Red, black and blue.

Marinette shows up in Gotham City for an exchange program. The one signed up for being her hosts was the Wayne, some didn't seem happy when she show up. They are cautious around her, but she couldn't blame them. Who wouldn't be? After all she is a 'problem child'. What in her profile would scare most people away. Either way, she will try not to bother them, she would do anything to stay at this point. Paris has no place for Marinette after all.

Damian- 13 Tim-16 Marinette-16 Stephanie-18 Jason-18 Cassandra-18 Dick-26

I rather not go through Bruce and Selina's ages. They're confusing.

Chapter 1: Gotham.

Walk out of the airplane, Marinette quickly makes her way to the waiting room, she looks around the room to find her hosts. She can see someone was waiting for her, the man has a sign with her name on it. She walks up to him, "Excuses me sir, are you, my host? " The man look at her and replies. "Yes and no miss Dupain- Cheng. I'm only your host butler, but we will get back to the manor as soon as you have all your luggage with you. " Marinette quickly holds up her suitcase with her. "In that case, I think we should get going, mister -?"

The butler raises an eyebrow at her rather small amount of luggage, "Please call me Alfred, miss Dupain-Cheng. And let go, the car is outside." The butler starts walking away.

"Yes, mister Alfred. " Marinette follows him, one hand on her suitcase, the other going through her hoodie bag. She can felt the cold of her bank card against her skin along with the paper contains her friends' numbers. She better gets a phone in her hand as soon as possible, Adrien gonna freak out if she didn't call him soon. ____________ She now in the limousine with Alfred, she wonders if she can ask him to stop at some electronics store. She needs a new phone and a laptop if she still wants to call her friends and continue her business. Her last updates and commissions that she able to finish were about a month ago. Before...

"Um, mister Alfred? " Marinette started, hesitantly. "Yes, miss Dupain-Cheng? " The butler answered, eyes still on the street.

"I was wondering... If you can stop at some electronics store for me? I need a new phone, my old one got stolen before the flight. " She said, the story was bullshit, but she rather lies than tell him.

The butler raises his eyebrows but agreed anyway. Marinette was glad at the answer to said the least, it's been more than a month since the last time she really got her hand on a phone. ____________ Marinette now walking in the manor, following the butler to her new room. She can felt the kawmii in her hoodie rubbing against her stomach.

'Wayzz must be hungry, he hasn't had anything since the meal he got on the plane. ' she thought to herself. When suddenly the butler stop in front of a room, Marinette almost slammed into him.

"Miss Dupain-Cheng, this is your room, for now, please tell me if you need anything. " The butler turns to her. Marinette looks in the room and God, her face pale, the room so big, it like twice the size of her room back in Paris. "Thank you, mister Alfred. " Marinette turns to him and thanks to him anyway.

The butler seems rather cautious to any action of her, she can see his body slightly tense although his face held a smile. "It's my job miss Dupain-Cheng, you don't need to thanks me. And dinner will be around seven." And with that being said, the man turned around and walk away. ___________ Finally got her stuff in place, Marinette now turns her attention to her phone and laptop. She quickly put her friends and some other people numbers into the phone. This not the first time she lost her phone, so Marinette does it rather quickly.

And then she started to call each and every one of her friends to tell that she has got to the host's house safe. The conversations took quite long, the moment Chloé threatened her about something is the moment she heard a knock on her door. Apparently, it's dinner time and Afred comes to make sure she knows. She made no stop to get herself up and rush to the door.

The butler greets her then turn around and walk towards the dining room, Marinette follows silently. While walking she can feel her stomach growling, it's not because of hunger. That's for sure. ___________ She sits down in the spot the butler show her, the whole table was empty, the dinner was quiet. Giving the fact that she was the only one who eats, she finished it quickly although there a lot of food for one go. While she would rather eat less for dinner, she didn't want to waste any of the food Afred had prepared. It's also because her only meal for two days straight was only the food from the plane. "Thanks for the foods mister Alfred. It's was great."

"It's nothing miss Dupain-Cheng, I'm glad you enjoy it. " The butler told her while tidying up the table.

"... And mister Alfred? " Marinette start.

The butler looks at her, waiting for her to continue.

"I uh, I have some of my uh, stuff got sent by my friend to help me with my job. I hope it's wouldn't be a bother if I take it in and also kept my work going on." She looks up to him before freak out again.

"If it a bother, I would stop talking commissions while I stay here. " Marinette said it all out in a rush, hoping she didn't upset the butler, she could understand if they want she kept sending and receiving stuff from time to time. Or not having time to focus on other things, her parents and her friends thought so after all.

That's one of the reasons she hasn't received any commissions for a long time. The other being her equipment was out of hand. It's also the reason Chloé insist her to let the girl send some resources to her.

Marinette looks at Alfred then moves her eyes stiff to the floor. Waiting for the butler either refuse or yell at her like her mother or the last host did when she asked about it. ____________ Alfred looks at the little girl in front of him, she is not what he expected from a problem child nor someone who has such a bad profile. The girl seems timid, worry over his words from the very beginning. She only brings a small suitcase with her and most of the other things she just picks up on the way to the manor. She quietly followed him the whole trip and didn't look twice at the other spots on the table when she realizes she would be eating alone. She asked his permission to receive her things and to keep her business running for God's sake!

