up with exactly which filthy thing, and also thanks to my partner for finding out what kind of gun this is and being my gun guru generally lol.

Big man with a gun

Pairing: Hot sexy 1970 Elvis x reader

Word count: 2K

TWs: Gun kink. Also Elvis waving the gun about indoors like a madman, little hint of him being dominant, reader calls him daddy, praise kink, dry humping, smut. Usual stuff.

***

“What d’ya think of the Drilling?” Elvis is holding the gun up, seemingly aiming at the ceiling. 

“Careful, E,” Sonny warns, concerned about the plasterwork. “Y’don’t wanna blow another hole in the ceiling.”

Elvis chuckles, racking the gun and looking through the sight at one of the fancy decorations where the wall meets the ceiling. 

“E!” Sonny exclaims, instinctively tucking Judy behind him. 

Elvis just keeps chuckling, saying something about improving the wedding decorations and aiming at a balloon now instead. Sonny tries telling him again but he just responds that it’s his house and if he wants to blow holes in it he will. Your heart is racing. There have been stories about him firing guns indoors to get people’s attention, but you always thought they were just that, stories. And anyway, when the guys had regaled you with them, they’d always said it was a gun Elvis got out of his boot, or a holster. There’s no way this gun could fit under his arm or in his shoe. You don’t know a lot about guns, but you think it must be able to do more damage than something small enough to fit in his boot. You try to swallow. Your throat has gone a little dry. 

“C’mon, E,” Sonny tries for the millionth time as people actively start trying to find places to hide in case he really does start shooting. 

There’s a moment of complete silence, and then Elvis lets out a full-on belly laugh, dropping the gun from his shoulder and making it safe. 

“Y’didn’t think I’d really start shootin’, did ya? Not at yer wedding reception.”

Sonny isn’t sure what he thought, not really, but he slaps Elvis on the back, telling him of course he knew he was joking. The other man grins, enjoying the effect of waving the firearm around, and then turns towards you, holding it in both hands like it’s a display piece. 

“Whaddya think, baby?” He asks. 

You’re the designated photographer for the reception, for some reason, so you grin and snap a few pictures. 

“It’s um… nice?” You try. You’re not exactly sure how you should describe it. Cool? Dangerous? Well-made?

“Think it’s a little more ‘an nice, baby,” he tells you, obviously a little disappointed by your response. “It’s a shotgun an’ a rifle in one. See?” He comes closer and flicks a finger over the triggers. “Two triggers. One for this bit,” his hand glides over the top two barrels, “and one for this,” sliding his palm against the underneath of the rifle part. 

You look down, suddenly fascinated by the way he’s caressing the gun and the way his rings glitter as his hands move. 

“What’s this bit?” You ask, gingerly poking a black sort of tube on the top of the shotgun part. 

“Telescopic sight. Lets ya see what yer shootin’ at.”

You nod silently, feeling your heart start to race again. “W-what’s it for?” 

“Shootin’, baby,” he replies, letting out another roaring laugh that makes everyone else in the room turn around for a moment. 

You blush and look down. “I know that,” you whisper, embarrassed. “But why’s it got so many… barrels?”

“Good fer huntin’,” he replies, gently manoeuvring you to the couch so the two of you can sit down. “Shootin’ rabbits an’ deer with the same gun.”

You try not to let your face fall at the idea of shooting cute little animals, but you’re not sure you succeed. “Oh I see,” you mumble. 

He lets out another short laugh and then the next thing you know one end of the gun is in your lap. 

“Pretty, ain’t she?” He continues, his fingers running over the decorative metalwork at the end of the stock. 

His shoulder is pressed up against you and you can feel the heat radiating off him as he takes your hand and rubs your fingers where his have just been. 

“Feel the craftsmanship on this.” He continues to guide your hand over the contours of the gun, down the hard smooth stock and then along the barrels as they lay on his lap. 

