tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788065835996682.post891691768004363620..comments2023-10-22T12:05:29.534-04:00Comments on After-Dinner Design: Renovate Brooklyn! Day Twenty-Four, Part Two: Oops! The Other Stuff Too.John and Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17567797704419911904noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788065835996682.post-33309961828653595962013-06-10T13:59:45.591-04:002013-06-10T13:59:45.591-04:00You have a lovely kitchen! I like how the ceiling ...You have a lovely kitchen! I like how the ceiling fan accentuated with the rest of the fixtures, furniture and decorations in the room. And the light attached to it added brighter atmosphere to the space. Well done with the renovation! Do you also have an exhaust fan there? -><a href="http://brooklynfan.com/" rel="nofollow">Brooklyn Fan & Blower Sales Company</a>Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434244812067639410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788065835996682.post-59165049363515871812011-03-01T15:35:01.316-05:002011-03-01T15:35:01.316-05:00where are you PERMITS!!??where are you PERMITS!!??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788065835996682.post-1514038981204938362011-02-28T18:22:12.773-05:002011-02-28T18:22:12.773-05:00A really good question! Here's the low-down on...A really good question! Here's the low-down on the apartment:<br /><br />We've just signed a 10-year lease, which means that by the time the lease expires in 2021 (!) we will have lived here for 17 years. We are also currently in negotiations to buy the apartment, but the co-op is run by a band of old school fist-throwing Brooklyners who move as slow as molasses, so the purchasing process is taking FOREVER. That is why we insisted on the 10-year lease in the meantime, to make sure that we weren't investing all of this time and money into something that could be pulled out from under us. <br /><br />That said, I think we would probably do 75% of what we are doing even if we didn't have the long term lease. We can always take the light fixtures and fans with us, painting is ALWAYS, ALWAYS worth the time and money, and tearing down the ceiling in the kitchen is something I've been looking forward to doing. Maybe we'd hold off on pulling down the other drop ceilings and installing the flooring if we weren't sure we were in it for the long haul, but I think John is pretty dead set on installing the floors even if we don't buy the apartment soon. <br /><br />Maybe this is a very New York thing to do? We spend a lot of our lives in these tiny boxes so it definitely seems worth it to make it feel like it's our home and not just some anonymous place where we sleep.John and Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567797704419911904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62788065835996682.post-19803224985812784132011-02-28T16:27:55.935-05:002011-02-28T16:27:55.935-05:00If you don't mind my asking, do you OWN this a...If you don't mind my asking, do you OWN this apartment? If not, isn't you landlord getting a lot of free upgrades? Not to mention your time, materials, & labor?zinniagirlnoreply@blogger.com