Jeff's Profile

My partner and I moved into a rest stabilized one bedroom in Astoria from the city and love it. With the money we saved in rent we upgraded the apartment. Now we love our super affordable apartment while we save for the infamous NY "down payment".

What we did:

1. Repainted the entire apartment (makes a huge and immediate impact)

2. Replaced our drab slab doors with white modern ones and said good-bye to those ugly brass knobs and hello to some nice chrome handles.

3. Updated the kitchen with a much deeper sink and nice modern chrome spray faucet. We also lucked out by getting new white cabinets (we told them we wouldn't move in unless they put in these specific cabinets)

4. Updated all the light switches and outlets to a nice Lutron one that hides the screws

5. In our bedroom we removed the closet doors and replaced with sliding ones to save space

6. We updated all the ceiling lights: in our bedroom a white cirrus hugger fan/light, a le klint 172a pendant in our living room, and a couple Artemide fixtures in our kitchen and entry way. It looks so much nicer and brighter.

The nice thing is we can take the more expensive purchases with us when we leave.

The Battlestar Galactica remake is one of the best tv series ever. I stumbled upon it during a netflix search in season 2 or 3. Then religiously watched it after. So well written, acted, and directed. Loved it and happen to be rewatching the entire season again. lol. Funny this post should happen.