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Work in Progress: Let the Light Shine In

April 23, 2009

What a difference a paint job can do! The white walls were fine, but we were set on a warmer color to reflect the awesome sunlight our front and back windows provide. Little did we know there are about a million different “off-white” (or cream, or neutral, or natural) paint colors out there! Holding up [...]

Work in Progress: Green Things

April 16, 2009

We’re self-proclaimed environmentalists. So how do we incorporate these beliefs into our new project beyond encouraging concious consumerism (buying second-hand)? We don’t have the budget to build an LEED certified site like Bird in Brooklyn (a much admired boutique of ours) did, but we strive to one day be able to create a space as [...]

Work in Progress: If These Walls Could Talk

April 8, 2009

Our contractor is a superhero. As soon as we gave him the OK for our structural changes, he began transforming our unglam space into the dream boutique we had been imagining. First, he wrecked a wall in an effort to make the space more integrated and give it a better sense of “flow.” The mini [...]