IKEA is a go-to brand for kitchen cabinets—but what about retailers like Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Cabinets To Go? (Above) A Sweeten loft renovation with Ikea kitchen cabinets Many homeowners who want modern, well-built kitchen cabinets eventually end up at IKEA. For starters, IKEA’s cabinets come at a reasonable price. Plus, the cabinets are well-designed, […]
See why IKEA, a beloved Swedish home goods retailer, is a go-to resource for kitchen cabinets (Above) Lavanya and Regis’ Sweeten renovation Kitchen cabinets make up a large portion of a kitchen remodel budget. However, one way homeowners can control this cost is to buy IKEA cabinets. IKEA offers low prices on its cabinets. IKEA’s […]
A widened kitchen window + fresh kitchen cabinets = A modern black and white kitchen Before: Renovate an outdated Brooklyn kitchen Longtime renters Marc and Steve dreamed of having a place of their own. Their search for a one-bedroom in Brooklyn eventually led them to an unexpected choice: a co-op or house? The townhouse, they […]
Living space and rental come together in this Brooklyn brownstone renovation Homeowners: Bellamy, an executive at The GAP, and Zak, a senior environmental scientist, posted their project on Sweeten Where: Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Primary renovation: Three stories of a 2,400-square-foot Brooklyn brownstone Notable: Swapping the positions of their renovated garden rental and owners’ […]
Want to get more value out of each room in your home? Know where to invest (splurge) vs. hold back (save) in a renovation. Your house needs a few improvements and you have the urge to do them all immediately. Every project seems to announce itself with equal priority. Unless you’re awash in money and […]
Once kept to a single wall, a true working kitchen comes to life with an L-shaped layout and island Project: Update and enlarge a small kitchen in downtown Brooklyn with an L-shaped layout and island Before: Looking for more square footage in downtown Brooklyn led this couple to a 3-bedroom, 2-bath 1,230-square-foot loft in a […]
An East Hamptons second home renovation produces an open concept, child-friendly stairs, and new baths “After” photos by Lena Yaremenko for Sweeten Homeowners: Alex and Jennifer Figueroa, the parents of two young boys, posted their renovation project on Sweeten Where: East Hampton, Long Island Primary renovation: A gut renovation of a 2,500-square-foot, 1979 home to create a family-friendly […]
An agave-and-white galley kitchen renovation in Sunnyside brings the outdoors, in Project: A Sunnyside kitchen renovation to transform a dark, awkward and inaccessible space into the heart of the home Before: Gina and Andrew, who met while working on the Broadway production of Billy Elliot, purchased a pre-war two-bedroom apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, the year […]
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