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I approved plans for new kitchen cabinets last Wednesday. Today (Monday) the kitchen is gone - everything from the tiles, cabinets, appliances, and yes, the kitchen sink. Of greater interest, over the weekend I hired a designer to help pick out colors. Collette Whitney of Whitney Interiors came to chat

The latest news. Lots of work has been done: most of the rough (and not so rough) framing, electricity, and plumbing is finished. In fact, except for the floors, the new rooms are all done! And today, the old Apartment # 2 door is (essentially) shut for good. Here's the view

The rough framing and sheetrock and some electrical is done. Here you can see the new "dining room". I have a temporary table there for the weekend while Charley is here.  The columns will separate the dining from the living room; the piece of duct tape stringing between them simulates

The initial framing for the office/2nd-bedroom is done. Hard to see in the photographs perhaps, but I can walk through the space and get a real feel for the rooms. The sizes/shapes, flow, seem to be pretty good.

Good news - lots of work done. (Of course, ostentatious demolition is the easy part of a renovation project). You can see that the main living wall is completely gone and new openings have been made to the kitchen. Meanwhile looking back to the studio's doorway, you can see the

It has begun....Meanwhile, there's a wall of plastic dividing my living room and hallway. The other half of the living room is piled with stuff. Not exactly sure if I thought this through all the way....This shot is from the center of the studio apartment looking into my