She is the same girl in the profile who got every possible crime a teenager can commit including bulling, stealing, assault, fighting, vandalism,... And even terrorism - which is the main reason Bruce wants to keep a close eye on her.

It's either the girl who was really good at hiding her true self or he is becoming humble.

It's no way of telling at this point.

Alfred looks at the girl who basically glues her eyes on the floor right now, he sighs.

"I'm sorry to say miss Dupain-Cheng, I have no control over the decision if you would be allowed to do your job or not. But I will tell master Bruce about it. "

"Thank you, mister Alfred. It's meant a lot to me. " The girl said while trying her best to show a smile. "I guess... I should head back to my room. " And the girl walking away.

Miss Dupain-Cheng would surely be hard to figure out. ____________ Marinette crashes her body on to the large bed, now while she hopes mister Wayne said yes, she wouldn't hold her breath. Turned her body left and right, she can felt the sores from the bruises that she got from falling down the school stairs. While she aching to cry because of the pain, she has a certain kawmii want to teach her some more of the responsibility as a guardian.

Marinette sits up, crossing her legs and wait for Wayzz to start on the lessons. She can't take note as the secret shouldn't be written down in any form.

The kawmii of protection quickly cast an only soundproof shield around them then start to teaching. He goes over the guardian language and then starts teaching on eligibility and responsibility.

She can see her little green kawmii flying close to her, Marinette can't help herself but remember about Tiki. How she had to keep the kawmii in the box, how the kawmii heal her wound, how the kawmii look her with teary eyes mumbling apologize...

"Marinette! Are you even listen to me at all? " Wayzz moved to in front of her, look at her in worry eyes.

"Oh, sorry Wayzz, I was thinking... " Marinette snap out of her thought and finally responded to her green little friend. Who just sighed, " It's okay my guardian, but you need to focus when I'm talking about what Master Fu had let me know on his knowledge."

"Oh sorry Wayzz... "

"It's okay, now let me start over. "

_____________ It's about eight when Bruce walking in the dining room, the other following close, they quickly got in their spot. Alfred put out the foods and the boys quickly got into some petty fight over it. Bruce makes no moves to stop them, instead, he started asking the butler.

"Afred, how is this Dupain-Cheng girl doing? " Bruce asked, eyes still on Dick and Jason who are fighting over a desert.

"She did fine master, but how she shows up her personality is rather... Different from what in the files. " Alfred said, his thought traveling back to her actions throughout the day.

"Oh? How so? "

"She appears to be shy, timid, and full of worries, her actions are far from who described as greedy, violent, and attention-seeking. " Alfred also tells him about her business which she asked for permission to keep it running.

"... Keep a close eye on her, her files also said about her good acting. Also, tell the girl, her work can continue but please kept track of it too. " Bruce said then go back to the meal.

The butler gives him a firm nod. ___________ "Uh, I think I need some water, all this language practice makes my throat hurts. " Marinette complain to her little kawmii and start moving towards the dining room, where (on her records) has water.

She expected to walk in an empty room or the butler, not the Wayne who was eating. Luckily for her, no one saw her open the door yet. (Thank god for her habits opening door slowly.) So Marinette does what she thinks was approval, close the door, and walk away, the last thing she wants is to intervene the meal. They probably hate her enough to put her on different dinner time.

"Wow, ain't it feels like home? " Marinette mumbling sarcastically, remembering about all the time she eats all alone. At home, and even at school when Chloé and Adrien got busy. Sighing, she started moving back to her room, so much so for the first day in Gotham.

A Hudson Yards Renovation Renews a Foyer, Kitchen & Bath

After moving in, we wanted to redo the kitchen, but the most urgent fix was the bathroom. Some prior higher-floor leak had unmoored a section of tile, and the previous owner refused to repair it as a condition of closing. This was our first lesson in how different a Seattle and New York renovation could be.

Deciding to do the larger renovation

Our foray into bidding a standalone bathroom remodel proved short—we got as far as finishing the design when the co-op came back with a series of unexpected plumbing requirements, chock full of things we’d never heard of like water hammer arrestors and Laticrete. The price nearly doubled, and if we were going to spend much more on a remodel, we decided we should save up and do the larger apartment renovation we had hoped to.

With regular re-spackling, we figured we could buy time while we saved up. That folly ended a year and a half later when, hours before leaving for vacation, a precarious section of tile came crashing down. Our super covered the crumbling wall with a plastic tarp, but it was clear: it was time to begin bidding.

…we raided a savings account and scrambled to add herringbone floors to the scope. The late choice delayed the project by a month, but it was one of the best decisions we made. costs.

Finding the right general contractor with multiple skills

We weren’t sure exactly what we needed—walls weren’t moving per se, but our co-op seemed to want an architect. So while we asked the initial bathroom contractor to bid, we also thankfully posted our project on Sweeten. To complete our renovation, Sweeten paired us with a design-build firm with architecture training. They also did custom millwork, making it the perfect fit for our project. Not only did the general contractor immediately understand our aesthetic, but we also had a great rapport.

