Bushwick residents Jan VanDamme and Paul Nicholson surely weren't the first roommates with an ambitious dream of transforming their apartment into something special, but hot damn if the duo didn't follow through on it. As the story goes on their website, last April Nicholson "walked into the backyard of his Harman St. first floor apartment and stated, 'We have to build a beer garden.' Without a word, Jan nodded. The next three months would be an intensive whirlwind of wood gathering, sawing, digging, screwing and idea entertaining." more ›