Polished Concrete Floors
As soon as we got the keys to our place we got to work by quickly ripping out the laminate wood floors and selling them on craigslist (surprisingly they sold within a few hours). The… Read More »Polished Concrete Floors
As soon as we got the keys to our place we got to work by quickly ripping out the laminate wood floors and selling them on craigslist (surprisingly they sold within a few hours). The… Read More »Polished Concrete Floors
The entrance to our apartment was kind of depressing. Peel and stick vinyl tiles were placed just in the entrance area and they were the biggest pain in the butt to remove. It was like… Read More »Apartment Entrance Before and After
As promised here’s some updated photos of our upstairs bathroom renovation. But first, check out these before photos. The upstairs bathroom was interesting…. The previous owners had installed a “steam shower” which wasn’t installed properly… Read More »Upstairs Bathroom Renovation: Before and After
A while back I posted about our library, it’s been over year without a ladder, luckily there’s ladders we can borrow from the building and if we need to reach the very top we use… Read More »Vintage Library Ladder
Finally our hallway feels a bit more complete. We found a wood bench on craigslist that matches the wood of our type trays, it’s a perfect fit and we’ll be able to tuck our shoes… Read More »Hallway Bench
Lets take a moment to talk about refrigeration. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. When we bought our place it came with a late 1970’s refrigerator that was in decent enough shape to… Read More »Refrigerator Thoughts
When we moved into our place a year ago, we realized we had a lot of small projects ahead of us, sanding, paintings, patching etc… and this was after the major renovation had been completed.… Read More »Wood Railing Nightmare
So it’s August 2nd and it’s shocking to think that this time last year we got the keys to our place and began our renovations. We’re so happy with the apartment that i’ve totally forgotten… Read More »Loft Stairs Before and After
We’ve been living in our loft for about 7 months now, I can’t believe how time flies! We only have a few things left on our list for renovation/fixing up: Replace ceiling fan Install a… Read More »Ceiling Fan
The upstairs bathroom is finally finished! Although these photos are not really up to date, they don’t include what we ended up doing with the corner shelf in the shower to cover the pipe. I’ll… Read More »Upstairs Bathroom Renovation Complete
When we first viewed our apartment we knew the nook in the corner by the window was meant to be a floor to ceiling library, that and Andrew has a lot of books, so they… Read More »The Library
The kitchen is almost done! We’re just doing some final touches. Things left to do: under cabinet lighting over head lighting corner cabinet lazy susan caulking Things are still a little all over the place,… Read More »Kitchen Renovation Progress