You realise you can hear your own breathing and you quickly close your mouth. Apparently it had just opened of its own accord midway through this guided tour of the gun. You have to get yourself under control. Looking quickly around the room, you try to see if anyone has noticed… what exactly? Elvis talking to you about a firearm? Making you touch it like it’s… well. Something other than an inanimate object. Your head is spinning and it takes you a while to realise you’ve just been absent-mindedly running your fingers back and forth over the smooth wood of the stock without any help from him whatsoever. You look up to see him grinning back at you. 

“Ya like her, baby?” He asks.

“Y-yeah. Good… craftsmanship,” you squeak out, face bright red. 

He lets out a low chuckle and then puts his lips to your ear. “Ya wanna take her to bed?”

Your eyes go wide and you make a sort of strange noise somewhere in your throat. Do you want to what now? You feel his breath on your ear, as he questions you again, “hm?” his arm snaking around your waist and pulling you against him. Your brain still isn’t really functioning but the warmth that’s spreading between your legs is suggesting you want to do what he’s asking. You finally manage a little whining noise and he pulls back to look at your face. 

“That a yes?”

Biting your lip as you find yourself nodding, you finally let out a strangled “yes”, making him smile. 

“Alright then. Haveta wait until this is over, mind.”

***

The next few hours are torture. It’s Sonny’s wedding reception after all, so it’s not as if Elvis can throw everyone out of his house on a whim. So you suffer through more speeches and more cake and more tedious conversations. Every so often Elvis comes over and whispers something naughty in your ear and touches you in a way that makes you ache, and more than once you find yourself standing next to the cabinet he’s put the gun on top of, stroking it. You feel like you’re going to go insane, the slickness between your legs is getting so bad you’re worried it’s going to leak through your panties onto your dress, so towards the end you even stop sitting down, just in case. You think about running off to the bathroom to solve your little problem but the combination of fear of what Elvis would do to you if he found out and excitement of what might happen later with the gun stops you. By the time the last guest leaves you actually feel a little dizzy. 

“Can we go now?” You ask, pressing yourself up against him. 

Chuckling again, he wraps an arm around you. “Eager lil thing, ain’tcha?”

You whine. You’re pretty sure this can’t be classed as being eager. You’ve been waiting for hours. “Please?”

“Well since ya begged…” he gives you a quick kiss and then lets you go, striding over to the gun and picking it up before moving to the stairs. “C’mon, baby.” He holds out his hand and you take it, trotting after him as he takes the stairs two at a time. 

Even though you watch him removing the cartridges from the gun and he makes a point of showing you that it’s completely empty and safe, it still looks dangerous in the middle of the bed. Hard and unyielding, dark in colour and purpose, in the middle of a warm soft place for sleeping and lovemaking. You swallow hard and squeeze your thighs together. You must be dripping by now. 

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he runs his fingers down your cheek. “Why don’tcha straddle her, baby?”

Even though you’re pretty far gone at this point, his words still shock you and all you can do is whine again. He smiles gently, leaning in to kiss you as his hand moves to your jaw. 

“Feel how smooth she is,” he continues, pulling away from the kiss, his hand encouraging yours onto the stock again. “Bet that’d feel good, honey.”

His other hand sneaks between your legs, giving a low whistle as he feels just how sodden your panties are. He starts to rub you there and you let out a moan, finally getting some contact on your aching pussy. 

“C’mon honey. I know ya wanta.”

He rubs you a little more and then removes his hand, leaving you panting and desperate and then you’re in the middle of the bed, one leg on either side of the stock, sitting down on the gun and trying to rub yourself against it. 

“Mmmmm. It doesn’t… I need…” you start to mumble, almost incoherently. The gun sinks down into the bed as soon as you put any pressure on it and you can’t get yourself off. Luckily Elvis figures it out quickly and helps you put a pillow underneath it, holding you carefully so you don’t lose your balance. 

Groaning, you start to move your hips back and forth, rubbing your clothed pussy against the smooth wood. Your eyes roll back in your head as the friction builds, one hand gripping the pillow as you explore your body with the other. You’re so lost in pleasure you don’t notice Elvis starting to touch himself, so turned on watching you like this that he can’t help himself. 