In planning the remodel, we knew we wanted to play off the building’s modest Art Deco bones, but in a way that wasn’t slavish or theme-y. We also both brought mild obsessions to the mix—for me, an inexplicable passion for English cabinetry, for Chris, a desire to put a banquette in any possible corner.

Reworking the kitchen layout

The first big choice was how to manage the kitchen layout. The room was spacious enough—designed as an eat-in when 24” of counter space seemed ample—but the two doorways weren’t in an ideal location. One opened onto the foyer and the other onto a back hallway by the bedroom. It had also been poorly updated in the intervening years: half of the footprint was wasted, with a lonely refrigerator in one corner and an errant desk in another.

The location of the gas riser dashed our hopes of moving the entry to adjoin the living room, so our contractor suggested closing the smaller opening to create a wide galley with room for a banquette. This would extend the cabinetry the length of the room on one side, doubling the counter space and creating room for a wine fridge and pantry to boot.

While we played with centering the sink and range on the counter runs, our Sweeten contractor advised against it to preserve prep space. In hindsight, we were happy to have lived in the space before renovating: symmetry looked better on paper, but from experience cooking in the space, we knew her recommendation would be more functional.

To keep the room from feeling enclosed, we substituted upper cabinets for extra-long open shelves on one side, then tucked in under-cabinet lighting for function. The banquette capped off the space, creating both more storage and a place for friends to hang out while cooking.

Giving the foyer a purpose 

Our foyer situation was a classic New York City conundrum: too small to do much of anything useful but large enough to be wasted if empty. We decided on a full-height bookcase that’s only 8” deep and it holds loads more than we expected. On the opposite side, our general contractor fitted narrow custom cabinets to serve as a bar. There’s just enough depth to squeeze in double rows of liquor bottles and glasses, saving precious room in the kitchen. We ran new electrical to hang art lights over tall mirrors—the goal was to make the whole space pull triple duty as an entryway, a library, and a bar—then painted the foyer and kitchen cabinetry the same deep gray so that the two spaces relate.

A renewed bathroom in classic black-and-white

In the bathroom, we preserved and refinished an original tub and stuck to a classic black-and-white New York-inspired scheme with updated finishes. Given the narrow layout, the primary play here would be with subtle geometries—and taking advantage of our building’s extra thick walls. A hex marble floor worked well with the warmer white subway tile and porcelain. Our contractor recommended extending the floor tile onto the base of the walls to stretch the visual plane of the room.

The hexagon echoed in new shower controls that help tame the notorious temperature fluctuations that come with living in an old building. In such a small space, we took a cue from hotel bathrooms and put a pedestal sink atop console legs to keep the space open. An extra-tall recessed medicine cabinet provides both storage and electrical outlets.

My favorite thing of all is the towel warmer which took forever to source but that I deeply love for its hex bars and Anglophilic appeal. The contractor placed it in a deep niche so that the warm rails wouldn’t risk singeing passersby. We decided to paint the walls and ceiling in a black high sheen that makes the ceiling recede and the white surfaces gleam. Strangely, of all the things in the apartment, the shower glass proved one of the most frustrating: it wasn’t installed until five months after everything else wrapped up.

Finding the budget for hardwood floors

New wood floors were the most unexpected part of the reno. We had only budgeted for the kitchen alone. But the more floor options we looked at—and after our contractor dissuaded us from several temptations like Moroccan Bejmat tile—the more we wanted hardwood in the kitchen. That meant either putting down maple boards to match the rest of the apartment—despite disliking their color—or redoing everything. Our contractor’s opinion was that changing the kitchen floors would make one of the biggest impacts in the space. So a month into the renovation, after all the other demo was done, we raided a savings account and scrambled to add herringbone floors to the scope. The late choice delayed the project by a month, but it was one of the best decisions we made.

Becoming comfortable with flexibility 

Stepping back from it now, our major lesson was in developing a deep comfort with flexibility. We found that we could be much more controlling of our remodel in Seattle than here. New York’s interminable series of permits, co-op requirements, and engineering reports—paired with the inelasticity of old spaces—meant we had to take a go-with-the-flow approach that made trust and an ability to laugh key. Also, best to know exactly what you’re looking for before you start to remodel.

Our contractor taught us the biggest lesson of all: do it all at once if you can. It’s not the disruption that’s the problem, really, or that rework ends up costing more—it’s that few of us really have the talent to create a cohesive space in small increments. Unfortunately, we didn’t quite learn this last lesson in time. During our reno, our bedroom became the storage unit for our furniture.

More than anything else, we were lucky to have a real partnership with our Sweeten general contractor to see us through the changes and warn us off of bad choices. We feel a bit like we’ve earned our honorary New Yorker stripes: we chose a space that we thought was a diamond in the rough and hoped we could turn it into a classic city respite. We feel like—at least to our taste—we got there, and now we have this lovely, large-living one-bedroom to come home to in one of the most dynamic parts of Manhattan.

