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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Nancy Smith’s renovation in NY Times!
The West Village house of my friend Nancy was featured in the New York Times home section this Sunday. Â Nancy lives with her family in a fantastic townhouse that she and her husband lovingly restored over time with liberal use of fleamarket and craig’s list finds. Â The article provides great inspiration for DIY renovators. Â Enjoy!
Move in Day!!!!
Scott and I have packed up the art studio where we’ve been living for the past three and a half months and we are moving back to the brownstone tomorrow morning!!!
While the project was fast by renovation standards, it felt like a long time for us to be out of our home. We are thrilled [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Tagged brownstone renovation, diy project, kitchen, kitchen renovation, white shaker cabinets 2 Comments
Kitchen Renovation Update
This is just a quick update on the kitchen. Â The open shelves that I designed and Marcello built are now hung above the shallow cabinets in our galley kitchen. Â We opted for shelves instead of cabinets on this wall to keep the space as open as possible. Â Â We are on the hunt for the right [...]
Project: custom drawer dividers
Scott is busy in his art studio today building custom dividers for our new kitchen drawers. Â He’s using three inch poplar pieces, wire brads (tiny nails) and a dab of wood glue. Â This is definitely a “measure twice, cut once” kind of project.
It remains to be seen whether we will paint the dividers. Â Â Right [...]
Posted in Small Projects Tagged diy project, kitchen design, kitchen renovation, organize, white shaker cabinets 5 Comments
Master Bedroom Progress
Our master bedroom suite is on the garden level of the brownstone, so it is one floor down from our main living space on the parlor floor. Â When we bought the apartment, the garden level was a large recroom with a miniature and nightmarish bathroom that was “renovated” by the previous owner’s brother. Â The mudroom [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Tagged before and after, brownstone renovation, budget renovation, master bedroom Comments closed
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