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Converting an Industrial Building to Housing and Office Space
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Converting an Industrial Building to Housing and Office Space
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" This is such vast space the dimensions must be what almost a hundred feet. They buy a eighty by age and this is just half of the -- that's right now tell us briefly what you have to do to spit if we could movement."
" Well we had to ring the place out it was full of asbestos -- the we removed the ceiling went to a -- and we had a dropped ceiling they were interior walls. And no windows so it becomes -- out."
" So all the windows were looking at four on this side war that's and large windows that look to -- four -- those are all their new construction that's right yes and then. Now you've got kind of a real industrial looking it was on the exposed piping."
" Yes that's right we'll we'd like that block and it made a lot of sense for us to not complicate. Construction and just let it be absolutely. But by painting it all aluminum. You really -- have unified whole thing actually that's a wonderful thing about paint here you are you move into industrial space -- honey furnish it -- me. Not at all. You hire somebody to committed furnish it for me and I wish Bob these are all kind of a second hand. Well arson files and table tops. And basically what we did is we just painted them again like the ceiling since it brings community unified and second hand for what about furniture like this wonderful conference table well. My husband designed this. It's really simply a piece of laminated. Wasn't. That had been very industrial kind of pipeline. That grass cat that's correct burden on -- and -- level very simple very very simple. This is -- seventy by 57 to fifty just additional room. But you carved out other areas -- yes that's right these are all little studio apartments and there are bedrooms Lima violence and one. And this is the master bedroom and here's one for each of the kids OK and then a guest room and nannies from and one quarter."
" So you've got about six mini studios within the great space that's right and then a comments if you well that's right and you fit in this kitchen that's over here. That's right that's right this metro wire shelving and home improvement kind of cabinets that's right then you've got you've got kind of areas designated. Again here's one of those tables that your husband design right that's that's right. Dinner parties for it doesn't. And isn't mister frank -- timetable the architect from Santa Monica says --"
" Thinking the -- so what one of the very first ones that he put out -- all made of corrugated corrugated cardboard or and the seats as well covered but this is our homework table."
" As we've just do their homework it. And then what is this material this silvery stuff."
" This is like in a crowd like a curtain that that they make them New York City along canal street that I got."
" It reminds me used car lots in a way the -- so again it goes look there's something that car and then. Kind of that creates. A different space a music room yes and a living room -- war."
" Well we need to break down the space was so big but I didn't want to really. Destroy the sense of continuity and space flowing so I like the idea that you accents the space beyond but it still breaks at the mountain and now what are your favorite things about living in an open space like this. The space itself just the space having a lot of very the military free an open an informal."
