Sunday, March 15, 2009

Pictures of What the Condo looked like before we gutted it

Picture of the Bathroom with 1970's style Plastic Cupboards and Mirrors and the old worn Vanity. Image in the mirror of the old Saloon style door leading into the Kitchen from the Hallway.



Picture of the Kitchen with the rusted sink and taps , rotten counter top and splash guard circ. 1970.



Next two photos show the Living room and dining room with all the stains on the carpets and carpet on top of 1970's glued down shag carpet with the black foam backing. You can see the 1970's swag light in the dining room and in the kitchen they had 4 foot florescent lights and also in the Bathroom which were torn out and replaced. We had a Garburator in the kitchen and tore that out as well and used the switch to make several more plugs for use in the kitchen. Now it is only a galley style Kitchen but as we are not Master Chefs it is all we need.



View through the Kitchen to the closet that we turned into a Pantry showing the EAton Viking Appliances. Eatons have been out of Business for 15 years and the Appliances were new in the 1970's. Basically nothing had been done in the place since the building was built. they also had metal hanging floor to ceiling closets on a slider that we also removed and modernized as well as the doors. I will post another bunch of pictures tomorrow of the work being down. We are having the walls painted tomorrow and the kitchen walls tiled on thursday. then we will be almost done at that point. We are living with the Kitchen cabinets for now as they are in good shape but changing the wood doors and drawers in the next few months. We had the Carpenter fix them up and make them serviceable as they were well built back then.

2 comments:

Chris H said...

Bring on the next set of photos with all the changes!

Mermaid of Moorgate said...

Hey daddy. Sorry about the Skype. Got back late from Church and the Peeler wouldn't beggar off so it was really late UK time. I am going to skype you this evening; if you have Google mail we can always IM each other xxxx

Ps.. Can't wait to see the renovated flat! All that 1970s Eatons catelogue furniture sounds ghastly!