When we began this blog, way back in the dark ages, we were renovating a house as we moved from one continent to another with a small child. We're moving again. This time from one apartment to another in the same building, and with a very tall young adult. Pretty much the opposite in all respects of that first move. Except we are renovating again.
We bought the apartment two years ago, rented it back to the couple who owned it while they took a short time to finish renovating the apartment they were moving into. Then there were delays, lockdowns, covid, and delays. And we are finally renovating our apartment with the hope of moving there by Christmas.
The last time we redid a home, we stripped out a dark kitchen and replaced it with light wood and white countertops. This time, we stripped out a dark kitchen and replaced it with white. So far just white. There will be black accents, because we are modern. (?) And the black looked good.
But today, we just have kitchen cabinets:
The countertop will be black engineered stone, to match the black double oven.
We are still choosing tile, but it is looking like a matte white subway tile. For a very bright white kitchen. With modern black accents.
There have been other choices. Ceiling fans. Carpet (gray). A mantle for the fireplace (black stone).
We also chose a light for the entry way. The entry was designed in the 1930s for a 1930s light.
We went out and found a 1930s glass light to hang there.
Still coming: Paint, carpet. Finished flooring.
It looks really good, and we are excited to maybe be moving soon.
Maybe.
