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Our Renovation Project in Clinton Hill

In May 2009 this 3-level brownstone (center) became home.

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The Parlour Level: Before!

Yes, everything was painted PINK!

We did things backwards. We had the floors done before we did the intense restructuring. In the voice of Fred Armisted doing Joy Behar "So what? Who cares?"

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We're finally on to the Parlour Level of our house, where the kitchen, dining room and living room will be. We had to take down all of the tin and sheetrock from the ceilings to sister the joists which are holding up the 3rd floor. Scary.

Sistered joists and a glimpse of the future kitchen.

Sheetrock going up! The original tin border going up!

More scariness, this is the living room... Notice the lovely glass panes on the door before one of them was mysteriously cracked!

Sheetrock going up! Tin going up!

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Plaster frieze to be restored...

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Garden Level Bathroom: Before & After

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The entrance to the garden level bathroom was originally off of the garden entrance hallway . We closed up the original doorway and enlarged the bathroom by a couple of feet to make it a bit larger. Above you can see the old wall and the new wall.

After:

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Garden Level Kitchen: Before & After

The garden level kitchen was covered in yellow & black plastic tiles probably from the 50s. Removing them was hellish, seeing that they were adhered to the wall with glue which toxic stench still lingered years later. The floor was in terrible shape so we pulled up the existing sub-floor and started over...

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Garden Level Dining Room: Before & After

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