The Day Before

An important consideration when contemplating a major renovation. If at all possible DO NOT live in the apartment while the work is taking place. If, however, you happen to be the contractor (and crew and designer), go ahead! What the hell! It cuts down on the commute.

Federer is just about to break Roddick in the fourth set of the Men's Finals at the U.S. Open. Leigh, Emerson, Hank and I are safely ensconced in our bedroom, having completed the preparations for the first day of demolition. Unbelievably, our progress will be slightly delayed as yours truly has to go downtown for not one but two commercial auditions in the AM and then drop in at the offices of the Agent who has decided to begin sending me out on these little tasks. So, I will return in the afternoon and begin to demolish. We have a lot of catching up to do…the bedroom, the bathroom…but that means I have to write a lot more. So, to keep us current, here’s some pictures of the preparations.


A dust barrier has been erected, sealing off the back of the apartment from the kitchen and livingroom areas to be demolished. We have set up a little mini kitchen just outside the bathroom as we have disabled our kitchen completely as of this afternoon. The office-ette has been stacked high with boxes that are storing our books and kitchen stuff and anything else we can do without for a couple of months while the work takes place.


And here is the offending kitchen. The smartest way for me to share this stuff with you guys seems to be to load pictures to here and have you guys view them from there. So I'll occassionally link to additional slide show stuff and keep the blog free of all but essential images. Hope this works.