A 1930’s fire station converted into a resident/artist studio in East Providence, Rhode Island. Photos by Francis Dzikowski. Designed by Five Ply Design.
A 1930’s fire station converted into a resident/artist studio in East Providence, Rhode Island. Photos by Francis Dzikowski. Designed by Five Ply Design.
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The designer has taken all it’s charm away when he removed the firepole.
I am sure they took out the pole for insurance reasons.
Absolutely love it..and so glad to see something from NE!
Didnt see any bedrooms, but trust theyre great..please keep me posted on developments in the are.
Looking to downsize to clean lined and creative.
I love what was done! Great space…and the bathroom is awesome…love the lights above the sins and the counter between the 2 sinks. The glass sky lights lend so much light. Wonderful job!
That should read sinks.
Love the bathroom….they kept some of the old and yet put that big counter in between sinks! And if they just made it look old….they did a great job with tile choice!
Love it!! Is it for sale?
So far the work is really home like, this is something that only a person with a great imagination could of put together every nook has a cranny. Job well done I love the bathroom and what you did with it. The fact that you can see thru the fire pole is beautiful and conversation piece if the above area is for dinning and entertaining. Keep me posted as I am looking a church in PA. thinking of purchasing it and converting it. Spectacular places to live!
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Nice renovation…just the color schemes of the incidentals are horribly “clashy”. So I would definitely change that.
The classical exterior and treatment of the bathroom are more to my liking reminding me of a building in a nearby town that seems to have been a former gas station. With a side-by-side, mirror image, twin, almost Palladian facade, I could envision two single entrance apartments. Given an awkward glance, rare grace and a quizzical proximity to the road it beckons you to pause momentarily and ponder briefly before passing. Split-second Poetry, while we race about our days and to-do lists… taking just a second to breath in the beauty – even if only – with the nonchalance of an aristocratic nomad… rambling on… nudging us forward…magically transformed. ‘So you see, it’s not so much the painting… but what you give yourself… by what you leave behind’.