Jackson Heights Life

your kitchen looks beautiful! The layout of your kitchen is very similar to our kitchen. You must live in Linden Court Apartments. I am very interested in potentially hiring him to redo our kitchen. Would you mind PMing me the cost of the total renovation?

The steam riser was split in two with the main riser being set into the wall, and a capped pipe run around the stove to the back wall in the event a future owner wants to connect a small radiator. The pipe is exposed where it comes up through the floor, so we had the ventilated door on the bottom row custom made to prevent the heat from building up inside and warping the wood.

Our dumbwaiter is still in use, alas. Otherwise we would have looked at doing something similar. Although I actually think that the shaft would be good for running the conduits for wall-mounted air conditioners—the ones with exterior compressors. But, of course, you have to sell the whole building on that plan.

May I ask what paint color is used on the walls?

It's Benjamin Moore Glass Slipper.

Did Corrigan do the design as well?  If not, would you like to share that information as well?  I am also curious about the little space beneath the window.  Did that used to be a potato bin like we have at the Greystones?

Want to recommend them as well.  A few years ago, I did our kitchen with my carpenter brother-in-law, but neither of us were experienced with plaster.  We called them, and they did a fantastic job on the plaster, and the final results were/are great! 

Here is another shout-out for Eddie Corrigan and Corrigan Services renovation. I hired Eddie last winter to do a gut renovation of an estate sale “train wreck” of an apartment at Roosevelt Terrace. I bought this apartment while I was still living in Boston so the renovation was “long distance.” I described the “look” I wanted – an open plan (as much as was possible within structural confines), modern “loft” look and, while we wrote down little, he made it happen. At times, he made suggestions, most of which were good, including removing part of a wall to the bedroom area and picking the kitchen cabinets. Every couple of weeks, I came to NYC to look at what he was doing and make decisions with him. People wondered at my trust in Eddie but the trust was well placed. He did a beautiful job, creating a great modern kitchen, making a small bathroom feel just a bit bigger by raising the ceiling, getting the peninsula between living area and kitchen just right, changing the closets. He quoted me a price and that’s what it cost. Working with Eddie was so straightforward and honest plus he is a craftsman so the work looks great, so much better than renovations I saw while I was apartment-hunting.
Eddie Corrigan
Corriganservices@aol.com
917 748-3620

just curious. how much did this cost?  I love the design.