Project: Renovate my kitchen in Park Slope, Brooklyn Before: This tired kitchen was sorely out-of-step for an active family with two young children. Floors, cabinets, backsplashes, countertops, and appliances all begged to be updated. “The structural issues included gaping holes in walls behind the cabinets and outdated electrical,” notes owner Cybele Malone. After: Job one for Cybele’s Sweeten general contractor was removing […]
We have a new contender in the tiny urban kitchen competition! A half galley in Brooklyn Heights has held the honor up to this point, but a 25-square-foot Upper East Side kitchen looks like it might edge out all competitors. With an eye on re-sale value, the owner of this Manhattan studio came to Sweeten to […]
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 of bathroom wall tiles, we’re moving along to floor tile. While some tiles work on both the walls and the floors, […]
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