Published on February 16, 2021
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Making a good first impression is something Sarah Ashcroft knows how to do well. After all, sheâs worked in real-estate development for 20 years. âI always pay a lot of attention to what the feeling is as soon as you step in the door,â she says. Her specialty is high-rise residential buildings in Manhattan, but she applied the same kind of thinking to her own 3,000-square-foot brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which she shares with her two children (ages 11 and 7). âYou get that sense of openness right when you walk in, as if the stairs are inviting you into the house,â says Larysa Sendich of Nesta Studio, the designer Ashcroft tasked with leading the full gut renovation.Â