While we’ve always loved our apartment location and layout, it hadn’t been renovated in 13 years – it was tired.  So just over one year ago, we reserved the Austrian contractor who has the best reputation for such work.  Little did we know we would need that entire year to do all of the detailed work required to gut and completely replace or renovate every surface, cabinet, fixture and appliance in 8 weeks while sailing across the Mediterranean. Everything had to be decided by December so cabinets and furniture could be built and shipped to Spain.  We had to rent or find rooms for 18 workers, all of the new cabinets, appliances, carpets, 2 tons of tile, and all of our belongings.  It was a logistical nightmare! But thanks to all the effort and planning and a top-notch contractor, we finished one day before Liz and her three girls came on. There’s a “before and after” video tour at the end of this post, but it’s 11 minutes long, so here are a couple of pictures to give you the idea (before on the left, after on the right):

Kitchen before

Kitchen after

Living room before

Living room after

Master bath before

Master bath after