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Reviewing the Architectural Floor Plans for the Brownstone Remodel

Bob and Chris Vila work their way to the back of the apartment, through the hallway with its Victorian wallpaper, past the closet with original built-ins, and into the bedroom with high ceilings and a door to the back balcony. They are joined by architect Brian O'Keefe who shows the plans for the remodel. To take advantage of the light in the front of the building, O'Keefe has designed a live-in and eat-in kitchen that will move family space to the most desireable spot in the apartment, which is how people like to live today. The dining room is the next room toward the interior of the apartment and has the elevator that separates it from the large, open living area in the middle of the apartment. O'Keefe is looking for high ceilings and hardwood floors in this main living space. The master suite will remain in the back, with a reconfigured closet area, an updated bath, and French doors to the balcony.

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Reviewing the Architectural Floor Plans for the Brownstone Remodel

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" Into the back area we've got what is essentially a master. Bedroom suite now we're -- that the master suite is this does this has been here from want to its original wallpaper yeah right there Victorian here. But it's funny that different things that happened I mean this purple -- and we had a failures in the columns which is figure kind of into premier was pulled out that looks very old the closet -- and that's sort of a quilted pink cloud accompaniment -- the built in that's original yeah yeah that's definitely original. And the very old linoleum floor. And then we got a bathroom opposite that. Maybe thirty years old this is redone you can tell because the actual these -- used to be over there on the far side and then what is essentially. Not huge stakes are huge but again the tall ceilings and Buffy and architect is in our midst right Brian O'Keefe. -- working with. -- Iraq so it's kind of a rabbit Warren the witnesses -- laid out absolutely absolutely and that's what we want to try to address yeah his. You've got spaces that once served as two separate rental units that more than combined we don't know when and right now as we've been touring. There's a lot of laws that keep bumping in to write it we also have this heard the front which has tons of lights and want to kind of open that up throughout so that's -- in China. Through to search."

" I was your proposal -- OK in order to take advantage of that great line it. The width of the building height of this particular floor here we really want to try and open this up. Because that's what people today how we live -- want to want to do with the space yeah. So in this particular plan we've we've put the kitchen towards the windows here people really like to be in the kitchen and that's the bathroom as well pink bathroom is currently correct. Correct so we opened -- all. And made that into the large eat in kitchen sort of -- and kitchen right yeah that's the key is not just doesn't eat in kitchen but a living kitchen this display of open space for furniture TV humorous whatever okay. The next base would be the dining room most people would probably put that to the front. But people really hang on their kitchen as those notes that we put the dining room to the interior. And that connects to the living room and of course the dining. Room in many situations really considered obsolete so that it is basically -- be used for other purposes excellent and then we've got the elevator. In this area here. And what's that that is actually chase similar OK content on the mechanicals in the risers and so forth. And then won't what are we doing in the big big huge room. The delivery room their room want to put in. You know we want to see the condition of the floor hopefully they'll some nice beautiful wood floors down there we think there's a dropped ceiling and yet -- we want to see if there is. This nice -- and 126 and -- recycler of putting a fireplace and as well and then we just walked through here you're basically now making too many changes their Bryant. No we're not refit the closet. To little more efficient. And then. We want to rework the bathroom slide the bath -- down and access the linen closet from the hallway from the law yet. And you know put in -- new pedestal fixture and water and then you tearing down the closets that exist right here behind the threats -- currently living room when bigger span and this'll be wearing French doors here posting on this time --"

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