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Installing a Mirror and Glasswork
Project: Loft Conversion, Episode 10, Part 3
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With the electricians getting started on lighting at the loft project, Bob takes a look at how track lighting gets put together. Lighting designer Markus Earley gives Bob a tour of Lightolier's Tech Center in Fall River, MA, a working model that demonstrates the power of light to change the mood of a space. Back at the loft, an extra large mirror, a backlit shelf, and glass partitions for the shower stall are all installed.
- Part 1: Lighting Design Discussed
- Part 2: Discussing Different Types of Light
- Part 3: Installing a Mirror and Glasswork
- Bob observes Bill Brody (from Classic Glass) installing a large mirror, a glass shelf, and a glass partition wall.
Bob highlights the world of stylish city living, by chronicling the conversion of an apartment in Boston's Leather District. This apartment's getting a top-of-the-line treatment: cutting edge design, custom-made furniture and casework, sleek modern fixtures and state of the art appliances.
Also from Loft Conversion
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Episode 1 - Loft Conversion Initial Tour
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Bob takes a walking tour of some of Boston's best-preserved antique commercial buildings in the Leather District with architectural historian Brian Pfeiffer, ultimately winding up at the gracious brick front of the project building on Atlantic Avenue.<br> <br> The developers, Neal and Ron Gold, have gotten started converting this old fur storage building to residential loft space. Architect Greg Rochlin and carpenter Bob Ryley are on-site to consult about the possibilities for this unit. -
Episode 2 - Plumbing, Heating, and the "Big Dig"
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Window installation gets underway in the project apartment, six stories above Atlantic Avenue, after Bob inspects the basement to see how the plumbing and heating installations are coming along. Also, Dan McNichol takes Bob down into the bowels of the earth to see how Boston's famous highway project, the "Big Dig", is progressing. -
Episode 3 - Plastering the Loft
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The plastering crew is hard at work on stilts, while Bob goes on a field trip to Cambridge, where world-renowned landscape architect Martha Schwartz has made a spacious, and imaginative, home and office out of an industrial building on the railroad tracks. Back at our site, the architect and designer have modeled some intriguing ideas for Bob. -
Episode 4 - Elevating the Kitchen and Bedroom
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Episode 5 - Paint and Plate Glass Windows
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Episode 6 - Framing a Wall With Built-In Cabinets
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Episode 7 - Installing Plumbing Fixtures
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Episode 8 - Installing Stainless Steel Countertops
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Episode 9 - Drywall and Plastering Tips
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Episode 11 - Building a Closet System
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Episode 12 - Kitchen Work and Shutters
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Episode 13 - Loft Conversion Final Tour
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