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The new reception area of the Tradewind office space in SoHo. Swipe 👈 to see the before. Working with a loft space is always fun whether for an office or a home, but it has its challenges, particularly for an office. Everything is open. Tradewind wanted to create a more intimate and comfortable reception area for any guests (investors, prospective candidates, or just an awkward designer 🙋‍♂️). We came up with a new furniture layout and used oversized floor plants to provide additional seating and more privacy. (...And quickly agreed to ditch the oversized, low seats that the company inherited when they moved into their new space, which faced all of their employees head on.) 📷: @christiantorresphoto #mcgovernproject
Progress shot of guest bathroom from #projectchaymata. Read on for my rant on two bathroom must-haves. I’ve been pushing wall-mounted faucets and rectangular sinks with concave bottoms on any new bathroom project - two things I regret not doing in my own renovation. Not only do I like the look of the wall mounted faucets, especially when paired with this 12” high natural stone backsplash, but it’s also functional. I hate wiping up the area around the deck mounted faucets. (Insert B&W infomercial of person hitting knuckles on faucet whilst wiping counters.) The wall mounted allows for much easier clean-up. If you have an oval or round sink most have an spherical/elliptical bottom that tilt towards the drain. BUT if you like the look of a rectangular sink, many have a flat bottom, perfect for holding blobs of toothpaste and shavings, hence my push for a concave bottom. Sink basin and faucet by @kohler #mcgovernproject
#evduplex update. Swipe 👈to see current and proposed plans, which are under review by the co-op. 🤞we get the green light. Using the waiting time to refine the overall project budget and hammer out the kitchen design. What’s something you wish you had done in your kitchen or would want to incorporate into a future kitchen?
The Tradewind office is based in a SoHo loft with tons of original character, but with that comes some challenges. The floors aren’t level, so empty chairs were always sliding around the main office space. Some main electrical outlets powering computers had been installed above the wood floors in inconvenient spots just waiting for clumsy people (like myself) to knock them out. (Most newer office buildings have a raised floor that make it easy to run cables below the desks.) We relocated some of the outlets and sunk the conduit below the floor. We opted for these @shawfloors hexagon carpet tiles installed by GrayFox Flooring that resembled the company logo and created these carpet islands under clusters of desks to help stabilize the chairs and improve the acoustics, while still showing off the original floors. Overall, its a much tidier appearance. #tradewindoffice #mcgovernproject. #Swipe 👈 to see the before and company logo.
Progress shot from the Tradewind office project we’ve been installing the past two days. Thanks again to @ryan_graybill for bringing me on to this project. Ryan and I know each other from my early associate days in investment banking. If my eyes weren’t too bloodshot from lack of sleep she’d coerce me into interviewing candidates! She’s moved on to now work at a cool fintech startup, Tradewind, where she’s Director of HR and wears many other hats, including “Office Design Liaison” 😂. And well...I moved on from banking last year to do this! It’s been fun to work with her and her team in this capacity and hope her coworkers don’t hate their new space come Monday morning! #mcgovernproject
We’ve made a lot of changes at #projectchaymata, the Denver loft renovation. Some changes are much more of an investment than others. Painting the tongue and groove portion of the ceiling white was definitely one of the high impact / low(er) cost changes. Swipe 👈 to see the before. #mcgovernproject
I was at the #EVDuplex today with the architect (with a giant keychain dangling from my belt loop). The apartment is on a nice tree lined street and gets great light (swipe 👈 to see the NICE view through six of their windows)...BUT I glanced out the kitchen window to this view, which I’m kind of into. It’s quintessential NY. With the exception of the window AC units, you’d be hard pressed to figure out the year. Plus any window in a kitchen in NY is a bonus. Be right back. Daniel Day Lewis form Gangs of New York is yelling something from downstairs. #mcgovernproject
Found cherry blossom petals in my cereal this morning. So its maybe not the most practical, but it’s nice to look at. #mcgovernproject