A first-time homebuyer chronicles the nitty-gritty of buying and remodeling a house in Ridgewood.
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Renovation Diary: Reimagining a row house in Ridgewood
Follow along!
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July 2, 2018
Renovation Diary, backyard edition: Part 1
Embracing the luxury of personal outdoor space in New York City—on a real-world budget
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September 12, 2017
See how a Ridgewood townhouse went from drab to dream home
Check out this video for home renovation tips and tricks from a new New York homeowner.
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September 12, 2017
Part 8: Inside our newly renovated Ridgewood townhouse
"Among homebuyers and renovators, we know we are the lucky ones."
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August 29, 2017
Part 6: The bumpy road to our dream bathroom
"After more time spent on faucet websites than I thought humanly possible, I realized the solution was obvious."
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August 22, 2017
Part 5: Making room for our home’s hiding places
"What made glossy interior photos appealing, I came to realize, was what you didn’t see."
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August 15, 2017
Part 4: Learning to live in a construction zone
The soundtrack is drilling and thwacking in the early morning and, by the end of the day, the whirr of the Shop-Vac.
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August 8, 2017
Part 3: Building our dream home required some compromise
"It was a little bit over budget, but we were too deliriously happy about the open kitchen to mind."
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August 1, 2017
Part 2: Assembling a home renovation dream team
"Who cared about tiny turquoise bathrooms and having kitchen counters as long as the lights stayed on and the toilet flushed?"
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July 25, 2017
Part 1: Falling for the dream of owning in New York City
Curbed’s Renovation Diary series is back! This year, a first-time homebuyer chronicles all the nitty-gritty of buying and remodeling a house in Ridgewood.
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July 24, 2017
Curbed’s Renovation Diary is coming to Ridgewood, Queens
In this year’s installment of Curbed’s Renovation Diary series, a first-time home buyer goes from demolition to dream home in Queens.