With renovation help, a kitchen in Westchester opens up for backyard views and better party flow Before: Remodel a kitchen in an over 100-year-old Tudor Nilda and Brian’s grand “forever home,” a 4,400-square-foot Tudor Colonial built in 1912, had a nightmare kitchen that hadn’t been updated for 60 years and was literally falling apart—it was […]
Two words: waterfall island Project: Revive a dated and poorly laid out kitchen in the West Village Before: Though Erin and Jonathan’s kitchen in their 750-square-foot apartment was, for the most part, functional, it didn’t suit their style, nor did it make the best use of the space. Open to the living area, there was […]
A relocated entry and new window transform a rowhouse cook space wp-image-34748 Project: Renovate a builder-grade kitchen in Philadelphia Before: The birth of the couple’s first child came two weeks after purchasing a two-story rowhouse in Philadelphia’s Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The baby’s arrival meant that plans to renovate the builder-grade kitchen would have to be put on […]
A Clinton Hill home gains flexible space with sliding doors Two decades ago, native New Yorkers Margery and Jim Fields worked in Manhattan and lived just outside the city. In 1996, the family relocated to Philadelphia when Jim was transferred for a job. The couple always had a special place in their hearts for New York, […]
Now you can have America’s-next-top-chef pro-style quality at home When commercial appliances first appeared on the home kitchen scene some 20 years ago, they were the couture of cooking: beautiful, very expensive, and available only to a select few who could manage the price tag and installation. With the renaissance in home entertaining and the […]
A busy Brooklyn cook space is renovated after a three-year delay Project: Brighten up a long, thin kitchen in Brooklyn Before: When Sarah and her husband bought their two-bedroom co-op in Prospect Heights, the plan was to renovate the kitchen soon after. Unfortunately, it turned out a coat closet shaped like a column that stood in the […]
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 “The structural issues included gaping holes in walls behind the cabinets and outdated electrical,” notes owner Cybele Malone.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 […]
A one-bedroom in a coveted West Village condominium designed by famed architect Emery Roth offered a multitude of positives to a new Manhattan buyer: Impossibly desirable location, soaring ceilings, deep closets, residential amenities, and a quiet retreat for work or play. But this lovely home’s kitchen was relegated to a tight little galley, and though […]
When Laura uploaded seventeen “before” photos to her Sweeten project post, a few things were very clear: if you could look past the black-paint-encrusted kitchen cabinets and cracked purple bath tiles, these Aussie expats had the makings of a spacious apartment with oversized windows in one of Brooklyn’s loveliest little neighborhoods. But the home’s tight nooks […]
We thought maybe the lighting was off in the “before” photos, but it turns out this Kensington kitchen really was coated in olive green… in all directions! On a mission to renovate quickly after buying the place, a Brooklyn family came to Sweeten for clever kitchen renovations plus some bonus dining room storage. Read on for […]
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