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Neutral is a delightful lukewarm word that stands in the middle of things without a commitment to anything. Neutral in the car transmission is neither forward nor reverse. In politics, it’s neither for nor against. In colors, it’s not black or white, not even light or dark. The advantages are abundant starting with that proverbial blank slate.
It’s about a 6-hour drive from New York City to Martha’s Vineyard, seven miles off the Massachusetts coast. One of the first explorers on the roughly 20-mile long and 9-mile wide island was a Brit named Bartholomew Gosnold.
One homeowner decided the dark, stringy wallpaper, akin to a loosely woven burlap sack, in the dining room simply had to go. We are the best with copious experience in removing wallpaper, always beginning with protecting floor, furniture, electronics and pet hamsters.
Oak offers the golden tone and warmth of wood, but it can be magnificently upstaged, especially in a kitchen, by white. The clear, crisp, clean attributes of white offer room for other colors to come into the space in a complementary or contrasting way which never clashes.
In Yorkville, Manhattan, wallpaper has quietly become one of the most creative ways to upgrade an apartment’s interior. It’s not about dated prints or difficult removal anymore—today’s wallpaper is all about style, texture, and personality.
It’s hard to imagine Long Island City’s humble beginnings as a Dutch farming settlement or even its next life as an industrial center.
The Columbia Street Waterfront District is a small haven tucked in Brooklyn with old-style row houses and small parks and gardens.
Old oak cabinets with outdated hardware in a kitchen with wood, louvered, bi-fold doors concealing the laundry space can drag down the most optimistic of homeowners after a while.
From ancient Greece, through the centuries in all of Europe to our own New York City, interior wall molding and trim has graced walls in castles and palaces, manor houses, brownstones, condos and humble homes alike.