“Rip-and-replace” kitchens save on cost and time, but maximize on style Project: Maintain the flow and layout but increase storage in a kitchen Before: After four years in their apartment in the Clinton Hill Co-ops Rita and Mark decided to renovate their kitchen (and bathroom). They weren’t sold on the kitchen’s footprint (due to the […]
Keeping it simple with a black-and-white color palette Project: Upgrade a full bath and powder room Before: Saira and her husband purchased their East Village duplex with the intention to renovate before moving in. “The two most urgent spaces were the bathrooms,” she said. “They were just very old.” Their style is very clean, minimal, […]
One kitchen and two bathrooms get a fresh start If there’s one thing we’ve learned in seeing thousands of renovations, it’s not the size of the remodel that matters; it’s how closely you pay attention to the details. Thoughtful and careful consideration of the materials and finishes used in a space can have a huge impact. Read […]
A Manhattan rip-and-replace (with help from dad) makes a big impact Project: Give a functional kitchen a small facelift in the Upper West Side Before: Melissa bought her Upper West Side 650-square-feet condo in 2015 from a family of four, who utilized the space differently than she does as a single homeowner. A big plus […]
A rip-and-replace gets details, storage, and a coffee area Project: Renovate and open up a kitchen in a Ditmas Park, Brooklyn co-op Before: Lindsay, a director at Brooks Brothers, and Roger, a director in pre-sales at StyleLabs, purchased their 1,075-square-foot, two-bedroom co-op in 2016. Roger “loves to play around in the kitchen,” said his wife, […]
Thanks to the unique ownership structure of a co-op, where you technically lease whatever space your apartment occupies, a co-op board, and its representative, the management company, have formidable power over any renovations you’d like to undertake. Because the board’s role is to protect the interests of all of the owners, the process is less […]
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