Thank you, Jeremy and Chris, for sharing your Hudson Yards home renovation with us! Check out more about it in this article from New York magazine’s The Cut. 

Materials Guide

KITCHEN RESOURCES: White oak hardwood floors in espresso stain: Minwax. Cabinets and under-cabinet lighting: Custom by general contractor. Kitchen cabinet paint in Down Pipe, wall paint in Strong White, and ceiling paint in Wimborne White: Farrow & Ball. Regent Collection cabinet pulls: Restoration Hardware. Super White Carrara marble countertop and backsplash: HG Stones. Shaws Original farmhouse sink: Rohl. Faucet in satin brass: California Faucets. Refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, hood, and wine fridge: Thermador. Haleigh ceiling light fixture: Rejuvenation.

BATHROOM RESOURCES: Fitzgerald Collection sink: DXV. Console legs in polished nickel: Palmer Industries. Monterey faucets: California Faucets. Bianco Dolomiti 1 ¼” hex floor tile: Artistic Tile. White subway wall tile and black liner tile: Subway Ceramics. Astor collection hardware and shower fixtures: Jaclo. Verenne sconces: Restoration Hardware. Thomas O’Brien light fixture over medicine cabinet: Circa Lighting. Recessed medicine cabinet: Robern. Eco Drake toilet: Toto. Frameless glass shower surround: Glasscrafters. Ceiling and wall paint in Off Black: Farrow & Ball. Towel warmer: Vogue UK.

FOYER RESOURCES: Cabinetry: Custom by general contractor. Super White Carrara marble countertop: HG Stones. Cabinetry and wall paint in Down Pipe, ceiling in Wimborne White: Farrow & Ball. Regent Collection cabinet pulls: Restoration Hardware. Kelly Wearstler flush-mount ceiling light fixtures, Thomas O’Brien art light fixtures: Circa Lighting. Baseboards: Kuiken Brothers.

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Angela’s bathroom in a landmark New York City building gets a classic yet modern update.

Refer your renovating friends to Sweeten and you’ll both receive a $250 Visa gift card when they sign a contract with a Sweeten general contractor.

Sweeten handpicks the best general contractors to match each project’s location, budget, and scope, helping until project completion. Follow the blog for renovation ideas and inspiration and when you’re ready to renovate, start your renovation on Sweeten.

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A Renovating Couple Gains Their Urban Chops

Classic design and deep color tones anchor a home for new New Yorkers

The move to New York from the West Coast landed Jeremy, an advertising executive, and Chris, a nurse managing an emergency department, in a 778-square-foot co-op in the developing neighborhood of Hudson Yards. A “simple” tiling job that crumbled while living there led the couple to the bigger renovation that they had been saving up for. With each of their “must-haves” in mind, they posted their project on Sweeten, a free service matching renovators with vetted general contractors and found a Sweeten design-build firm. The result? Herringbone floors, an array of new custom millwork-and sound advice to share with future renovators.

Guest blog post by Sweeten homeowner Jeremy

A first-and obvious-lesson in renovating: it really is harder in New York. When my husband Chris and I embarked on this adventure, we had thought we knew what we were doing. After all, we'd undertaken a remodel of our 1914 Seattle condo before. But that was all before we decamped to New York for work-and learned what a reno here really takes.

After the move, we rented in the Financial District while debating where to settle. I pushed for Brooklyn, dreaming of a leafy side street, but Chris' job in an emergency department required getting to work even if the subways and bridges shut down-that meant living in Manhattan. Our real estate agent brought us to a 1929 building we would have never come to on our own, smack next to the construction zone that is Hudson Yards. I was hesitant, but Chris saw a decent amount of room and a good layout in a neighborhood that would develop restaurants in place of jackhammers soon enough.

Photo: Sweeten contractor

After moving in, we wanted to redo the kitchen, but the most urgent fix was the bathroom. Some prior higher-floor leak had unmoored a section of tile, and the previous owner refused to repair it as a condition of closing. This was our first lesson in how different a Seattle and New York renovation could be.

Our foray bidding a standalone bathroom remodel proved short-we got as far as finishing the design when the co-op came back with a series of unexpected plumbing requirements, chock full of things we'd never heard of like water hammer arrestors and Laticrete. The price nearly doubled, and if we were going to spend much more on a remodel, we decided we should save up and do the larger apartment renovation we had hoped to.

With regular re-spackling, we figured we could pull through. That folly ended a year and a half later when, hours before leaving for vacation, a precarious section of tile came crashing down. Our super covered the crumbling wall with a plastic tarp, but it was clear: it was time to begin bidding.

We weren't sure exactly what we needed-walls weren't moving per se, but our co-op seemed to want an architect. So while we asked the initial bathroom contractor to bid, we also thankfully posted our project on Sweeten. To complete our renovation, Sweeten paired us with a design-build firm with architecture training. They also did custom millwork, making it the perfect fit for our project. Not only did the general contractor immediately understand our aesthetic, but we also had a great rapport.

