06/08/2024
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A great College Hill 2-bedroom vacation rental for exploring Providence
23/07/2024
I was one of the million plus donors. I was one of those donating to the 2024 election for the first time. Donald Trump & those around him who craft his policies & look to use him as a puppet are dangerous. Project 2025 is horrifying. I’m excited to see Kamala win in November!
18/12/2023
We had a last minute cancellation so Christmas is now availableto book! It’s a great place to stay while visiting fams.
10/03/2023
Is it a book nook or music nook? We check the guitar tuning between every flip so it’s ready to play!
07/10/2022
Decor is starting to go out for Halloween! There’s a Beetlejuice theme alongside Hidden Street. I’ll share pics of our complete block long spread once it’s all up!
03/10/2022
The Friends of Brown Street Park are hosting their Halloween Party and Parade again this year!
02/09/2022
Love all the amazing vintage and antique items in Brown and Hidden Gem? They were all hand selected by Katrina + D. Katrina also runs Unpredictable Finds. Come see whatever interesting finds have caught Katrina's eye. She'll be selling items from her collection at Brimfield Antique Shows Hertans Field spot #154.
Opening day is less than a week away! Wednesday September 7th at noon! The action continues daily through Sunday September 11th. 6 Mill Lane Rd, Brimfield, MA is a short drive from Providence.
Unpredictable Finds will be in space 154 on Hertan’s field! Come and discover some great finds on opening day, Wednesday 9/7 at noon when the bell rings! Tickets now online or at the gate! www.brimfieldlive.com
14/07/2022
Wee baby watermelon! The kitchen windows gaze out onto the watermelon patch.
We’ve still got availability in August & just modified our minimum stay from 3 nights to 2 nights.
16/06/2022
Soon! Black raspberries are almost ripe. Bees are hard at work doing their thing as well. Hopefully we’ll get some monarch butterflies again this year.
We’ve got two nights free in June (27th - 29th). Book & help yourself to whatever berries are ripe. Our next open dates to stay are August.
26/05/2022
Black raspberries are coming in!
05/04/2022
Dirt delivery! Sidewalk cuts getting prepped for trees that will be delivered Saturday!
17/03/2022
“T” marks the spot! New Providence street trees coming soon to Brown and Hidden Gem courtesy of the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program! Get free trees on your block: pnpp.org & follow
25/08/2021
Our 3rd floor apartment is available to rent! Looking for long-term renters who want an apartment in a quiet, leafy corner of College Hill on the East Side.
Bit.ly/268brownst
24/08/2021
We've hit 70 5-star reviews! It's been so great hosting so many wonderful people over the past two years. It definitely keeps us on our toes trying to ensure a flawless, amazing experience for everyone who stays. https://bit.ly/brownandhiddengemairbnb
27/05/2021
First sub-irrigated planter for a raised bed garden is built and positioned! I charred the wood & coated with Tung oil. Hopefully this self-watering planter keeps the heirloom mortgage lifter tomato plants happy. Finding time between bookings to build has been tricky as we’re mostly booked up!
Shout out to for pointing me towards the natural tung oil. It looks great & is super easy to use. I need to hit it w/a second coat in a few days.
23/03/2021
I JUST realized we have a Miro art book on our bookshelf. The dining room painting being Miro is a
Can you tell we’re a fan.
We’re blocked for March, doing some Spring cleaning & refreshing. There’s still some April availability & we’ll be opening our summer calendar soon!
21/01/2021
23/10/2020
Halloween decor done! One inspired by
gets a mention too.
23/10/2020
Brown Street Park is a great organization! I love their annual Halloween Party & Parade (thrown in non-pandemic times). Donate via: https://bit.ly/supportFBSP
The Friends of Brown Street Park depends upon volunteers & community donations to support all the fun events we host throughout the year. Help ensure we can do more great things next year! Donate via: https://bit.ly/supportFBSP
There's also still time to decorate & enter the Spooky Streets competition! Register by the end of October 23rd to get included on the map: https://bit.ly/FBSPspookystreets We'll be sharing details for self-guided walking tours this weekend.
Thanks again to College Hill Neighborhood Association, Mile of History Association, Partnership for Providence Parks, Providence Department of Recreation, The Gordon School and prize donors Insomnia Cookies, CVS Pharmacy, Avon Cinema for support of this event!
07/10/2020
How much fake spiderweb is too much?
We’re entering the Spooky Streets House Decorating Contest this year.
The spookiest house wins prizes!
Deadline to enter: October 23rd.
Decorate & add your house to the map via: bit.ly/FBSPspookystreets
Contest open to residents of the “Fiends of Brown Street Park” Spooky Streets boundaries: bordered by Olney St, Benefit Street, Angell Street, and Thayer Street.
Supported by: Friends of Brown Street Park, College Hill Neighborhood Association, Mile of History Association, Partnership for Providence Parks, Providence Department of Recreation.
24/05/2020
New window ACs being installed for the summer season. Chicken approves.
We’re booked through June but still have some dates free in July.
@ Providence, Rhode Island
19/04/2020
An important PSA: Dried blueberries are delicious in cookies.
