Finding an affordable two-bedroom and relocating while pregnant, plus a toddler in tow proved beyond daunting for this Brooklyn family. So, when they decided to hold off on moving and get creative with their current space instead, we introduced them to an experienced design pair to re-imagine and re-purpose their kitchen and living space. Read […]
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 top—opening up the kitchen to the living room and creating a little faux island. I’m not sure we’ve seen this […]
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 a renovation after her kitchen’s appliances conked out one by one. Read on down for Lisa’s take on finding the right […]
This week, we’re off to Chelsea to tour an apartment rescued from someone else’s well-intentioned (but ultimately not long-lasting) DIY tile project. Cara, Jared, and their dog, Indy, moved into their one bedroom, one bathroom co-op a few years ago, and though Cara was irked by the kitchen’s layout and finishes from the beginning, the […]
We try not to play renovation favorites here at Sweeten – we love seeing people create spaces they love in every form. But it’s hard not to be a bit biased when folks from the Clinton Hill Co-ops come calling: we’ve matched more than a dozen homeowners throughout this neighborhood’s twelve towers with local contractors […]
This week, we ventured just a ways up the street from Sweeten’s NYC headquarters to the East Village for a tour of a gut-renovated one bed, one bath co-op. This place was — to use the technical term — a disaster. As the apartment’s new owner, Henry, was clear to note in his Sweeten project post, […]
This week’s Before and After brings a little Christmas-in-July cheer for a family of three in Brooklyn’s Columbia Waterfront District. Robyn, Alejandro, and their daughter Bianca stopped by a cavernous, dark two-bedroom condo on Christmas Eve, hoping the new year might bring a new home for their family. What they found was an apartment in […]
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