In planning the remodel, we knew we wanted to play off the building's modest Art Deco bones, but in a way that wasn't slavish or theme-y. We also both brought mild obsessions to the mix-for me, an inexplicable passion for English cabinetry, for Chris, a desire to put a banquette in any possible corner.

The first big choice was how to manage the kitchen layout. The room was spacious enough-designed as an eat-in when 24” of counter space seemed ample-but the two doorways weren't in an ideal location. One opened onto the foyer and the other onto a back hallway by the bedroom. It had also been poorly updated in the intervening years: half of the footprint was wasted, with a lonely refrigerator in one corner and an errant desk in another.

The location of the gas riser dashed our hopes of moving the entry to adjoin the living room, so our contractor suggested closing the smaller opening to create a wide galley with room for a banquette. This would extend the cabinetry the length of the room on one side, doubling the counter space and creating room for a wine fridge and pantry to boot.

While we played with centering the sink and range on the counter runs, our Sweeten contractor advised against it to preserve prep space. In hindsight, we were happy to have lived in the space before renovating: symmetry looked better on paper, but from experience cooking in the space, we knew her recommendation would be more functional.

To keep the room from feeling enclosed, we substituted upper cabinets for extra-long open shelves on one side, then tucked in under-cabinet lighting for function. The banquette capped off the space, creating both more storage and a place for friends to hang out while cooking.

Photo: Sweeten contractor

Our foyer situation was a classic New York City conundrum: too small to do much anything useful but large enough to be wasted if empty. We decided on a full-height bookcase that's only 8” deep and it holds loads more than we expected. On the opposite side, our general contractor fitted narrow custom cabinets to serve as a bar. There's just enough depth to squeeze in double rows of liquor bottles and glasses, saving precious room in the kitchen. We ran new electrical to hang art lights over tall mirrors-the goal was to make the whole space pull triple duty as an entryway, a library, and a bar-then painted the foyer and kitchen cabinetry the same deep gray so that the two spaces relate.

In the bathroom, we preserved and refinished an original tub and stuck to a classic black-and-white New York-inspired scheme with updated finishes. Given the narrow layout, the primary play here would be with subtle geometries-and taking advantage of our building's extra thick walls. A hex marble floor worked well with the warmer white subway tile and porcelain. Our contractor recommended extending the floor tile onto the base of the walls to stretch the visual plane of the room.

The hexagon echoed in new shower controls that help tame the notorious temperature fluctuations that come with living in an old building. In such a small space, we took a cue from hotel bathrooms and put a pedestal sink atop console legs to keep the space open. An extra-tall recessed medicine cabinet provides both storage and electrical outlets.

My favorite thing of all is the towel warmer which took forever to source but that I deeply love for its hex bars and Anglophilic appeal. The contractor placed it in a deep niche so that the warm rails wouldn't risk singeing passersby.

We decided to paint the walls and ceiling in a black high sheen that makes the ceiling recede and the white surfaces gleam. Strangely, of all the things in the apartment, the shower glass proved one of the most frustrating: it wasn't installed until five months after everything else wrapped up.

New wood floors were the most unexpected part of the reno. We had only budgeted for the kitchen alone. But the more floor options we looked at-and after our contractor dissuaded us from several temptations like Moroccan Bejmat tile-the more we wanted hardwood in the kitchen. That meant either putting down maple boards to match the rest of the apartment-despite disliking their color-or redoing everything. Our contractor's opinion was that changing the kitchen floors would make one of the biggest impacts in the space. So a month into the renovation, after all the other demo was done, we raided a savings account and scrambled to add herringbone floors to the scope. The late choice delayed the project by a month, but it was one of the best decisions we made.

Stepping back from it now, our major lesson was in developing a deep comfort with flexibility. We found that we could be much more controlling of our remodel in Seattle than here. New York's interminable series of permits, co-op requirements, and engineering reports-paired with the inelasticity of old spaces-meant we had to take a go-with-the-flow approach that made trust and an ability to laugh key. Also, best to know exactly what you're looking for before you start to remodel.

Our contractor taught us the biggest lesson of all: do it all at once if you can. It's not the disruption that's the problem, really, or that rework ends up costing more-it's that few of us really have the talent to create a cohesive space in small increments. Unfortunately, we didn't quite learn this last lesson in time. During our reno, our bedroom became the storage unit for our furniture.

More than anything else, we were lucky to have a real partnership with our Sweeten general contractor to see us through the changes and warn us off of bad choices. We feel a bit like we've earned our honorary New Yorker stripes: we chose a space that we thought was a diamond in the rough and hoped we could turn it into a classic city respite. We feel like-at least to our taste-we got there, and now we have this lovely, large-living one-bedroom to come home to in one of the most dynamic parts of Manhattan.

Thank you, Jeremy and Chris, for sharing your new New York home with us!

