Welcome to The Merle Reskin Project

After an exhausting real estate hunt and Co-op application process I am finally a homeowner. Before moving into my new home I had planned on making some cosmetic changes to the apartment.

• Hiding the cable wire in the baseboard in the living room and bedroom
• Changing the lighting fixtures & installing dimmer switches
• And of course, painting

I had always planned on renovating the bathroom & kitchen somewhere down the road ... but several people "warned" that doing a kitchen &/or bathroom renovation after moving in would be a HUGE mistake. So the scope of the project has changed.

• Hide the cable wire in new crown molding
• Install new hardwood floors though out the entire (currently parquet)
• Renovate the kitchen -- new cabinets and new appliances
• Re-tile the bathroom, new show & sink faucets, new lighting, new medicine cabinet & installing a shower door
• Changing the lighting fixtures & installing dimmer switches
• Install new window treatments
• Possibly install new closet doors in the bedroom
• And of course, painting

My contractor (Rocky) has scoped the project at being roughly 30 days. I know. I laughed too. But I have to say; and I don't want to jinx anything, so far so good. If it weren't for this silly Christmas thing getting in the way of my project I would feel a little more confident in meeting the 30 day count down ... none the less I'm working on a 30 day plan.

And so begins the journey of my renovation project ...

MERLE RESKIN BEFORE PICTURES