The (old) studio. Double-doors lead to our dedicated parking spots.

The (old) studio. Door in the middle leads to the stairs up.

The (old) studio. Door in the middle leads to the stairs up.

Entrances. 2 doors to the right are our unit(s).

Shared entry gate.

Entry staircase

Old kitchen and entry

Old entrance to upstairs unit

Old kitchen. Notice kitchen fan with no exhaust.

Old kitchen

Panorama of old kitchen

Old kitchen

The old kitchen, bedroom (to be), living room.

Living room (notice the sink in the middle)

Old living room, with undersized space heater.

Where the new bedroom will go!

Old living room. Notice the lack of flooring.

Old living room and bedroom.

The ceilings we fell in love with.

View of old kitchen and entrance.

Old mezzanine space (former bedroom)

Opposite view of mezzanine.

Shared entry prior to landscaping.

View of neighbors from balcony.

Making space for the framing of the new interior walls. First new appliances arriving.

Making space for the framing of the new interior walls.

New toilet in mezzanine bathroom going up temporarily.

Layout of the new closet. First boards installed!

Framing the new storage and bathroom in the studio.

Framing the new storage and bathroom in the studio.

Framing the new storage and bathroom in the studio.

Framing the new storage and bathroom in the studio.

Framing the (new) master bathroom.

Framing the new master bathroom.

Framing out the new master bedroom.

Jeff Wong, our contractor.

Framing the new master bathroom.

Last of the old kitchen cabinets being demolished.

Frame for the kitchen counter.

Electric wires going in.

Waste lines going inside the interior wall of the new bathroom.

The new interior wall between kitchen and entry with all electrical, gas, water, waste lines.

Laundry walls in mezzanine starting to come together.

The new interior wall between master bathroom and kitchen with all electrical, gas, water, waste lines.

The new tub finally going in.

Demolishing the wall closing in the toilet, making the studio bathroom feel a lot bigger!

New electric panel.

New interior doors (exterior grade, fireproof) go in (with SOSS hinges!!).

Waterproofing around the new bath-tub.

The new interior wall between the bedroom and the living room.

First sheetrock goes up!

Noise/fire insulation going up in the bedroom.

The new kitchen slowly shaping up.

This will be a master bedroom, at some point...

Insulation and sheetrock going up in the studio bathroom.

Closing the wall between the mezzanine and the new master bedroom.

The last open view from above of the closet in the new master bedroom.

Insulating the walls in the master bathroom.

Closing the wall between the mezzanine and the new master bedroom.

Roxul safe & sound noise and fire insulation going inside the new interior walls.

Finally mezzanine and bedroom are separate rooms!

Patching starting in the master bedroom closet.

Kitchen all ready for the cabinets!

The first kitchen cabinets is up!

Our living room, for months now...

Kitchen cabinets finally going in!

Kitchen cabinets finally going in!

Vanity in master bathroom going in.

Measurements for the kitchen countertop.

Kitchen cabinets in, installing plywood in preparation of stone countertop.

New Silestone White Zeuss counter in the kitchen

Patching the new walls, studio bathroom

Patching the new walls, lot's of fine dust...

Patching the new walls

Painted closet door

Installed new light fixture by entrance

Installed new kitchen sink

Installed new interior door levers

Installed control for external tankless water heater

Started install of new closet shelves, new lights

New window in master bathroom

New Tolomeo reading lights in bedroom

Closet almost ready!

Our new sexy dimmers

New bedroom door

Microwave installed

First wall tile in the master bathroom!

Bathroom glass tiles going up.

Balcony furnituyre arrivives.

Lights and shadows on our new walls.

Installed new wine bottle holder

Taking out the old ceiling fan

Starting tiles in the kitchen

Bathroom wall tiles almost finished

Ready for the new toilet

Kitchen tiles complete

New ceiling fan. Notice cheap wood on ceiling prior to painting.

Finally the new range in place. Cabinets in, but still no pulls.

Master bathroom sink and prep for mirror

The new fridge in place

Installed first tiles of new vertical planter on kitchen wall.

Pulls on kitchen cabinets

The first plank of the new Tigerwood floors in the living room (with rubber underlayment)

Self-leveling mortar to flatten the floor

Self-leveling mortar to flatten the floor

Removing the old leaking french doors to the balcony

Hardwood floors being manually sorted by color and installed in living room

Direction change in hardwood floors by the kitchen

Bedroom is done!

Seonok and our friend Mikaela testing the new kitchen

Rubber flooring being installed in the studio

Rubber flooring on old entry staircase (the first step!)

Rubber flooring being installed in the studio. Yes, that is what I had to work around for months!

New shelving in the studio storage room

Starting the new wall to wall bookshelf in the living room

Living room bookshelf coming together, with very uneven walls...

Living room bookshelf coming together.

Picking Moroccan light fixture for the master bedroom.

Our first fan!

First Christmas tree!

New studio windows

New studio windows

Fabric for mezzanine divider curtain arrives from India.

First broken tile!

Living room light fixture arriving, half of them broken.

A new logo is born!

First CREATE Space promo

Removing old rotten balcony railing

Preparing for new balcony flooring

Preparing for new balcony flooring

Preparing for new balcony flooring

New balcony flooring

Welding new balcony railing.

First corner of new iron balcony railing ready!

New balcony railing being installed.

New balcony railing being installed.

New balcony railing being installed.

Balcony railing done!

First location photos

First location photos for HOUZZ feature.

First formal dinner event.

Scaffolding to paint ceilings

Preps to paint interior ceilings.

Sealing big open gaps in the ceiling

Back in construction mode...

Ceiling patching and painting complete, new double plexi under skylights installed.

New opening window in living room.

New insulated window in living room

Last view of old leaking window.