An entertainment-focused kitchen preps with bright lights, bigger storage, and more dining space Photos by Miao Jiaxin for Sweeten Before: Improve placement and impersonal lighting The kitchen in Dawn and David’s loft apartment was not ideally configured. After living in the home for a dozen years, the pair decided to finally redo the kitchen. The […]
With renovation help, a kitchen in Westchester opens up for backyard views and better party flow Before: Remodel a kitchen in an over 100-year-old Tudor Nilda and Brian’s grand “forever home,” a 4,400-square-foot Tudor Colonial built in 1912, had a nightmare kitchen that hadn’t been updated for 60 years and was literally falling apart—it was […]
Jen’s Crown Heights kitchen renovation goal: maximize its minimalism Before: Update a kitchen with low-grade materials Jen rented in neighborhoods across Brooklyn for 10 years before she bought her first apartment in a 1937 Crown Heights co-op building. She fell in love with how open the space was—with the exception of the tight, closed-in kitchen. […]
A widened kitchen window + fresh kitchen cabinets = A modern black and white kitchen Before: Renovate an outdated Brooklyn kitchen Longtime renters Marc and Steve dreamed of having a place of their own. Their search for a one-bedroom in Brooklyn eventually led them to an unexpected choice: a co-op or house? The townhouse, they […]
A suburban kitchen renovation helps ex-city dwellers get a bigger, more stylish kitchen in Montclair, NJ Homeowners: A couple posted their suburban kitchen renovation on Sweeten Where: Montclair, New Jersey Primary renovation: Kitchen update Notable: Gaining square footage with a better layout Result: Room for an island and connection to the dining room Sweeten general […]
A condo renovation in New Jersey combined different design styles for a happier, brighter home Homeowners: Chong + Adam posted their project on Sweeten Where: Fort Lee, New Jersey Primary renovation: Kitchen and two bathrooms in a 1,090-square-foot condo Notable: One wall holding the pantry came down and was replaced by a peninsula. Result: More […]
Once kept to a single wall, a true working kitchen comes to life with an L-shaped layout and island Project: Update and enlarge a small kitchen in downtown Brooklyn with an L-shaped layout and island Before: Looking for more square footage in downtown Brooklyn led this couple to a 3-bedroom, 2-bath 1,230-square-foot loft in a […]
A family whips up smart ideas worthy of a chef’s cook space Project: Transform a galley kitchen in a pre-war apartment into a functional space Before: Since galley kitchens are, by definition, usually small and narrow, renovators typically decide to open up the layout as much as possible when remodeling—whether it involves partially removing a wall […]
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