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Transforming a Prewar Classic 6 - E 77th St, NYC
Рет қаралды 89,869
Күн бұрынDesign, construction and interiors from concept to completion provided by renovation and design-build expert Paula McDonald.
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Apartment Gut Renovation & Interior Design for 2 BR, 2 Bath:
Required Department of Building Permit, 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, complete gut renovation, adding stackable washer dryer, electric panel upgrade and rewiring, and through the wall heating/air conditioning units. Refinished wood flooring throughout and installed new wall to wall carpeting. Included Complete Interior Design Service as well… all new with the exception of valuable area rugs! We are delighted to have created exactly what the client envisioned!!
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@rgs6236 5 жыл бұрын
I like how classy this lady is ...I could listen to her for hours
@kazior6521 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@LAVirgo67 5 жыл бұрын
Love! Love! Love the way Ms. McDonald takes on and tackles the issues encountered in small NYC apartments. I live in a small house (under 1000') so her ideas & style helps me plan out future projects in my home. Also, I get very excited when a project she's working on a "pre-war" home that she either brings back original details or updates while staying true to the style.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dee Dee!!
@chaseconnery6538 4 жыл бұрын
After working as a Decorive Artisan in Interior design for 30 years. I will say what I always say....... Beauty lies in the details.
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
@JustManuelT 6 жыл бұрын
This lady is the epitome of New York style ...
@rherrerra9417 5 жыл бұрын
South Standards and not overdone. Subtle but classy. The redo is fabulous!!
@jump911hottie 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking prior to going to the comments! Love her fashion!
@patriciaredick9849 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, lovely to see the final product decorated....what a treat. Thank you.
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!! It was a pleasure to include everything.. start to finish! My favorite type of project!!!
@karenvc8005 5 жыл бұрын
I really love the client's rug in the living room. The updated furniture is quite an improvement and really sets the rugs off nicely.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks.. that's actually how the furniture was selected.. all about the rug!!
@howardturner2905 5 жыл бұрын
Paula I'm obsessed, nobody does it better.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks so much!!
@2Cambell 5 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness!!! I love the upgrades of the renovation, but what impressed me the most is how you integrated the vibrant colors, while keeping a modern feel. Normally, I would consider that a more neutral palette might seem more orderly, but dang, color can be fabulous! I will be painting my bedroom pronto. His room of stuff he couldn't part with is absolutely wonderful! I just love how you made this place great with using and considering his things!!!
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Awhhh.. you GOT it!! that was the whole great and challenging part of this.. I think it really is wonderful!!
@mitchg7809 5 жыл бұрын
She's a cross between Jill Clayburgh & Christine Baranski
@kazior6521 4 жыл бұрын
I love the renovation.
@davids8287 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this and all of your videos. Your attention to detail is outstanding and it's a pleasure to watch and listen to how you arrive at the final product!
@ricphoenix4578 7 жыл бұрын
I agree, I find Paula very knowledgeable and I enjoy how she discusses the detail of the work beyond decorating but into the renovation/structural changes and the "before and after" discussion of the challenges and triumphs of meeting the customers needs with respect to their lifestyle and how they will use the newly engineered spaces.
@cminmd0041 7 жыл бұрын
Yes! It is easy to decorate in the suburbs where houses are new, with recent blueprints and endless wall space to move things around but to make such functional and beautiful home with the constraints of city living takes a lot of ingenuity! She is also great at keeping elements from the original design that work. So many designers have a "raze it to the studs" mentality.
@blessOTMA 6 жыл бұрын
That master is like an apartment within the apartment. Oasis indeed. You have really shown me the effect those white doors and wide casings have ...They class up any place immediately. Greatly enjoy your videos, thank you!
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!!
@kwillow12 5 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful apartment I've ever seen. Absolutely wonderful.
@angelizqn 3 жыл бұрын
I binge-watch your videos.
@pmddllc 3 жыл бұрын
Hi there!! Thanks !! Appreciate it!
@rarerepair 5 жыл бұрын
You look happy. Its great dealing with an appreciative client who gets what you’re doing. Amazing rugs!