10/02/2020
Just got CDs!!! 😍😍😍 Psyched to have former Providence local turned Boston superstar albums available for guests to enjoy at Brown & Hidden Gem.
02/02/2020
Thanks East Side Monthly and .press.major for featuring in Feb’s issue our “nightmare house” transformation into “Brown and Hidden Gem”. Full article: bit.ly/modernspin
Pics: .marie.barkley
We got to shout out in the article some favorite things:
Realtor:
PVD Quick Eats:
Treasure Hunt:
30/01/2020
We were featured in the Washington Post Real Estate section! We called out how amazing it is to live in Providence compared to the Boston area. Check out more pics and full article: bit.ly/multipvd
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29/01/2020
Brown & Hidden Gem was featured in an article calling out how great Providence is as a place to live. Check out the full article. And if you want to find out for yourself how comfy that red couch is or how cool PVD is as a city, come stay here! bit.ly/BrownandHiddenGem
Lower mortgage interest and down payments while earning rental income fuel a rise in new investors
14/11/2019
That feeling when you’re getting a ton of great reviews & then have a guest message you just to say “We are comfortably settled into our lovely apartment. Your attention to details, comfort, and cleanlinessis not only refreshing but very much appreciated. Thank you for this!” We’ve still got some weekends open in November & dates in December if you want to find out for yourself what makes Brown & Hidden Gem so magical & extraordinary.
31/10/2019
Candy bowl is ready for trick or treaters tonight. Don’t worry, we’ve got about 4 more bags in reserve. Fingers crossed the rain stops in Providence.
29/10/2019
27/10/2019
They look too cute to carve. Going to have to visit to grab more. @ Providence, Rhode Island
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Setting up for sale! This Sat 8/24 & Sun 8/25 from 10-3. As a former Airbnb we have a TON of kind sized bedding. Some brand new, never used items - including a king size down duvet. An entire household worth of items plus some extra goodies available! Your one stop shop to furnish your apartment or house in style!
I’ve got a room full of vintage clothes & I don’t want to pack up a single piece! Everything is priced $6-$20 each but dealers come fill a bag & make me an offer! Estate Sale Sat 8/24 & 8/25 10-3 in Providence, RI. DM for address.
I walked from College Hill to a meeting downtown today. This was the traffic situation at South Water Street at around 5:45pm. This doesn’t seem like a problem the city needs to spend 4.4 million dollars to “fix”. How will 2 traffic lanes make this area better for most of those who use and live around here? It was 2 lanes of hostile road infrastructure before & the city wisely did a “road diet” to make it safer & more inviting. When the rest of the country is moving forward w/diets that help meet climate goals & vision zero goals, why is @pvdmayor trying to take Providence backwards? Why does he want to build a barrier of car lanes again to segregate the East Side from Downtown?
It’s been a lot of fun hosting so many visitors & future Providence residents over the years. But, after an amazing 5 year run with flawless 5 star ratings & rave reviews, we’ve decided to transition to something new. Now through mid-August is your last chance to stay at Brown & Hidden Gem. It’s going long term rental at the end of August. So book now to catch one of our few remaining dates! Love our decor? Well, don’t worry - there will be an epic late summer estate sale where most everything you see kitted out in the space is on sale!
Where will all the cars parked on Hope St go if they put in a bike lane? Here’s one block of Hope. Zero parked cars at 9AM. I started counting. Between 655 Hope St & Olney Street, a 3168 foot stretch of road, there were 24 cars total parked on one side. There was plenty of space on side streets & the other side of Hope for cars to park on. It’s in line w/the data counts @providencestreets found in their report.https://pvdstreets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/final-report-v7_FINAL.pdf There’s some cute bike racks up Hope St by @hopestreetmerchants strip of shops. I’ll never get to use them so long as there’s no bike lane up Hope. It’s too dangerous to ride my bike in traffic up that stretch. I live right off Olney St by Hope St. I’d love to frequent shops up Hope more if it were convenient. If I have to go all the way east to Blackstone’s bike lane, I’ll just take my business to Pawtucket instead, where I can basically bike to the front door of some Oak Hill area shops.
Just signed up for Pointz app! It helps find bike routes. Unlike the googs that’ll suggest “totes ride your bike down this busy street!”, you can toggle setting for your comfort. It can help find chiller routes & notes bike lanes & other bike friendly amenities.
Have you seen the Providence Crash data map yet? If not - go check it out. It shows traffic accidents across the city. Far too many involved people walking and cyclists. Safe Streets can be made with “road diet” Road Diets include things like bike lanes & other infrastructure changes to make it harder for cars to speed and safer for people to use the street. South Water Street in Providence underwent a “road diet” and was changed from a 2 lane “drag strip” of one way traffic into 1 lane. The positive impact of that change has been huge! The businesses feel it, the neighbors feel it, the visitors feel it. Check out this data! Providence needs to move forward in making more streets safer. Make sure you tell @pvdmayor that you don’t want him to take the city backwards.
The Friends of Brown Street Park are hosting their Halloween Party and Parade again this year! #brownstreetpark #fbsp #halloween #kidfriendlyhalloween
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