Lets begin with the Living Room:
This lovely room was one of the major selling points of the apartment for us. It benefits from the soaring high ceilings of the parlour level and 2 huge windows that over look the garden. It also has a marble fire place which, though the surround is not really to our taste, (we'd prefer something a little lighter and less morbid looking) it makes an awfully cosy fire in the winter. We decided that this room would become our master bedroom after much (like 3/4 of a year) agonising over whether or not we wanted to open up the upstairs and have our living space take advantage of the high ceilings and light, we concluded that ultimately, it's best to have the living space downstairs with direct access to the garden and the bedrooms all upstairs.
Laundry Room:
Just off the living room is a small annex that contained a washer and dryer and lots of shelving and hanging space. When we first moved in I was in absolute heaven having dealt with the typical New York way of shared or public laundry facilities for the previous four years. This laundry room was particularly luxurious with all it's space for hanging and folding but we thought the space could be better used. It will now be reborn as our new master bathroom. However, we are certainly not sacrificing having a w/d in the apartment and are relocating them to a new cupboard between the two other bedrooms on this floor, a little compromise on space for laundry but the huge advantage of a new third bathroom that is ensuite to our bedroom.
Small Spare Bedroom:
This room is a very compact 9x9' and for the last year has been a perfect space for me to paint in. However, it would make a very small bedroom and I also cannot fail to point out the window. Yes, it is a window, despite not being able to see through it. My guess would be that it's never been cleaned and it is pretty impossible to clean as, like all the windows on this level, there is a separate storm window on the outside. Coupled with the fact there is the A/C unit bolted in place you can't open or close it, or get to the grimy space between the 2 layers of glass. Not ideal!
The floor around the radiator is also in pretty dire condition.
Main Bedroom:
This is certainly one of the nicest rooms of the apartment and the one we slept in. It gets lovely morning light and has a large double wardrobe. Speaking of which, here is a great illustration of how contrasting mine and my husbands approaches were to this renovation... one day we were trying to find ways of reducing the scope of work and he suggested leaving this closet as is. I pointed out to him that the doors on the upper cupboard didn't fit the cut out and that they are also hung unevenly and therefore impossible to open and close. He looked at them, shrugged and asked why it mattered when we don't use them everyday. This did not sit well with my perfectionist tendencies. Thankfully, we have both come a long way in the last 12 months!
Bathroom:
Another cramped, beige, dated bathroom. The tub/tile started leaking a couple of months before we moved out creating a puddle and peeling plaster on the ceiling of the office underneath. Time to renovate!
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