Before & After: Park Slope Condo Renovation

Due to limited space of many New York City apartments, carefully designed bathrooms, storage spaces and laundry closets take on added importance. Co-op and condominium boards, meanwhile, can mean strict regulations on the how, when and why of construction projects. In Dixon Projects' recent private client renovation in a prewar Park Slope condo, meticulous planning and expertise resulted in a chic apartment update with style and substance.

Careful advanced planning ensured tile didn't slow down the overall renovation despite the lengthy timelines. In addition to creating a stunning walk-in rain shower, the Dixon Team tasked a local woodworker with crafting a custom vanity and a bespoke mirror surround to match.

The small master bathroom was originally decked out with an odd corner tub/shower that gobbled up floor space and was inconvenient to use. The windowed room deserved a top-to-bottom makeover and a major wow factor, and the Dixon Projects team delivered in spades with a wall of peacock green tiles meticulously handmade in Morocco. Each one a work of art, these special tiles took six weeks to make, 12 weeks to deliver, and required a painstaking installation process to achieve the perfect effect.

In the larger of the two bathrooms, old-fashioned medicine cabinets and laundry hampers were replaced by spacing-saving recessed alcoves, and fixtures were updated throughout. Here, as in the kitchen, new subway and penny tile adds a clean, elevated look with traditional lineage. This bathroom was praised for it's unique use of storage on Houzz in two editorial ideabooks, one featuring 25 Bathroom Storage Ideas to Steal and another featuring 7 Inspiring Small Bathrooms.