I've been poring over appliances online and comparing electrical specs. I'm getting a lesson in amps, volts, watts, and jouels an...

The good news: They found the old fuse box yesterday. The bad news: It's not a fuse box anymore. I seems the previous owners of ou...

I’m going over my appliance specs again, looking at electrical and I don’t see how we can run all my appliances with the current power c...

I'm still reeling from all the renovation surprises this week. It took a day or two for it to settle in that, yes, I'm back to h...

When you live in a NYC co-op (similar to a condo for all of you non-New Yorkers), you go into any renovation prepared to make compromises....

Mid-day, more news from Aleks. The electrician had done his walk through and our current electrical panel — which had been installed at ...

I met with the contractor this morning to see what our options are with the various pipes in the wall. It was not encouraging. First, the...

Today is the day the walls come down and we finally get to see exactly what we're dealing with. I texted Aleks mid-morning to see how...

Before work this morning I met with our contractor Aleks to hand over a set of keys, and we went over the kitchen plans and the schedul...

It looks like moving day at our place, and in many ways it feels like it too. Today I spent most of the day hunting down boxes and packin...

The thing about taking four years to plan a kitchen is that I've fallen out of "like" with some elements I once thought ess...

The hunt for our kitchen island lighting continues. I've seen many fixtures that I like but none feels quite right yet. Could it be t...

Some say choosing your island pendants is one of the most important design decisions you'll make when renovating your kitchen. It'...

Don't you love IKEA's new 40" wall cabinets? The longer cabinets look clean and modern, plus they turn what would formerly ha...

Things are heating up with the kitchen renovation project. Bids are in from three perspective contractors—and all were higher than expec...

It's been a while since I posted about my kitchen renovation, but I have been working on it. I've finalized the design, chosen ca...

This week's Fixer Upper find is a 2BR + office, located in Laburnum Court at 37-16 80th Street, #42 in the Jackson Heights neighborh...

This week's Fixer Upper find is a 2BR located at  34-15 74th Street, 6E  in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of NYC listed for just $...

Whether you're renovating to resell or to stay in your home and enjoy your design upgrades for years to come, a HELOC can be a good ...

There's a growing trend in homeowners choosing IKEA cabinet boxes and organizational inserts but sourcing their doors elsewhere, and ...