KITCHEN RESOURCES: White oak hardwood floors in espresso stain: Minwax. Kitchen cabinets and under-cabinet lighting: Custom by general contractor. Kitchen cabinet paint in Down Pipe, wall paint in Strong White, and ceiling paint in Wimborne White: Farrow & Ball. Regent Collection cabinet pulls: Restoration Hardware. Super White Carrara marble countertop and backsplash: HG Stones. Shaws Original farmhouse sink: Rohl. Faucet in satin brass: California Faucets. Refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, hood, and wine fridge: Thermador. Haleigh ceiling light fixture: Rejuvenation.

BATHROOM RESOURCES: Fitzgerald Collection sink: DXV. Console legs in polished nickel: Palmer Industries. Monterey faucets: California Faucets. Bianco Dolomiti 1 ¼” hex floor tile: Artistic Tile. White subway wall tile and black liner tile: Subway Ceramics. Astor collection hardware and shower fixtures: Jaclo. Verenne sconces: Restoration Hardware. Thomas O'Brien light fixture over medicine cabinet: Circa Lighting. Recessed medicine cabinet: Robern. Eco Drake toilet: Toto. Frameless glass shower surround: Glasscrafters. Ceiling and wall paint in Off Black: Farrow & Ball. Towel warmer: Vogue UK.

FOYER RESOURCES: Cabinetry: Custom by general contractor. Super White Carrara marble countertop: HG Stones. Cabinetry and wall paint in Down Pipe, ceiling in Wimborne White: Farrow & Ball. Regent Collection cabinet pulls: Restoration Hardware. Kelly Wearstler flush-mount ceiling light fixtures, Thomas O'Brien art light fixtures: Circa Lighting. Baseboards: Kuiken Brothers.

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Angela's bathroom in a landmark New York City building gets a classic yet modern update.

Refer your renovating friends to Sweeten and you'll both receive a $250 Visa gift card when they sign a contract with a Sweeten general contractor.

Sweeten handpicks the best general contractors to match each project's location, budget, and scope, helping until project completion. Follow the blog for renovation ideas and inspiration and when you're ready to renovate, start your renovation on Sweeten.

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If you are seeking out the most useful websites on the internet then we have brought you the complete list of best websites for everyone. These are the most useful websites on the internet and they will help you to become smarter, increase productivity and also help you learn new skill sets. These random useful websites have easy memorable & cool URLs. netflixroulette.net– find something random to watch on Netflix. wtfsigte.com/– find a place to eat  (warning: NSFW language) earny.com– shop as usual & let earny help you automatically get money back on purchases when prices drop. fpage.co– daily links to enlighten and educate you. (warning: NSFW language) ninite.com– download all the free software you want, all at the same time. joinhoney.com– get the lowest price for any product on the internet. pcloud.com– 20gb of free online storage. appsumo.com– get the top software and marketing tools for pennies on the dollar. keybr.com– learn how to type without looking at your keyboard. oldversion.com– get old versions of the software. hemingwayapp.com– find out how readable your text is and write better emails and articles. deadmansswitch.net– have emails sent when you die? acorns.com– budget your money and turn it into more money. roadtrippers.com– plan your route with the best lodging and attractions. duckduckgo.com– finally, a search engine that is not following/tracking you. padmapper.com– maps out possible apartments/homes that fit your search criteria. hotjar.com– allows you to discreetly record a screencast of your website visitor’s browser actions. printfriendly.com– make any webpage print friendly. printwhatyoulike.com– print precisely what you want from any webpage. privnote.com– write a note to someone that will self-destruct after they read it. freecycle.org– a network of people giving away free stuff in their towns across the world. couchsurfing.com– crash on someone’s couch anywhere in the world. recipepuppy.com– search for recipes based on the ingredients you have. pipl.com– a search engine for finding people anywhere. Kinda crazy weird. invanto.com– build your own membership e-courses, teach anything, and sell them online. newsmap.jp– most popular news headlines. radioreference.com– listen to radio channels across the US. viral-loops.com– kindly force your website visitors to share your content and posts. wolframalpha.com– a computational knowledge engine. heavens-above.com– follow satellites and constellations. whatismyip.com– figure out your i.p. Address. spreeder.com– speed read any webpage, and improve reading speed and comprehension for free. simplynoise.com– hate dead silence? Listen to white noise. bluehost.com– get a professional website and a free domain. ptable.com– an interactive periodic table. mailchimp.com– send beautiful emails. searchtempest.com– search all of craigslist, eBay and more with just one search. join.me– free screen sharing and online meetings. ifttt.com– the freeway to get all your apps and devices talking to each other. woorank.com– find out what your website is missing, how you can improve it, and how to make Google recognize it better. scribblemaps.com– draw on maps then share them with friends. shortpixel.com– compress & optimize your website’s images to make it run faster. rhymer.com– an online rhyming dictionary. homestyler.com– design your dream home in 3d. wetransfer.com– an easy an free way to send big files. pastebin.com– a place to paste text. idlekeyboard.com– make it sound like you are hard at work. buzzfollow.com– growth hack your Instagram account. seatguru.com– find out where the best seats are on your plane flight. awardwallet.com– track frequent flyer miles and travel/hotel reward programs and calculate the best possible rewards. twofoods.com– compare two foods. gasbuddy.com– find local gas prices. sleepyti.me– plan out your sleep schedule better. ripetrack.com– find out when certain fruits are ripe. betterproposals.io– send your clients amazing and beautiful proposals free for a month. paperbackswap.com– swap books with others. swole.me– plan out your meals better. weatherspark.com– a graphical look at the weather. udemy.com– various skill-based courses taught by experts in their field with certificates of completion. displaypurposes.com– the best place to find Instagram hashtags. en.writecheck.com– correct grammar and check for plagiarism. wakeupdialer.com– send yourself a wake-up call. clickfunnels.com– build sales funnels to turn online traffic into commissions. dialahuman.com– talk to an actual person instead of a machine when you call customer service. loads.in– find out how long it takes websites to load. calorieking.com– find nutrition information on various foods. manualslib.com– a database of pdf help manuals for various products. canva.com– create professional quality graphics, designs, and flyers for free. keepmeout.com– lock yourself out of time-wasting websites. glassdoor.com– research what it is like to work with certain companies. shouldiremoveit.com– find out which applications you should remove from your computer. place.to– place any photo or image on a cell phone or laptop mockup etc. buffer.com– schedule your social media content. quuu.com– content suggestion platform that connects to your buffer queue thesocialcampus.com– the top resource for mind, body & business topics. 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Top 5 most useful websites of all time (2018 & 2019)