“Good girl,” he breathes, hand sliding up and down his dick. 

You can only whimper in response, grinding against the stock, smearing your arousal all over it as your panties slip to the side and there’s no barrier left between you and the gun. Somewhere in the back of your mind you can’t believe you’re doing this, can’t quite understand how you ended up in this position, you don’t even like guns… 

“Is my good girl gonna cum f’me?” His voice cuts through your thoughts and you realise that yes, you are going to, and really soon. 

“Yes, Daddy,” you pant. 

“Mmmm,” is all he can manage in response, still lost in watching you so out of control. 

Both of your hands pull at the pillow, forcing it to stay where you want it as you teeter on the edge of your orgasm, a buzz of incredible pleasure surrounding you before the bubble bursts and you’re there, screaming out his name. 

You hear him grunt and open your eyes just in time to see him cum all over himself, still staring at you and the gun, mouth hanging open loosely. He looks so beautiful like that, wanton with his lips red and his eyes wild. You can’t believe you turned him on so much. 

His eyes shift to meet yours and you both look at one another for a moment and then you start to giggle. And he starts to giggle. And then you’re both belly laughing as you crawl towards him and into his arms. Right now it seems absolutely absurd how desperate you were to rub yourself all over this goddamn gun and how desperate he was to watch you. He presses his nose against your cheek, body still shaking from laughter. 

“D-didn’t know ya l-liked guns s’much, honey.” His voice wobbles with the effort of trying to stay serious.

“I don’t!” You giggle back, turning your head and kissing him on the mouth. 

He kisses you back and you can feel him smiling against your lips. Your giggles gradually subside as you burrow into the crook of his neck, breathing in his scent. Contentment washes over you. 

“Why’d ya do it then?” He mumbles in your ear. 

“You wanted me to,” you reply, moving so that you can look up at him through your lashes. “And you looked pretty damn sexy with that gun.”

“Honey! Ya kiss yer mama with that mouth?!” He teases.

“Yeah but right now I’d much rather kiss you,” you reply, tugging his head down so his lips meet yours again. 

Losing yourself again in the smell of him, the way he tastes, the feeling of him holding you like he never wants to let you go, you don’t think you’ve ever felt so good. 

Maybe you do like guns, after all. Or maybe you just like that one gun in particular…

***

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Plasterworks C Plasterworks, a collection of rugs inspired by the triangle of patterns that decorate the Kaléo restaurant in Beirut designed by david/nicolas. The motif is spun out into multiple variations that feature soft lines, inventive color combinations and contrasting textures. Each hand sketched design is translated into an ultra-fine hand-knotted rug in Himalayan wool and silk. Iwan Maktabi

[designobjectory]

Dorothy Draper’s Iconic Lobby for the Greenbrier Resort at Galerie magazine

By Geoffrey Montes October 9, 2020

Dorothy Draper (November 22, 1889 – March 11, 1969) was an American interior decorator. Stylistically very anti-minimalist, she used bright, exuberant colors and large prints that encompassed whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo scrollwork, and baroque plasterwork, design elements now considered defining elements of the Hollywood Regency style of interior decoration. [...] One of Dorothy Draper's most famous designs was The Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. [...] She designed everything from matchbook covers to menus to staff uniforms.[11][12] Draper transformed the Greenbrier in 16 months.[11] "Draperizing" 600-plus guestrooms and all the public areas took 45,000 yards of fabric, 15000 rolls of wallpaper and 40,000 gallons of paint.[11] In exchange for her work at The Greenbrier, Draper picked up the highest fee ever paid a decorator.[6] The $4.2 million renovation was unveiled at a house party featuring such society guests as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Bing Crosby. [Wikipedia]

[labuenosairesfrancaise]

Burton Constable Hall

Hi guys!!

I'm sharing Burton Constable Hall. This is the 19th building for my English Collection.

I decorated most of the house ground floor, for reference.

History of the house: Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan country house in England, with 18th- and 19th-century interiors.

