sneak peek: eleanor grosch_slanyan_新浪博客

since we last saw eleanor grosch of push me pull you design, she’s moved into a new home in south philly. and in less than a year, she’s completely gutted the kitchen, the bathroom and redone the dining room. all while living with three guys (boyfriend petey, roommate kevin and brother eoin!) and three cats! what was a labor of love is now becoming a profession! she’s become so good at this interior renovation thing, that eleanor is going pro and offering interior design to anyone needing some help in navigating the potholes of renovations. {thanks eleanor!} –

上次eleanor grosch 让我请你当她的设计师，现在她已搬到在费城南部的新家。搬进去还不到一年，她就忙碌于厨房、卫生间和饭厅之间。她和男朋友petey，室友kevin，弟弟eoin住在一起，还有三只猫。心甘情愿工作的人很容易成为某方面的专家，eleanor grosch 现在已经越来越擅长布置室内的东西了，她现在已经可以为那些需要装修房子的人提供些家居方面的建议了。

[I love how big and cheap the house was, but when we got it, it needed a lot of work.  I wanted this particular house because the kitchen NEEDED to be redone completely, and I wanted the chance to wreck and rebuild from scratch.]

我喜欢又大又便宜的房子，不过当我真正拥有这样一所房子时麻烦事也来了，因为工作量很大。我之所以喜欢这样一所特别的房子是因为厨房可以wq由自己设计，我想从头到尾自己布置自己的家。

[I love the bedroom being so pale and restful.  My old bedroom was very bright and feminine, but since I'm living with Petey I wanted the decor to be a bit industrial looking and very airy and bright.]

我喜欢这种给人感觉简单宁静的卧室。我以前的卧室很明亮，女性色彩比较浓，但我搬到费城后就想要一间装饰格调较浓的既明亮又通风的卧室。

[This credenza is another eBay find.  The people who sold it to me (and delivered it in their old station wagon) collect Brasilia furniture, which is the name of this style.  It's in really great condition.]

这个餐具橱是在eBay发现的，将它卖给我的人喜欢收集巴西利亚风格的家具。

[This desk came with the house!  I haven't done anything to it but bring it upstairs out of the basement, dust it off, and put cute knobs on it.  Unbelievable.  I requested that the people who owned the house leave it instead of moving it out.]

这张书桌在我们搬进去之前就已经在那了，我们还没对它进行任何改造，我们将它打扫干净后放在楼上的墙角边，当摆设台。我们没想到的是房子原来的主人会请求我们将它保留下来，而不是搬出去。

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[I got this wooden house on sale at Pottery Barn and have been adding in little bird ornaments as I find them.  It's funny living with guys and doing stuff like this - they just don't get it at all!

我得到这个小木屋是在一个陶器拍卖场上，当时这个用作装饰的小鸟木屋也在其中。我们觉得用这样的材料做成的小鸟架子太有意思了，它们也会为我们的生活增添乐趣。

There's this awkward space in the dining room between the two radiators that I couldn't figure out what to do with for quite a while.  Finally, I stumbled upon the idea of putting two cute different-height pieces in-between and I think it's really cool!]

饭厅里放两个散热器的地方是个死角，我一直不知应该怎样处理。后来我偶然间想到了一个主意，放两件高度不一的看上去比较可爱的东西做摆设放在那里，问题就解决了，而且整个空间看上去棒极了。

[The dining room is the last room we did.  I got a great carpenter that I know to install pine v-groove paneling throughout.  I totally love how the Roost wooden animals look against the pine.]

饭厅是我们{zh1}才布置的，我们请了一个很棒的木工师傅，整个饭厅都装上了松木。我特别喜欢卧室里的那些用木头雕刻成的挂在松木墙上的动物，它们看起来棒极了。

[This kitchen is my baby.  I planned it out from scratch and everything is the way I want it to be.  It was so great to see it come from scrappy crappy dump, through to pile of rubble, and then into its final form - Cinderella!

厨房的整个设计以孩子为中心，而整个设计都由我一人完成，因此厨房里的每件物品都是按照我的想法去设计的。能将一些小东西重新改造利用

The tiles areCuban concrete tiles made in Miami, FL - they make and paint each one by hand, but the prices aren't what you'd expect.  I paid $8.00 per tile which is expensive, but each one is 12 by 12" so it's really not too bad.  We found the cool drawer cabinets at the local salvage yard ($200 each!! ) and were installed as-is.  The rest of the cabinets are from Lowe's and I have yet to either paint them or stain them.  The sink is from eBay, the fridge is Jenn-Air, and the range is a Bertazzoni in cream (a big splurge!).  Petey picked out the orange color, which is so cute with black and gray!

The whole endeavor cost a lot of money, and the dust made me CRAZY, but it was worth it in the end.]

[I have a small collection of cute figural flowerpots (the large face one was my Grandma's) and I try to pick up cute mugs and glasses when I go out to antique markets and thrift shops (especially in FL!)]

[These camel ottomans were a thrift shop find when I lived in Tampa.  Man, there's some great stuff there sometimes.  The tolix chair set for the dining room is another eBay find. (Little tip: I often write to the seller to request a lower price and they usually go for it if it's "Buy Now.")]

[Our bathroom is the other room that we re-did totally.  The tile is really cute dimensional subway tile and the marble hex goes really well with it.  The marble hex is from eBay - I got it for $9.00 per sq ft instead of $25.00 by looking around and bargaining!]

[I do have good luck when it comes to vestibules - both houses that I've lived in recently have had great tiles in the entryways.  This vestibule has Majolica tile on the walls and encaustic on the floor.  It's totally that old-fashioned Victorian style.]