And So It Begins
Welcome all. An Actor Prepares (sorry, Repairs) will attempt to do many things. It will chronicle the last stage in our remodeling of our Manhattan apartment. It will catch you up on what has been completed. It will become a forum, offering heaps of advice and opinion about remodeling without a lick of evidence supporting those opinions or advice. It will make wild comparisons between remodeling an apartment and creating a character. It will offer how-too advice on both fronts. For example; How To Approach Othello, followed by How To Sweat A Copper Fitting. It will sometimes make you laugh, mostly make you cry and occasionally make you exclaim out loud, “There but for the grace of God go I”
A brief history. Bought apartment in March of 2001. Remodeled the bedroom in early 2002. Remodeled the bathroom in Spring of 2003. And now…
First step. Site protection. Discard all unnecessary stuff including large pieces of furniture that you mean to replace anyway.
Our couch of five years on the hard scrabble streets of New York. Notice the Southwestern flavor. Notice how you'll never see it again.
posted by Fox @ 8:22 PM
6 Comments:
Dennis! Jumping in on the blog action! I love it! Hey: I'm sure Leigh mentioned it, but we've got some great comments flying on John's blog in response to an entry about the church's treatment of women. Do me a favor and weigh in when/if you have a chance.... it's in response to an entry titled "And God Created Woman..." Eleven long-winded comments to date. Very heated. Anyhoo, glad to hear that construction will be underway again. Happy blogging.... :-) We'll add you to our "bookmarks".
With respect to "First step...discard all unnecessary stuff...." See also Peter Brook, The Empty Space.
bw
Dennis, this is great. Can't wait to see more photos and read more posts about things I could never do in a million years. I can't even get around to cleaning the fridge in my new apartment.
This is gonna be fun. Looking forward to it...
Oh sure. Start with the easy stuff, like heaping things on the sidewalk. Gravity was on your side here -- I'm waiting for the really nifty, sweaty parts, the kind in which Leigh will have to hold the camera because you'll be trudging up stairs under stacks of heavy, dusty stuff. Can't wait!
And don't forget the "before" photos so that we can truly appreciate the "after".
jwb
Excellent. Just let me know if need anyone to come over and spill some some alcohol-based stain-killing primer. I want to help in any way I can.
Wow-- can't imagine how swank your pad is going to be after all the hard work is behind you. I echo jmw's statement about the miracle of renovations to those of us who are severely "handy-capped". Can't wait to see the before-and-afters online and then in person...
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