Apartment renovation
Over this past summer, Matthew and I spent a lot of time renovating our first floor apartment. We started with fixing up the kitchen. Then our tenant told us she was moving out. After she left, we took to renovating the rest of the apartment. It was a big undertaking, one which we would not have gotten through without the help of a generous group of friends. In late August my grandmother passed away and then Matt’s appendix ruptured, so we lost a week and a half of work. For that reason, there is still some work left to do, but it was definitely good enough for our new tenant to move in this week.
I created a gallery of the goings-on. Here are some of the dramatic before-and-after shots.
The living and dining room had ill-fitted carpet and dark wood-paneled walls.
Painted walls and laminate floors open up this space.
The kitchen before renovation was cluttered and the cabinets were decades old.
The new kitchen has new cabinets against the back wall and a more spacious feel. The blue walls add a cozy touch.
For more photos of the dramatic changes, see my flickr gallery.
holyoke, home improvement, western mass | kristen September 18, 2009
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By Christine, November 22, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
I love what you did! I have rented in Holyoke for 30 years and looked at A LOT of apartments, this is one of the nicest I’ve ever seen. Is it too nosy to ask how much rent was and how many bedrooms?