If you are ever so fortunate as to encounter this listing as available, do not hesitate to reserve it. If the first sin of an Airbnb is that it is impossible to contemplate someone actually living in it comfortably, Katherine's apartment exists free of the faintest residue of that vice. Every piece of furniture seems expertly selected to fulfill the meetest union of an aesthetic at once practical and pleasing to the eye. One no sooner casts an eye at a couch or chair or nook of this apartment with the thought that it would be improved by the addition of a nearby cord for a phone charger than one sees the head of the desired cord discreetly poking up. It is akin to the relief one feels at finding a set of keys for which one has searched high and low, locating them at last in plain sight. Furthermore, this apartment doesn't just double as a fine art museum; it bats for the cycle. Upon the walls hang collections of paintings, drawings, tapestries arranged about a common theme, the contemplation of which will be a balm to your travel-weary soul. This Airbnb will spoil you not merely on future Airbnb stays but also, most likely, on your own current housing situation. Yet it will inspire you, it will be the refinement of your very soul, you will emerge from this apartment having lost nothing worth keeping, the impurities of your lazy decorating technique will have melted away, and you will see at last what value there is to be gained in the conscious and meticulous arrangement of furniture, tapestry, and tchotchke. To speak of the owner: Katherine is an attentive, responsive, considerate, and engaging host, generous with her offer of recommendations as to what should be enjoyed in the neighborhood. And what a neighborhood! This area of Greenpoint north of Greenpoint Ave features bars, coffee places, and an outstanding skyline viewpoint in Transmitter Park, a great place to watch the shifting colors of a New York City sunset. Only a fool would say no to this apartment. I regret that AirBNB does not allow me to deploy a rare six- or ten-star review so that a place as stellar as this one could stand out yet more from the hoi polloi of other NYC apartments. I cannot say more, indeed I feel unequal to the task of reviewing such an apartment given that I don't professionally review living spaces for the New York Times; yet in the pages of the latter, a more capable description of the profound glamours and small treasures of this apartment belongs.