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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

Look for many postings regarding the renovation. Here are the before pictures, looking in to the current living room's main wall. The next two look in to the new apartment. Today, I'm off checking out tiles for the foyer and the kitchen. The guys start working tomorrow morning!

Richard Trieste has been selected as the contractor. He'll start this Monday!! The price is ok and he's favored by my architect. By the way, here's the plans:

I've just completed interviews with two more contractors. That makes four that we're going to get bids from. So far, indications are that the bids are about 30% higher than I'd like. Especially as there's several grand more to purhcase in the way of new furniture, sundries, and the like.

I've selected Robin Bernstein to design the renovation of my combined apartment. He's started to work on the plans and we've settled on a basic outline. It's a compromise of a couple ideas I've had (over the past six years). Basically, the office/bedroom is a little smaller, and the