Answered Prayers
New York magazine|June 03 - 15, 2024
Brooklynites Cristiana Peña and Nick Porter had a dream to live in an old church upstate.
WENDY GOODMAN
Answered Prayers

The Living Area

The church sanctuary is now mostly furnished with vintage finds. Many of the rugs came from AuctionNinja, and the sectional from Refill Vintage. "We wanted something substantial to fill up the space," Cristiana Peña says, "and that felt like you could just melt into it." The wallpaper in the kitchen niche from Fine & Dandy Co. was found by interior designer Jennifer L. Salvemini, who works for the HGTV show Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House?, which did an episode on the project.

CRISTIANA PEÑA ALWAYS wanted to live in something other than a regular house. Maybe a school, or a firehouse, or a store, she says. "But a church has always been on top of that list."

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