Consider the cabinet door the window to your kitchen’s soul (Above) Semi-custom, Shaker-style cabinets with full overlay doors in Anne and Michael’s kitchen When shopping for cabinets, your lifestyle, plus the materials available, will guide and influence the appearance of your cabinet doors. Do you like the traditional Shaker-style door with its raised frame and […]
A new floor plan reinvents a tight space Project: Open up a dark and cramped kitchen in Brooklyn Before: When Anne and Michael moved into their two-bed, one-bath apartment in the Clinton Hill Co-ops, the space was in need of an overhaul. Wisely, the couple decided to live with the kitchen for a couple of months […]
With a lot of wasted space, Rashmi knew a more efficient floor plan was in order Project: Intelligent use of space in a Manhattan kitchen Before: When Rashmi purchased a one-bedroom co-op on the Upper West Side, she wanted to renovate the kitchen immediately. It was clearly run down, as the original kitchen in a prewar building, […]
Keeping gas and plumbing in place? A contractor may be all you need Ever imagine what’d it be like to take your kitchen down to the studs and start over again? We’re not talking about knocking down walls or changing the placement of the sink or range—or anything that would mean moving plumbing or rerouting […]
A Brooklyn couple chooses a specific layout to design their dream custom kitchen Project: Giving new life to an estate-condition kitchen and living room in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Before: Natalie and Cartier had already lived in New York City as renters for several years when they made the decision to make the Big Apple their […]
A first-time homeowner turns a studio apartment into her very own gem with architectural trim, a must-have appliance, and her one “controversial” decision. Guest post by Nancy in her Upper East Side studio apartment Nancy’s first New York City apartment was a long time in the making—35 years to be exact. She searched for a dream […]
A house taps into a modern vibe with a pot-filler, farmhouse sink and appliance garage Romuald had a dream: he wanted to live in a loft apartment. His current home, a 1,800-square-foot house in Elmhurst, was definitely not a loft, but it was ideal for him and his wife in many other ways. It was close to […]
Here’s a primer on kitchen cabinets, from custom designs to stock options Cabinet construction may well end up being the single biggest expense of your entire renovation, and the results are the most obvious visual proof of your investment, so this can feel like a heavy decision. The challenge (and opportunity) is that your choices are […]
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