The current internet population outflow is being grabbed by the websites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Whatsapp, Snapchat and even Instagram which in turn blights the hopes of the growing web portals which are known by no one or a lesser amount of people. Nowadays, the internet is being overpowered by the above-mentioned websites and the web portals that should have been amongst the top leaders of the internet are being suppressed. The inflow of internet population is so less on these websites that such digital platforms are barely surviving due to no sponsorships and allocation of advertisements. So here are some of the top 10 most useful websites of all time (2018) which you wished you knew earlier: Pdf drive: Pdf drive is a web portal which contains almost all possible books in the form of pdf. You could find the most trending books on their homepage. The website allows its users to even manually type and search for the book they are looking for. The users could also browse from the categories mentioned on the right side of the portal like history, finance, education etc.

Website: https://www.pdfdrive.net/ Codingame: Codingame is a website which allows the budding programmers to code and create a full-fledged game online. The website is free to use and has no limits to its usage. It also allows the users to code a multiplayer game. It has over 25 coding languages that a coder can use to formulate a game.

Website: https://www.codingame.com/start Cymath: Cymath is an online maths problem solver with a detailed description of steps. It appears more like a search bar and indeed it works the same as one but is designed only for mathematical dubiety. You could take help with problems related to differentiation, expand, factor, graph, integrate, simplify and equations. It also has an app for ios and android.

Website: https://www.cymath.com/ Gwiki: It is a website that is a boon for the students who copy their documents from Wikipedia. It helps the user to eliminate connected links from the Wikipedia while copying the information all at once. This could be useful for homework assignments and official presentations as sometimes the blue hyperlinks could be annoying in nature.

Website: http://www.gwiki.io/ Instructables: It is an online web portal that is devoted to the idea of DIY (do it yourself). It is a website that gives and explains the steps to how to craft and create something out of nothing with a novel and creative idea. This website has been on the internet platform for the last 10 years but it is flabbergasting that people still don’t know about this website. You could search for ideas related to anything in the search bar given in the middle of the website or you could browse the categories including technology, workshop, craft, home etc. Also Read:   How to Create a Free Blog on Blogger.com Blogging Platform

