renovation nation

just when you thought all ann and dabney did was spend time silkscreening and sitting in front of the sewing machine, here, evidence of one of their bigger works in progress - the renovation of a nearby property that they own. what was once a dark, dingy one bedroom apartment will become a spacious two bedroom with a postage-stamp sized backyard, a real commodity in these here parts.

before demolition began, ann quickly stepped in front of the sledgehammers to take a few "before" shots. the previous tenant lived in this space for 27 whopping years. ann and dabney are convinced that she did not clean once in all that time. you should have seen the piles of stuff that she accumulated in those 27 years and had stuffed in this tiny apartment.


eek. the kitchen.



the living room. check out that marble fireplace and wainscoting. ann and dabney had no idea that these features existed amongst the previous tenant's stuff. once, they walked in and found an industrial-sized copy machine and knee-high piles of paper sitting in the middle of this room.



the bathroom. goodbye, yellow tub and tiles...



bedroom #1



the future home of bedroom #2