Name: Jan Eliasberg, my daughter
Location: Lenox Hill — New York City, N.Y.
Size: 1,200 square feet
Years lived in: 9 months, owned
The "classic six" apartment had great bones, a huge, loft-like living room with southern light and open views of the downtown skyline, but the beauty was obscured by horrible finishes and the worst kind of seventies style: disco wallpaper; a pink formica kitchen; builder's brick red tiles, and imitation marble linoleum flooring. My goal was to complete a gut renovation on an extremely tight budget and a lightning-fast time frame—three months from demo to move in. I had an amazing contractor, but I knew from experience that I needed to source all the finishes, ordering in advance, everything ready to go the minute the contractor needed it. I also knew that I had to be on site every day to troubleshoot, to bring neighbors a nice bottle of wine after a particularly noisy day, and to keep the super and the building management happy.
from Apartment Therapy | Saving the world, one room at a time https://ift.tt/2PZHgzq
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