Posted June 7, 200817 yr I'm going thru photos doing research as I plan for my kitchen reno. I uncovered photos of my apartment when I bought it. It was an abomination. My father and grand father ripped me a new one, for buying what they then termed as buying "condemned building". The back hallway The Den, which at that time was set up a Bar My Bedroom The Laundry Room The Bathroom The Kitchen
June 7, 200817 yr The Kitchen The wallpaper is giving me motion sickness The woman who lived here before me, loved wall paper! I took down so much wallpaper, I refuse to ever wallpaper again! :x Some of the wallpaper, had wallpaper behind it. Here's an additional photo of the only working bath when I moved in. Note the wallpaper. The last time the apartment had actually been renoved was approximately/probably 1953. The couple who lived there, lived in the apartment from the fifties, and when the building went condo they bought the unit. When the husband died, he died in the apartment, she stayed here. One of there sons lived the last building of complex for a long time until he moved into a house on Larchmere. There were notes from the 50's on some of the walls I took out. are there going to be "after" photos of the exact same shots? I only have one or two from the same spots, since I changed many of the walls, eliminated a room to make my master closet, added an entry from the hallway to the dining room and moved a bathroom. I think these are the only photos from or near the same vantage point. The hall The laundry room with the newly created bathroom on the opposite side of teh laundry room
June 8, 200817 yr Honey, this apartment was a hot mess when I bought it. When my grand father (who always has a snarky comment ready to play) and father came to see it for the first time, this is the what I can remember of the conversation: Me: Welcome GrandDad: To where, hell? It's hot! Me: Oh Pops (We, the grand kids and great grand kids call my dad's father "Pops"), please GD: Please my a$$, boy! No move your lil boney a$$ out the way and let me in. GD: (He takes ten steps in) The building looks nice on the outside, lets go back outside. Me: Hush! Me: Let me show you all around and tell you my plans GD: What is up with the paint and the wall paper?? Did these people get decorating tips from Vel's? Me: Pops, you have to see beyond the wallpaper. There is lots of potential here. Once I'm done with this place you wont even recognize it. GD: Does that mean the place will be condemed and torn down? Me: Pops you know I wanted a fixer-upper and I want to create a home that reflexs my style and personality. GD: Then you should built a house. You so fu-fu and uppity. You just like your Ma'ma. Me: Hush! GD: So this is a foreclosure? I can't believe that you paid for this, you mean to tell me that the bank wouldn't just give this to you?? This is going to be a lot of work and money. You kids think you know you everything these days and don't know nothing. GD: (to my father) You let him buy this? Me: I'm right here, I'm not invisible, this is my house. GD: (to me) Boy, is anyone talking to you? GD: Can we leave now, I might catch something if I stay in here to long. People have already died up in here and I don't want to be the next. Lets go! My grandfather is a straight trip. Now he claims my house is OK.
June 8, 200817 yr Your GrandDad sounds like he'd fit right in on the forums! Pops is like a combination of Fred Sanford & Mother jefferson with a dash of Sophia Petrillo.
June 17, 200816 yr Haha, I would love to meet your grandfather! You say that now. You'll like him right up until the time you say something "wrong" (translation- something he doesn't like or agree with) then you'll be on the list with my sister in law. He makes her cry all the time and of course I love it! Its weird this thread came up, I found another picture of the second bathroom i forgot just how ugly my apartment was. I need to concentrate on my kitchen. One of the neighbors is remodeling their kitchen there was a ton fancy smancy Electrolux appliance out back.
June 17, 200816 yr That's an awfully nice room for you to hardly use it! I don't think it'll fit in our new townhouse, though. We've only got room for a stacked W/D..... Some day! Baby steps.... I'll just be happy to even have a washer and dryer after six years in dorms and apartments with coin machines!
June 17, 200816 yr That's an awfully nice room for you to hardly use it! I don't think it'll fit in our new townhouse, though. We've only got room for a stacked W/D..... Some day! Baby steps.... I'll just be happy to even have a washer and dryer after six years in dorms and apartments with coin machines! I rarely cook, so I don't use the kitchen that often. But I can microwave and steam like nobody's business! I rarely do laundry since I have a domestic help. You sound as bad as my cousin who sends his laundry to my house.
June 17, 200816 yr I'm a woman - I like to cook and clean. Not that I like to foster stereotypes or anything (after all I am an engineer), but I've got a good bit of the betty homemaker gene in me as well :).
June 17, 200816 yr I'm a woman - I like to cook and clean. Not that I like to foster stereotypes or anything (after all I am an engineer), but I've got a good bit of the betty homemaker gene in me as well :). I've never had to cook so I only know basic stuff, but I can roast the hell out a turkey! and i have this steamer....i say its the best invention ever created.
June 17, 200816 yr I've never had to cook so I only know basic stuff, but I can roast the hell out a turkey! and i have this steamer....i say its the best invention ever created. Men.
June 17, 200816 yr I've never had to cook so I only know basic stuff, but I can roast the hell out a turkey! and i have this steamer....i say its the best invention ever created. Men. My mom, both of my grandmothers and the maid are AMAZING cooks. So my brother and I never had to learn to cook. I'm no gourmet, but I know my way around the kitchen, I just don't like cooking.
