"The best moments of working on the house came when Alina and I would
surreptitiously spend all night repainting a wall the painters had just very
carefully finished that day."
The surface of the door to the McNally's basement wine cellar was
constructed out of recycled wooden wine crates; the walls are lined with
much-painted beadboard.
The red-and-white vinyl composition tile is from Aronson's (135 W. 17th St.;
212-243-4993).
