our brooklyn home.

the crew finished up work this past week, and the back is done! we like it. the bottom pic is included as a reference of what the back used ...

a new coat of tharacoat; a stucco/cement type paint. the crew also chipped and ground off the old paint on the fire escape and repainted it....

here's what the house looked like with the work crew's homemade scaffolding system in place. they replaced the asphalt shingles on t...

concrete has been jack-hammerd out and re-poured in the courtyard in front of our house and our sidewalk. check out the tree ring/square rea...

here's some pictures of the outside front of the house, 90% done. new "slate" shingles on the top, brownstone completed, new r...

at the cornice, which has been primered.

Here's more pics of the outside work. Our house is shrouded with a dust cloth, giving it a decidely funereal quality, except for the blu...

Here's some pics with the new grout that has been installed between the bricks. Looks really good. And pics of the cornice repair, w...

For reference, the first two are a couple of pics of the house, from 2007 when we bought it. We decided a few months ago to start contacting...

These are from 01/10, and show the installation of the cabinet/countertop configuration of the laundry room. We went back and forth on wheth...

dear blog, I'm really sorry for neglecting you for so long. I thought about you, but...it just didn't feel right. It's not you, ...

painting has come to represent the near-end of any given project. notice the smiles. everybody is happy to be at this point. and the apartm...

so, while replacing/tearing out the old baseboard, i accidentally broke the cover that someone had fashioned before we came along. after so...

we just came through a big push on the fourth floor. here's some pics that capture the general feeling of those weeks. most of the fi...