Website: https://www.instructables.com/ Here are some other most useful websites on the internet that you may not know about yet, but you’ll definitely be using them in 2019 sooner or later. These websites, well most of them, (some are just ridiculously silly) provide some amazing solutions to everyday problems and hurdles. Everything from creating print-friendly pages online, planning out your meals, and even sending yourself a free wakeup call every morning. Simply click on the title to conveniently open the websites in a new tab. archive.is — take a snapshot of any web page and it will exist forever even if the original page is gone. autodraw.com — create freehand doodles and watch them magically transform into beautiful drawings powered by machine learning. fast.com — check the current speed of your internet connection. slides.com — create pixel-perfect slide decks and broadcast your presentations to an audience of any size from anywhere. screenshot.guru — take high-resolution screenshots of web pages on mobile and desktops. dictation.io – accurate and quick voice recognition in your browser itself. reverse.photos — upload an image and find similar pictures on the web. copychar.cc – copy special characters and emojis that aren’t on your keyboard. codeacademy.com – the best place to learn to code online. noisli.com — ambient noises to help you improve focus and boost productivity. iconfinder.com – millions of icons for all kinds of projects. Also, try icons8.com and flaticon.com. jotti.org – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses. wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching flightstats.com – track flight status at airports worldwide. unsplash.com – the best place to download images absolutely free. Also Read: 4 Best Link Building Techniques for 2018 videos.pexels.com — an online library of free HD videos you can use everywhere. Also, see videvo.net. everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones. e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs. random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more. earn.com — replace your email with a mailbox that pays when you reply to someone’s email. myfonts.com/whatthefont – upload an image of any text and quickly determine the font family. fonts.google.com – the best collection of open source fonts that you can use anywhere without restrictions. fontstruct.com — draw and build your own fonts and use them in any application. calligraphr.com — transform your handwriting into a real font. regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs youtube.com/webcam — broadcast yourself live over the internet without any complicated setup. remotedesktop.google.com — access other computers or allow others to remote access your computer over the internet. homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d. pdfescape.com – lets you quickly edit pdf in the browser without Acrobat. draw.io – create diagrams, wireframe and flowcharts in the browser. web.skype.com — make voice and video calls in your browser with Skype. onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned pdf – see other OCR tools. wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online. file.pizza — peer to peer file transfer over webrtc without any middleman. snapdrop.com — like apple airdrop but for the web. Share files directly between devices in the same network without having to upload them to any server first. hundredzeros.com – the site lets you download free kindle books. app.grammarly.com — check your writing for spelling, style, and grammatical errors. noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online ( review). translate.google.com – translate web pages, pdf and office documents. kleki.com – create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes. similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser. color.adobe.com – get colour ideas, also extract colours from photographs. canva.com — make beautiful graphics, presentations, resumes and more with readymade template designs. Also Read: 5 Secrets of How to Create a Viral Blog Post lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use google on their own. midomi.com – when you need to find the name of a song. history.google.com —  see all your past Google searches, also among most important google URLs faxzero.com – send an online fax for free tinychat.com – set up your own private chat room in micro-seconds. privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read. domains.google.com – quickly search domain names for your next big idea! downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favourite website is offline or not? gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online. builtwith.com — find the web hosting company, email provider and everything else about a website. urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words. seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight. flightstats.com – track flight status at airports worldwide. mymaps.google.com – create custom google maps with scribbles, pins and custom shapes. snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam. typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions. todo.microsoft.com — a beautiful to-do app and task manager. minutes.io – quickly capture effective notes during meetings. talltweets.com — turn google slides in animated gif presentations. ifttt.com – create a connection between all your online accounts. namechk.com — search for your desired username across hundreds of social networks and domain names. gist.github.com — create anonymous and secret text notes and much more. flipanim.com — create flipbook animations, includes an onion skin tool to let you see the previous frame as you draw the next one. powtoon.com — create engaging whiteboard videos and presentations with your own voiceovers. Also see videoscribe.co. clyp.it — record your own voice or upload an audio file without creating any account. Also see soundcloud.com. carrd.co — build one-page fully responsive websites that look good on every screen. spark.adobe.com — make stunning video presentations with voice narration and wow everyone. anchor.fm — the easiest way to record a podcast that you can distribute on iTunes without having to pay for hosting. duolingo.com — learn to speak Chinese, french, Spanish or any other language of your choice. webmakerapp.com — an offline playground for building web projects in HTML, CSS and javascript. pixton.com — create your own comic strips with your own characters and move them into any pose. designer.io — a full-featured vector drawing tool that works everywhere. sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor. vectr.com — create vector graphics and export them as SVG or png files. twitterbots — create your own twitter bots that can auto-reply, dm, follow people and more. headspace.com —  learn the art of meditation and reduce stress, focus more and even sleep better. class-central.com — a directory of free online courses offered by universities worldwide. googleartproject.com — discover museums, famous paintings and art treasure from all around the world. instructables.com — step-by-step guides on how to build anything and everything. flowgram.com — make data-driven graphics, charts and infographics. Also see adioma.com and eas.ly. marvelapp.com — create interactive wireframes and product mockups. slide.ly — make marketing videos and branded stories for Instagram, facebook and youtube trailers. Also see animoto.com and biteable.com. gohighbrow.com — take bite-sized courses on a variety of topics, chapters are delivered by email every morning. htmlmail.pro – send rich-text emails with Gmail mail merge. wirecutter.com — whether you need a vacuum cleaner or an sd card, this is the best product recommendation website on the internet. camelcamelcamel.com — create amazon price watches and get email alerts when the prices drop. mockaroo.com — download mock data to fill the rows in your excel spreadsheet. asciiflow.com — a WYSIWYG editor to draw ASCII diagrams that you can embed in emails and tweets. buffer.com — the easiest way to post and schedule updates on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ and facebook. 10minutemail.com — create disposable email addresses for putting inside sign-up forms. whereami — find the postal address of your current location on google maps. sway.com — create and share interactive reports, newsletters, presentations, and storytelling. apify.com — the perfect web scraping tool that lets you extract data from nearly any website. thunkable.com — build your own apps for android and ios by dragging blocks instead of writing code. Also see glitch.com. zerodollarmovies.com — a huge collection of free movies curated from youtube. upwork.com — find freelancers and subject experts to work on any kind of project. duckduckgo.com – a clean alternative to google search that doesn’t track you on the internet. If you know any useful website that is missing from the list? Please let me know via below comments.   Source: happenings.lpu.in/top-5-most-useful-websites-of-all-time-2018/ Source: https://www.labnol.org/internet/101-useful-websites/18078/ Read the full article