How TO renovate an apartment in five easy steps: (and UNDER budget)
Clean and paint the apartment - goodbye dingy beige, hello crisp white. With all the natural day light allowed through the floor to ceiling windows, white seemed like the best option to make the space feel even larger.
The old and new paint colors can be seen here.
The portion of the wall in the kitchen that will be demolished was not painted.
Since I work full time, this was done after hours so if the progress pictures seem dark now you know why!
2. Open up the kitchen - includes drywall & paint touch-ups.
3. Change countertop - a light colored terrazzo quartz matches the midcentury interior design theme and brightens up the space.
Old counter top.
Demolition phase.
The “after” with new quartz counter top and sink.
4. Upgrade bathrooms - new vanities, sinks, countertops, chrome faucets, refinished both tubs, re-grouting the shower walls and floor tiles, and install new shower fixtures.
The bathrooms “before” are pictured above. While they looked old, I really liked the distribution.
The “after” of the bathrooms includes new vanities, faucet, shower fixtures. re-grouting the shower wall and floor, as well as refinishing the tub.
Note that this will require demolition and removal of old vanity.
As well as some plumbing work.
But it is well worth it.