@Sunny-rh1yp 5 жыл бұрын
You seem to be a master with working things out that can't be changed. I love what you did for his home. Updating furnishings was a win win too.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Try to anyway!! thanks!
@joanwashington1371 7 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite of all he renovations.
@pmddllc 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joan!
@xiomanaxoxoxo3212 5 жыл бұрын
The remote contril blinds and the extra storage and lit cabinents are divine at least that were aloowed some fun...omg the guest bath is amazing. they did a great job with that...
@marquamfurniture 7 жыл бұрын
HUGE improvement! ..........I love the explanations... and her even owning up to 'boo-boos.' (Who else would be that honest?)
@pmddllc 3 жыл бұрын
HAHA.. Yep, honest to a fault. Thanks so much!
@marquamfurniture 3 жыл бұрын
@@pmddllc A virtuous fault that I greatly admire!
@dannycarrington1601 5 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite of the Paula McDonald videos I've seen. The owners possessions make this very much a home; I agree with him about overhead lighting. Is that a vintage Ethan Allen chair and ottoman in the guest room?
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, It is !! Thank you!!
@beclong117 5 жыл бұрын
Love the tour and commentary, thank you Paula!
@mcoudeniii 3 жыл бұрын
Great job, love your use of space, Paula!
@pmddllc 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊
@howardturner2905 5 жыл бұрын
A new drinking game; every time Paula mentions the radiator boxes or the custom vanity you take a drink or a toque on your blunt or both. You'll be so lit after about 5 videos you will be out roaming the streets looking for a Well Born (sp) bath mirror and closet lights.
@marykoufalis7666 5 жыл бұрын
..or the little drop drawer just below the sink for sponges...
@Seurnn 5 жыл бұрын
haha, or magnetic switches for the closets, or caeserstone bench tops, or marble that's actually porcelain.
@GardeningSpirit 5 жыл бұрын
OMG this apartment! Love seeing a furnished apt.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!!!!
@chum2003bit1 4 жыл бұрын
Well done! The only bit I do not like is a chair, that is blocking a doorway. Love how bright the washrooms are, I'll never understand why some washrooms are dimly lit. Some great built-in shelves.
@janjbowman 5 жыл бұрын
Thats really nice. I still love drapes in an apartment over the blinds.
@dudie812 4 жыл бұрын
It was pretty before, but you took it to another level. Love it!!!
@BrendaBaBoom 7 жыл бұрын
Yep, I was thinking the same thing at the EXACT same time when you said that the frame on the sister's art work should be changed.
@BriannaBrauer 4 жыл бұрын
I am so in love with the floors
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Me too!!
@styledna24 7 жыл бұрын
Glad I came across your channel! I love to watch both your amazing renovations and your outfits 😉! A New Yorker living in Auckland 😎
@pmddllc 7 жыл бұрын
HI Dianne!! Thanks so much.. appreciate both and nice know New Yorkers everywhere watch! ;)
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Awhhh. thank you!!
@lucyflorey9152 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@sherylsmith8857 6 жыл бұрын
Your work is AMAZING, INCREDIBLE!!! PERFECTION!!!
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sheryl!! I truly appreciate it!..
@lincolnpaul1814 5 жыл бұрын
Paula, you’re a rare super talent
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Hey thank you!!❤️
@harley8680 5 жыл бұрын
It is beautiful, but I like the old bathroom best. Very vintage!
@MichelleVisageOnlyFans 5 жыл бұрын
Really lovely apt. The bedroom was ghastly, but that's just me and my personal taste. All the rest very nicely renovated. Bravo! The chick presenting it has got a svelte figure!
@itsacarolbthing5221 6 жыл бұрын
Oh, those bathrooms and the kitchen though! Delicious. Sigh. Xx
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Life!! With Carol B Hey.. this one is so beautiful.. love this project!! Thank you!
@AgentAO7 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely apartment
@mlmerhoum9489 6 жыл бұрын
I like this woman
@urbanviii6557 5 жыл бұрын
@13:50 I adore that dark wallpaper. I could live with that for the rest of my life!
