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Hidden prize in kitchen



Inchin' Kitchen



Dry Run: Cabinets, meet Floor; Floor, Cabinets

Kitchen Floor Designed!

...And just so it doesn't feel left out: The New Closet Floors

Bathroom: Coming Together, Over Me

Floor: Spaceship w/Lt. Gray Center

Shower/Bathtub Wall w/Pinstripe, pre-grout

TP Holder: In Wall

Kitchen Floor Design

I love this so much that if it was the only new thing I was doing in the new pad it might be enough.

A Giant Leap for Floor Kind

The Spaceships Have Landed

A single grey tile will dot the inside of each spaceship.  And yes the one flung off to the back is on purpose.

Bathroom Flo': The Beginning

I think this is pretty self-explanatory: Black 4" border, white middle, black florettes.  And it looks like the tiles all fit (I wish I could say the same for the dark brown florettes in the kitchen tile floor, which now have to be recut down to size, ergo...4 week delay!).



Kitchen Flo': Pre-Grout

May the floor stay looking this good for 30 years.  The blue dots are where the brown tile florettes will go. 

Florette on the Floor! YYEOOWW! Jump back.

This picture comes to me from my contractor -- apparently the kitchen floor is in?!  I have to go check out the placement of the dark brown florettes and give the green light.  Imagine that?  My very own floor.

Hallway Floors: Just Like Can-day

These are the floors in the common hallways in the new building.  The first time I saw them I wanted to eat them, which pretty much sealed the deal, even before I saw the inside of the apartment. 

And luckily there is no wandering sax player in the video of my life (2:51).

AND SO IT BEGINS...1920s Restoration / Renovation Project Take 1

Before: Bathroom

And so it begins...this little effort is why my other shopping exploits have all but evaporated.  Here are a few photos recently taken of the apartment I am now officially allowed to rebuild, and make better than before.  Like the Six Million Dollar Man.  The goal is to save as much as possible...and do as little as possible...to bring this gem into the 21st Century, while maintaining its 1920's glow.  Interesting things such as NO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN THE BATHROOM make this a logistical challenge, but a quaint one at that.  Right now we are still in the waiting to exhale stage, but once we get our plans finalized and approved, the real work shall begin.  And so it goes.  

BEFORE: Bedroom, when still on market.

BEFORE: Front hall closet

BEFORE: Bathroom floor, after I cleaned it yesteray.  I think I'm going to try to save it!

BEFORE: Kitchen.  Scary stove - out.  Quaint cabinets, but they don't close so they got to go...

BEFORE: French door (love) heading into kitchen

BEFORE: Giant gas meter.  Giant refrigerator.  And look, another front door!

BEFORE: ...and...the Kitchen Sink.  Love.  Am restoring, keeping, and doing a jig around.

BEFORE: Living room windows.