Welcome.
Here are the photos of the finished apartment! It took about two months to complete, with a few projects to go. We still want to insulate and recover the space between the ceiling beams, paint the outside door, insulate the garage door and make a garden on our roof, but until then, our apartment is officially done.
As I was getting this ready to post, we found out that our main drain pipe is broken and they will have to break apart a section of our floor to fix it, so I’ll keep you posted on the damage and repair and any other home improvement projects that we take on.
I took a lot of photos because I don’t have a wide angle lens so this was the best way to do the tour. It might take awhile to get through them, but I hope you enjoy the transformation!
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- The window back down to the apartment.
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- Back of the roof
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- View of the Williamsburg bridge
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- Our roof, soon to be garden.
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- This skylight opens up so you can go outside.
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- The cats love the last step before the skylight for bird watching!
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- Ladder that leads up to the roof.
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- The apartment from above.
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- I hung a gray curtain around the upper room that now functions as the cat room and storage area. Out of sight, out of mind.
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- When you peer into this Areaware mirror, the cutout moose antlers line up with your head perfectly.
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- The funny bathroom was the perfect place for our Jesus collection.
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- Urban Outfitters just came out with a large version of this DIY deer head and I’m wishing I had it to go next to this small one!
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- A text on the wall.
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- We decided to make this the humorous bathroom with bold color and quirky elements.
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- Just past the pantry on the other side of the kitchen is the half bathroom.
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- My new favorite thing from Ikea: A vanity mirror printed with a lace border! So cute and so cheap!
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- The exposed beams with the rag rug and gas lamp fixtures really work in this lodge-like atmosphere.
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- View of the dressing room
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- We got yet another Ikea cabinet for all of our toiletries instead of a medicine cabinet.
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- View into the toilet area
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- I used to hate having to be in this bathroom, but now it’s a fun little space to unwind.
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- We took this bathroom into sort of an “Old Russian Spa” or “Log Cabin Steam Room” direction with the bench and towel hooks.
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- By tearing down a wall and sliding door, the dressing room now connects seamlessly with the bathroom.
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- Doorway to the master bathroom
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- View of the apartment from behind the island.
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- I drilled holes in the back of this cabinet for the appliance plugs. You CAN make Ikea furniture work for you.
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- This unit from Ikea hides away our microwave and dishes, which visually cleans up the kitchen.
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- Up above the kitchen, we have the beginnings of a little garden.
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- Everything has its place and it’s easy to access.
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- These drawer organizers are great from Ikea.
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- We put together two units and a raw wood table top from Ikea to form our island.
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- This old farm table is perfect for my baking area.
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- I’m much happier with the chalkboard wall than the original blue because it is a more subtle background for the pops of color.
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- View of the kitchen from the living room
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- Little model people peek out from a glass lightbulb planter. I’m so happy that mini gardens are in these days, because they add a little humor to a place.
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- These chicken wire birds were an amazing gift and I love them hovering over our porcelain mixed nuts.
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- I love this little metal folding table from Urban Outfitters. It’s chic and really cheap!
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- I like being able to hide our TV when we have company
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- I saw books organized by color in a magazine and in real life at my friend Jeff’s place. I loved it, so I took it one step further and color organized my sculptural elements too.
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- The orange in the pillows matching the orange in the wall was actually a happy accident
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- Gallery wall and stairs to the upper area
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- Living Room
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- This will eventually be the bar, when we actually buy all the liquor!
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- I found that I already had a lot of white things that now look really cool against the white walls. They just become texture instead of specific things.
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- Finally a real office!
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- My office wall of supplies. These shelves from Ikea look great in the space and you can add as many drawers or doors as you like.
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- Dining Room
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- We are so happy to have a nice big table for dinner parties. We made it out of two tops from Ikea and some saw horse legs from Urban Outfitters.
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- When you walk out of the bedrooms and turn left, this is the view of the rest of the apartment
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- Looking back to the master bedroom from the guest bed
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- This beautiful gilded wallpaper was a Christmas gift from Jeff. So fun!
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- We used one side of this small closet for our utility closet and the other is for guest clothes and extra blankets
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- We were able to use our old TV for the guest room so our friends can watch movies during extended stays
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- The guest room
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- I simplified my collection of picture frames by spraying them all the same color
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- The backs of the closets became our bedroom wall
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- Beyond the master bedroom is the guest room, separated by these great curtains from Ikea
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- Our classic bed looks great in this industrial space and way less stuffy now.
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- “Doorway” to the bedrooms
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- As you walk past the closets, there is a “doorway” between them and my office shelves to the bedrooms
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- Foyer reverse view and front door
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- LOVE our Ikea closets. Lots of storage space and perfectly organized!
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- My beautiful bike fits perfectly in the “foyer”
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- Funny little lego chairs finally have a home
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- Entryway from the front door
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- Welcome.
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This is a great space. How did you come across it?
We found it on craigslist!
This is gorgeous! I can’t wait to see it IRL this summer! I can’t believe how much you got done in such a short time.
The internet is so crazy sometimes… I live across the street (46 South 4) and I’ve often seen your front door and thought “is that an apt? I wonder what it’s like in there??”. Today I was looking for images of the Chocolate Factory in Wallabout BK and somehow I came across this post… when looking through the photos, I got to the view of the bridge from your roof and…Boy, that view looks very familiar!! I looked up your front door on google streetview to double check and sure enough, there it is– #57. haha. Well done on the interior, never in a million years would I have guessed it looked like that! Enjoy!
p.s. how loud does the metal place get??
Hi neighbor! Thanks so much- we love it here! BUT…Monday thru Friday, the scrap metal DOES get really loud some days and the walls have been known to shake. Otherwise its super quiet! 😉
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