@CleberLirio 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Paula, You are so elegant and so nice presenting your projects... I love all of them, and your charming persona.... Would love to work with you.... Much love from your Brazilian fan...
@jayburris6252 6 жыл бұрын
Why is the hutch/buffet off center from the mirror and paintings that are over it?
@user-by7vm9sq5t 5 жыл бұрын
Good job paula
@Imlookingover007 5 жыл бұрын
Well Nuts I am completely hooked !
@lwinterbourne1730 4 жыл бұрын
you did a fantastic job with the master bathroom! but why scones? it gives shadows. robern does lighted mirrors
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Yes, it does.. and I think that the challenge is finding a transitional solution for lit cabinets..
@anonymouse5910 7 жыл бұрын
Love your work and really enjoying your videos. curious as to why the doors are often changed out? thanks!
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Sometimes style change.. sometimes they are just painted /caked and not worth stripping.. for labor.. better with a new door.. and changing the door hardware means drilling different hardware openings..
@dorih.6688 6 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, because I really like your style of interiors. I realized you use lots of german products like Miele and Liebherr, I have them too, I am german and the quality of german products is the best. I'm wondering why you're still using american toilettes. You should check the german system of toilettes, it is from Geberit , really innovative and we use it here for years now. Sorry for my bad english.
@jojo2491 4 жыл бұрын
l love this ...
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@amandabradley6256 6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful.....
@ndlucas9780 5 жыл бұрын
I very much like the "marble" porcelain tile in the shower/bath. Could you please tell me who the manufacturer is?
@LeeAnneRMT 6 жыл бұрын
Paula, I always worry when I see glass surrounds on showers and tubs. How durable are they?
@fiberzip 5 жыл бұрын
...great change, some constructive improvements yes, but the cables from the lamps at the entrance it's a big hit and miss...but again it's a quick fix....but it could really annoying for some. :: love your heels and you look amazing wearing them.
@martinl6395 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, I wish you would have shown the terrace though.
@pmddllc 4 жыл бұрын
Actually thought about it but it was in winter.. and landscaping had to be redone after renovation because of building exterior work.. oh well! Next time!
@bills.7175 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Paula! Is that a cobalt blue grass cloth wall paper in the master bed room? Great job!
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
Sorry I missed this.. it's Indigo.. from Philip Jeffries.. I LOVE it!
@MzAnzu 5 жыл бұрын
and once again we see how much smaller the apartments are in NY:))) especially compared to most of the US
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Yep!! ;)
@stevie68a 5 жыл бұрын
The dark blue bedroom wallpaper should have continued all around the room. Dark bedroom walls are great for a nighttime room, but it looks like you ran out of wallpaper. BTW, I'm a decorator who has done apartments in some of the best buildings in NYC. 770 Park, 1035 Fifth, 1 Beekman, etc. Anyway, this lady knows her stuff. She has courage for all the headaches renovating gives, even experts. P.S. The Ralph Lauren console is nice looking, but screams, "reproduction!".
@dannycarrington1601 5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, that wallpaper should be on all four walls. I'd all move the tall chest of drawers to the wall to the left of the entrance; the desk, dresser and chest all on one wall is too much.
@MTMF.london 5 жыл бұрын
If the dark blue wallpaper had gone all around the room it would be so overwhelming for the room. The Ralph Lauren console IS a reproduction and no one was fooled. Don't be a snob.
@stevie68a 5 жыл бұрын
@@MTMF.london I stand by my statement about the wall.paper. As for the console, RL furniture is very expensive, and it should have one guessing if it's an antique or repro. Ms. McDonald does beautiful high end work, So this is not my snobbery, maybe just little fine tuning. Otherwise, why have comments?
@alishadarcy5149 5 жыл бұрын
My uncle works for Mitchell Gold
@MakeMeThinkAgain 6 жыл бұрын
I don't have a dog in this fight, but why didn't you go with the washer/dryer all-in-one? And with the ventilation in mind, you know there are dryers (I think, maybe they are just concepts) that freeze clothes to remove moisture. I would think your clientele might spring for these (if they really exist).
