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It's day 3 of construction and the ugly toilet is GONE! YEAH! They have also framed the wall for the stove in the kitchen. Looks minor but great progress for week one. A bunch of electrical work has started as well.

After carefully selecting a contractor, designing the kitchen and getting board approval it was finally time to start construction! I stopped by the first day to see how the demolition of the kitchen wall was going. I have never seen a mess that made me happier than this one! As you can see the kitchen wall is GONE! The bathroom tiles are slowly being chipped off, much to the dismay of the neighbor living below me. Thankfully this is the most noise that will occur throughout the life of the project. They got a ton done for day 1 and I'm getting really excited for the final product.

It's been a while! Since culinary school ended, I bought an apartment in the Murray Hill area of Manhattan. The space was great but the kitchen and bathroom were dreadful. After my fair share of Wall Street job drama, I've started the ultimate project... Renovations! My horrific kitchen and bath will be renovated from ugly and dreary to open and beautiful. The kitchen will be opened up into the living room and slightly reconfigured. The stove will move to the opposite wall and grow from 20" to 30"! New stainless steel appliances all around and some pretty granite and slate tile. The bathroom will simply be replaced with non-maroon fixtures and some beautiful tile. Here are the before pictures.