This is the perfect taste of Williamsburg. Everything from the creative host (Mattie is a musician and Jaclyn is a writer) to the location to the fact that you can sit on the stoop in the morning and sip your coffee. It's very New York and very Brooklyn with the modern artsy/hipster feel.
The place is a really decent apartment for the area and the room I stayed in had the perfect amount of darkness (I like darkness), but you still get natural light if you open up the blinds.
The floor was hardwood -- which I like.
The bed was huge and comfy with TONS of pillows so you can sleep like a king.
Mattie was polite and helpful but generally doesn't get in your business as he's busy doing his own thing... honestly I felt like only I lived there.
The place is very cozy, well decorated, with taste. The room itself was bare and spartan relatively speaking but I say that as a good thing. It didn't need anything more. A great bed, a desk, a chair, some lamps.
The bathroom was really clean and had niceties you rarely see in a NY apartment such as a fancy nice new sink, a decent toilet, a very good shower (for NYC it's a crap shoot when it comes to the bathroom -- this is wayyy above average).
I really enjoyed taking a shower in the morning. It was something to look forward to for me each morning.
The location is absolutely stellar. EVERY SHOP in the area is of the highest quality. From the corner deli which stocks only the best of everything to all the restaurants and bars.
It's really really good living, artsy hipster style (and I guess these days also yuppie style, ha!).
Anyway I loved staying there.
This was my first trip back to the states in about 2 years of being away. I used to be a NY native but I moved to Europe 7 years ago and I like to come back now and again.
This was one of the better places I've stayed at. It was nice to come back to NY and have a decent first airbnb experience after 2 years.
Anyway.. that's it!