@MTMF.london 5 жыл бұрын
The "concept" of freezing clothes is a non-starter because it doesn't remove moisture - the moisture (i.e., water) just becomes ice!
@PreppingAngel 5 жыл бұрын
I love what you did to the place but HATE his living room and dining room furniture.
@kianoush7294 6 жыл бұрын
How much on average does it cost to remodel these apartments?
@pmddllc 6 жыл бұрын
The Mann Report recently published an average of $340 a square foot for Manhattan renovations. It can be less than or more than this depending on finish selections, and size of the apartment... I think NYC is probably one of the most expensive cities for renovation costs for many reasons.
@oartista-estudiodeprojeto2021 5 жыл бұрын
Like 652!
@AniMerci 5 жыл бұрын
Wondering if both the kitchen and bathroom counters were adapted to a taller person. Being taller, generic counter heights are my pet peeve.
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
No, they are standard heights.. we have had one request shorter.. for a 5 foot tall owner.
@iahorvath 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful renovation! How much did the whole renovation cost? FYI from a French speaking Montrealer: Foyer is a French word and pronounced "foua-yay" not "foiyer". It's more chic to pronounce correctly.
@latejanaurbana1589 4 жыл бұрын
2017
@phyllisarrington7436 5 жыл бұрын
So owner can't open washer/dryer closet without moving the chair out of the way?
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
We didn't want chairs there.. owner wanted extras for seating at the Dining Room table.. so, compromise!!
@ceciiliapreziose9846 5 жыл бұрын
dont care for the master bedroom, but it is for a man
@blue3381 4 жыл бұрын
I'm always surprised when professional designers pronounce, "Ralph Lauren" incorrectly (at 7:42). It's "LAU-ren" (as in Lauren Bacall) - not "lau-REN" (as in Sophia Loren.)
@brendadrew834 5 жыл бұрын
As a designer/illustrator, myself, I've got mixed emotions about this place. While it's classy and elegant on one hand, all this white on the walls and neutral colors for the most part leave me cold. I would have liked to have seen more natural wood tones like a butcher block counter in the kitchen and maybe white or wood tone shutters on the windows instead. Not crazy about plasma screens over fireplaces and would rather see original art or a framed print. Not crazy about washer/dryer in foyer, but if there was no choice, c'est la vie! Love many of the things you did, but also reminds me of hotel decorating. Used to live at 210 East 77th St in 1970 when it was the famous Studio Club when I worked as a fashion illustrator in NYC! Beautiful neighborhood! Thanks for sharing~
@pmddllc 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@flazzbro 4 жыл бұрын
what a great renovation job I love her elegant style instagram.com/jazzartist1/
@cyb3r1 Жыл бұрын
this customer's taste is um... questionable
@xiomanaxoxoxo3212 5 жыл бұрын
I sorry but the rugs are hideious in this surrounding and the art is also too bad he would not let them do this place up it looks the same to me . ugh.
@rosaliawijaya3781 6 жыл бұрын
Very steril home...its good i dont like Gordin.. Look like not home...😀😀😀
@regplate4139 7 жыл бұрын
Much of your work seems to be very similar. Same style kitchen cabinets, showers, bathroom lights, sinks, vanity etc. Not very original, to be honest. Sorry!
@GorgieClarissa 6 жыл бұрын
she's still making more than you!
@ricphoenix4578 6 жыл бұрын
I think that she has to do what the client requests. I am sure Paula makes many very clever and stylish recommendations but if the owners like neutral colors or minimal styles then that is what she has to do to fit the clients lifestyle. I love the work that she does on the renovations and have used many ideas (of course modified to fit a modest budget).
@AgentAO7 6 жыл бұрын
Well that’s her signature style. Basically, the clients who choose her love her style. So if her style is not your taste, don’t hire her. It’s about choosing the right designer for you. You can’t expect a modernist designer to design a traditional project.
@brendajackson13 5 жыл бұрын
In one of her other videos she mentioned that she follows her clients' brief. She also mentioned that she would love to use more colour and creativity. Or something to that effect😉
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