Water Damage Spawns a Space-Saving Bathroom Remodel
A game of inches saved this small New York City bathroom from becoming too cramped and limited.
Liz Weingart knew something was wrong when the man on the other end of the telephone addressed her as Elizabeth, her full first name. Weingart, then an investment banker and marketer, was on a business trip in California at the time. Her upstairs neighbor’s toilet had overflowed, said the superintendent of the New York City co-op building where Weingart had lived for two decades. The damage was extensive.
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