This week’s guest post is more of an epic saga. An architect in Union Square came to Sweeten to find a general contractor for an ambitious wall replacement project — straight from her newly light-filled Manhattan loft, Samina tells ...
The kitchen in Kaija and John’s one-bedroom, one-bathroom Brooklyn co-op began life as a slim galley until the day came when the previous owner chopped the galley’s wall to half-height and slapped some formica on ...
Knocking down a wall transforms the space Project: Brighten a galley kitchen Before: Anne, a fashion illustrator (Instagram: @annesanger_studioparapluie), bought her apartment in Brooklyn Heights over a decade ago and always knew she wanted to ...
Austin came to Sweeten to find a design/build contracting team after a long search for a move-in ready pad in Williamsburg. He’d scoured New York’s ultra-competitive market for months and landed a charming but worn ...
If you can get past this first photo here — a challenge given the extreme cuteness of this apartment’s canine resident — you’ll hear from Lisa, an Upper East Side graphic designer who took on ...
Marble tiles, a sleek pocket door, and new laundry facilities round out this Upper East Side bathroom Laura and Peter bought their one-bedroom, one-bathroom co-op on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2013. During the apartment ...
In Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, New York City, this before-and-after Prospect Park South renovation shows how smart, selective updates can brighten and improve storage in both the kitchen and closets.
When a design editor and curator came to Sweeten to renovate the kitchen and bathroom in her 1910 Greenwich Village industrial loft, we were psyched to see what she would do with the remnants of ...
Here on the Sweeten blog, we aim to translate insight from NYC renovators and contractors into information you can use to make better decisions about improving your home. After a look at different styles and materials ...
This week, we have a full bathroom renovation guest report in from Celeste G., a condo owner and marketing, brand building, and copywriting triple threat in Park Slope. Read on down for Celeste’s debrief on ...
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