No dancing in the kitchen! A cooking couple improves the flow Project: Optimize the workflow of a kitchen in Queens Before: Lisa and Chris (with their four-year-old daughter Mackenzie and a dog called Porkchop) bought their prewar co-op apartment in Kew Gardens knowing it would need some work. After a year of living in the 1,100-square-foot space, […]
Project: Reorganize an awkward space in this kitchen renovation Before: Meredith and Jason’s apartment building in Chelsea was comprised of four townhouses that had been combined. The result was a kitchen with plenty of issues: Dark mahogany cabinets obscured the only window, blocking precious natural light. The kitchen island in a too-small space meant you could only […]
Project: Make a Brooklyn kitchen feel inviting Snug like a ship, a galley kitchen will maximize function in the smallest of spaces. Renovating an efficient galley layout can be as simple as upgrading appliances, lighting, and architectural details. Before: The room was earth-toned and hardly the apartment owner’s style. Its dated ceramic floor tile was a drab-looking […]
Project: Compact kitchen overhaul in an Upper West Side high-rise studio Before: Despite its condition, the owner, who works in real estate, actually remembers his old 85-square-foot kitchen with surprising fondness. Beneath a harsh fluorescent fixture, low-end plastic laminate cabinets and counters were worn and stained. Above the 1980’s white stove, the hood’s exposed exhaust hose […]
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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