I am a snoop. Well, I was yesterday evening when I went to the open house showing of my former apartment. We only moved out last July, so the curiosity was killing me to see what they had done to it. Can that justify snooping? Would you have gone too?
I’m not in the market for a 1-bedroom apartment, so I was entering under false pretenses. But hey, an open house is just that, open.
I did open a few cabinets to see how they used the space and was most surprised that they used the butler’s pantry as a storage space for general stuff rather than food stuff. (pic below).
The best part about this wonderful, practical cupboard is its open canal to fresh air making it a cool storage most of the year, like a basement food cellar.
That pantry was a test and is a testimony to my relationship with my wonderful Swede. When we bought the apartment and started renovating we fought long and hard over it. It was 70s-ified with bright orange doors. The detailed, bead board planks were smoothed over with Masonite covering and it looked horrific. The Swede wanted it ripped out and I fought to restore it. And that restoration took weeks of loving care with a heat gun gingerly clearing out the multi-layers of paint gunk.
There’s another showing this evening if anyone wants try out a semi-legitimate form of snooping.
Don’t forget to admire the bathroom. I desinged it.
Tags: butler's pantry, snoop, snooping, stockholm
Looks like a nice place, good call on the cupboard.
But I’m intrigued about the bathroom. Why did it need desingeing? Had there been a fire?
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The place looked like it could as well be blown up and begun again from scratch when we originally bought it. It was stuck in the 60s without a shower or bath (just toilet and sink) with yellowed trim/ceilings and carpeting throughout. We redid the entire place and created the existing bathroom by combining a closet with the bathroom.
The kitchen is also all our design and I hand chiseled that entire brick wall to free it from the plaster. The Swede crafted the shelf supports and blackened them in his company’s workshop.
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I would have snooped too, always curious to see what the next owners think of the work you put into a place. I like the floors.
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