Despite its apparent uniformity of style, Burton Constable has a long and complicated building history. The lower part of the north tower, built from limestone, is the oldest part of the house to survive and dates to the 12th century, when a medieval pele tower served to protect the village of Burton Constable from the time of the reign of King Stephen. In the late 15th century a new brick manor house was built at Burton Constable, eventually replacing Halsham as the family's principal seat. In the 1560s Sir John Constable embarked on the building of the Elizabethan prodigy house that stands today. This incorporated remains of the earlier manor house along with the addition of the new range containing a Great Hall, which rose the full height of the building and was top-lit by a lantern, along with a Parlour, Chambers and South Wing.

By the 18th century, the Great Hall must have seemed old fashioned, and a surviving design of c. 1730 suggests that Cuthbert Constable intended to completely remodel the interior. However, it appears that remodelling was not undertaken until the 1760s when his son William Constable commissioned a number of architects for designs. These included John Carr, Timothy Lightoler and Capability Brown. The decorative plasterwork was executed by James Henderson of York. At this time, Constable also acquired the plaster figures of Demosthenes and Hercules with Cerberus, and plaster busts of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and the Greek poet Sappho, from the sculptor John Cheere. Above the fireplace is a carving of oak boughs and garlands of laurel leaves, crowned by the Garter Star, surrounding the armorial shield of the Constable family in scagliola by Domenico Bartoli.

The dining room was substantially remodelled by William Constable in the 1760s, who commissioned designs from Robert Adam, Thomas Atkinson, and Timothy Lightoler (who won the commission). The ceiling draws on contemporary interest in the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, with plasterwork by Giuseppe Cortese. The overmantel plaque of Bacchus and Ariadne riding on a panther was modelled on famous antique cameos illustrated in Pierres Antiques Gravées, published 1724 by Philip, Baron von Stosch and Bernard Picart. This room was again redecorated in the 19th century.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Constable_Hall

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This house fits a 50x50  lot.

I only decorated some of the important rooms. All the rest of the house is up to your taste to decor.

Hope you like it.

You will need the usual CC I use:

all Felixandre cc

all The Jim

SYB

Anachrosims

Regal Sims

King Falcon railing

The Golden Sanctuary

Cliffou

Dndr recolors

Harrie cc

Tuds

Lili's palace cc

Please enjoy, comment if you like the house and share pictures of your game!

Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sims4palaces/

@sims4palaces

Download: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112319879

Public: 21/10/2024

[thinkingimages]

This forgotten balcony is nestled in the heart of Tbilisi's old town, where winding streets are lined with homes featuring traditional carved wooden balconies and soft pastel colors. The colorful leadlight glass, surrounded by lush grape branches, provides a view of the cityscape of terracotta rooftops. On the other side of the balcony are beautifully decorated wooden doors, some of which are slanted due to the balcony's skew. It is remarkable how everything is still holding on despite the balcony's age and wear and tear.Elaborate plasterwork can be spotted on the ceiling, though most of it has crumbled away. Despite the decay, the balcony remains an oasis of beauty and calm.

Jeroen Taal @jeroentaal IG

[periodinteriors]

Vasily Semyonovich Sadovnikov, The Study in the Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg, c. 1852, watercolor.

[vintagehomecollection]

The walls of the library were decorated as a print room in 1976 by Nicola Wingate-Saul; she used French engravings to recreate this eighteenth-century fashion. Other features of the room include good mid eighteenth-century plasterwork, an unelectrified Venetian chandelier and an architectural mirror of the 1750s from the Dublin firm of Booker.

In an Irish House, 1988

[oceancentury]

Georgian Dublin | 85 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland.

[frostedloom]

The drawing room of St Benedict B&B, an 1881 Victorian villa, captures the High Victorian style with a rich tapestry of patterns, textures, and period furnishings. The room features a Watts of Westminster wallpaper, illusionary gilded plasterwork created with a wallpaper border, and velvet-upholstered furniture, reflecting the lavish decor of the late 19th century.