June 17, 200816 yr I understand, most men don't like cooking. Hence my snide, generalistic remark :) Hey I make up for my lack up cooking, since I LOVE LIVE to shop!
June 17, 200816 yr I understand, most men don't like cooking. Hence my snide, generalistic remark :) Hey I make up for my lack up cooking, since I LOVE LIVE to shop! Lol, okay, I'll give ya that.
June 17, 200816 yr MTS, those before and after shots are amazing! The Moreland Courts are such an amazing canvas for one's design skills- you must have had a total blast with that project.
June 17, 200816 yr The real question is.. why would you get rid of that bar?!?! a) It was ugly as hell b) It didn't go with my design scheme/style c) I don't drink and don't need a bar
June 17, 200816 yr Don't drink.. whoaaaaa.. yes, It helps me stay young You could've invited all of us over. We sure would have taken advantage of the bar!
June 17, 200816 yr Don't drink.. whoaaaaa.. yes, It helps me stay young You could've invited all of us over. We sure would have taken advantage of the bar! UmMMMM these pics are over 15 years old. I didn't know any of you at that time and most of you whippersnappers were still in breast milk!! HAA!
June 18, 200816 yr Don't drink.. whoaaaaa.. yes, It helps me stay young No dear, you of all people could benefit from a cocktail now and then. :roll: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
June 18, 200816 yr No dear, you of all people could benefit from a cocktail now and then. :roll: No love.....but thanks for the offer. :wink2: May Day, you always make me laugh. MyTwoSense, what is it you do for a living? – Public Relations/Communications/Public Affairs – Worldwide Marketing, Planning, Promotions and Sponsorship – Responsibility & Community Initiatives – Internal Synergies (Internal Marketing & Coordination) – Special Events - Special Projects Translation into what my job really means = Bureaucratic Bullshit! :wink:
June 18, 200816 yr Thats some GOOVEY Wallpapaer dude!! LOL But I LOVE what you've done with the place! 10/10!!!! LOL Thanks. My house is my laboratory. You kids have no idea what kinds of decorating i've done up in there over the years.
June 19, 200816 yr In all seriousness MTS, I know we crack on each other plenty, but you did one hell of a job on that place, it's gorgeous.
June 19, 200816 yr In all seriousness MTS, I know we crack on each other plenty, but you did one hell of a job on that place, it's gorgeous. Thanks! You lil whippersnapping, eastside living, sports commentator wanna be, republican! It's much appreciated.
June 19, 200816 yr – Public Relations/Communications/Public Affairs – Worldwide Marketing, Planning, Promotions and Sponsorship – Responsibility & Community Initiatives – Internal Synergies (Internal Marketing & Coordination) – Special Events - Special Projects Translation into what my job really means = Bureaucratic Bullsh!t! :wink: MTS..did you ever work with anyone (directly or indirectly) at Playboy International out of the Chicago office?
June 19, 200816 yr Public Relations/Communications/Public Affairs Worldwide Marketing, Planning, Promotions and Sponsorship Responsibility & Community Initiatives Internal Synergies (Internal Marketing & Coordination) Special Events - Special Projects Translation into what my job really means = Bureaucratic Bullsh!t! :wink: MTS..did you ever work with (directly or indirectly) at Playboy International out of the Chicago office? Um yes....and no I wasn't a centerfold!
June 19, 200816 yr a good friend of mine used to work there..he was in marketing for cable/pay per view dept. wondered if you knew/know him.
June 19, 200816 yr a good friend of mine used to work there..he was in marketing for cable/pay per view dept. wondered if you knew/know him. Probably my staff in CHI or NYC would, if they advertised on one of our networks, or in one of our publications or if they had product placement in one of our movies/tv shows.
June 20, 200816 yr Get me a job at Playboy :) You don't want to work there. TRUST ME! All the "fun" stuff is in LA with Hugh.
June 20, 200816 yr Did you buy everything at Ikea west chester? ME?? Honey, Me and Ikea DO NOT belong in the same sentence. When I want to buy trash, I dumpster dive.
June 20, 200816 yr Get me a job at Playboy :) You don't want to work there. TRUST ME! All the "fun" stuff is in LA with Hugh. once I tagged along when my friend had to chaperone a playmate at an event in Toledo. She's from Ohio even, North Ridgeville, I believe - Nicole Lenz. It was kinda fun in a road trip sorta way. Plus, with the hassle of frequent travel come the benefits of hotel points and air miles :)
June 21, 200816 yr Thanks! I'd say I've done 85-90%. Contractors of course did the building of walls the pluming, closets and air. I just knew what to tear down and where wires were, so with 18 male cousins, tearing out walls was a piece of cake. I complete gutted all three bathrooms, one being built. Over the years, I've learned how to tile, grout, paint, build a fireplace, cut moldings, chair rail and baseboards, etc. I think every square inch of my apartment, with exception to the kitchen, has been renovated at least three times.
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