Renovation

Should you hire an architect or contractor first? Or both at the same time?

Sponsored By Bolster |September 19, 2017 - 10:00AM

… current state of your floors realize that most floors in New York City are not perfectly level I dont know any concrete … most of these fixes entail ripping up the existing flooring first … Plywood works well for floors in big …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |September 11, 2017 - 10:00AM

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This $635,000 West Village apartment could use a gut renovation, but the basics are all there

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner |September 7, 2017 - 10:00AM

Renovation

8 apartment renovations you can do without a permit in New York City

Sponsored By Bolster |September 6, 2017 - 4:01PM

Design + Architecture

No more cookie-cutter decor: 5 NYC-area architectural salvage stores for your next renovation

By Mimi OConnor |August 23, 2017 - 12:00PM

Renovation

A checklist for first-time NYC renovators

Sponsored By Bolster |August 22, 2017 - 2:00PM

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A few tweaks could make this $699,000 Lower East Side one-bedroom a prize

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner |August 17, 2017 - 2:15PM

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Reno expert hack: Combining Ikea 'bones' and custom doors for a cheaper, quicker renovation

By Marjorie Cohen |August 10, 2017 - 3:00PM

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An Upper East Side studio that needs work, with a price tag that allows you to actually do it

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner |August 3, 2017 - 1:00PM

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Country house reality check: 4 lessons learned from a year of fixing up a fixer-upper

… specifications including left or righthand inswing jambs frames saddles the wood that gets nailed to the floor to … I mean prodigious talent to hang in old houses where the frames have settled and warped … 3 Fixerupper expectation … professionals you bring on board may have more lucrative or pressing jobs hogging their attention Still in the vein of …

By Heather Senison |August 1, 2017 - 2:59PM