“The owner had a half-pipe skateboard ramp in the loft because it was just one big open room,” says Charles Tribbett, who, with wife, Laura Tribbett, bought their 3,300-square-foot Chicago loft in 2017 for $1.075 million. “Apparently, the people living below moved out because they just couldn’t take it anymore. […]
Apartment Decorating
IN NEW YORK designer Lucy Harris’s experience, Manhattanites tend to ask for “refined and upscale” décor, a description that suggests the sort of formal, adults-only living room children must resentfully eye from a distance. The couple who came to her for help when renovating this West Village loft, however, wanted […]
Welcome to the apartment Dani shares with her boyfriend – plus their dog and cat (Picture: Zack Wittam/Metro.co.uk) It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means (we hope). That’s right – it’s time for another edition of What I Rent; our weekly series that explores the reality of renting around […]
Thomas Hurst of Dasher Hurst Architects says the financial viability of the Laura Street Trio redevelopment was becoming a victim of rising construction costs. Project developer SouthEast Development Group LLC said the project’s price increased 23.7% from the initial $70.4 million in March 2021 to more than $87 million. “We […]
By Ileana Paules-Bronet It seems counterintuitive that living with my boyfriend would make me a more independent person, but that’s exactly what it has done. Last year, when I was considering what it would be like to live together, I assumed that cohabitation would make my boyfriend and I codependent. […]
The Seattle-based architect Michael Eliason has a number of complaints about the way America makes its apartment buildings. The components are inferior, he says: The best sliding doors and windows are made elsewhere. The designs rarely accommodate larger families. And there are too many staircases. Too many what now? Eliason […]