Part of my daily routine includes a bath, every day that I have time for it. It gives me time to wake up, mentally prepare for my day and stare blankly at my feet mentally processing. It’s where I get my best ideas and I credit a return to regular bathtime as one of the…
Month: July 2018
Designing the Rental Kitchen
The intention with the downstairs kitchen was to modernise as quickly and reasonably priced as we could. We wanted to retain the Victorian charm while still keeping something that would appeal to the local rental market. New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos The old 1970s design choices had made the room seem…
Ground Floor Demolition!
As HGTV will tell you, demolition day is best day! Only we took about 3 weeks … There was plenty of sketchy DIY renovations that could be removed before the contractors showed up. New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos Rental Dining – Demolition New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos…
Ground Floor – Before shots
Like many traditional Victorian Brownstones Minion Manor came complete with a ground floor apartment separate from the main house. If we were going to appeal to the Brooklyn Hipster community something needed to be done about the 1970s orange and brown theme and prepare for renovations! New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos…
Buying the house
New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos Finding a house in Brooklyn that still had original details in a Brownstone took a lot of work most houses that were affordable had long been flipped to generic home depot tile and white formica counters. New item by Amaya Booker (Illdrinn) / Google Photos After…