After three years of living in our loft and endless hours, days, months of discussing our renovation, we are starting! Technically, we are still in warm-up because we haven't signed a contract yet with our contractors. We move out next week into a tiny, tiny studio sublet. And we have started to pack up. But that hasn't prevented us from starting demolition.
When the preliminary numbers started coming in we had to make cuts in order to make this work. So we decided to take matters into our own hands. We have started doing the demolition ourselves. To begin with, we have been taking up the wood floors.
The plan is to grind down the concrete floors for the new space. Once all the paint is off of them, they are a beautiful dark sand color. With the help of Steve's co-worker Geoff (a verifiable demo animal) we raised all the flooring and subfloor. It now leans against the North wall of the apartment in 4' x 8' sheets.
I will fill you in on the trials and tribulations as well as the design details during the course of this blog. I will also post plans and photos of materials along with progress shots.
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