5 Before-and-After Studio Transformations You HAVE to See
BEFORE
Kathleen Kelbe, Pembroke School of Performing Arts | Pembroke, MA
Total budget: $100,000
Project timeline: 3 months (ongoing)
AFTER
Kelbe expanded from 1,600 to 6,000 square feet. She used Rosco’s SubFloor and Adagio vinyl and broke her extensive renovation into three phases.
BEFORE
Ellen Marshall, Off Broadway Dance Center | Fulton, NY
Total budget: $60,000
Project timeline: 3 months
AFTER
Marshall renovated a Methodist church into a 4,000-square-foot studio, with Stagestep Flooring Solutions’ marbleized gray Timestep in her two studios.
BEFORE
Diana Griffin, Fusion Dance Company | Palm Harbor, FL
Total budget: $40,000
Project timeline: 45 days
AFTER
From restaurant to studio! The checkerboard ceilings were a restaurant leftover that Griffin decided to keep. Her O’Mara sprung floors were self-installed in her 7,000-square-foot space.
BEFORE
Barclay Gibbs, Dance Conservatory of Maryland | Bel Air, MD
Total budget: $10,000
Project timeline: 2 days
AFTER
Gibbs chose Gerstung Floor Systems’ AirBase 600 for her 2,000-square-foot studio. This semi-permanent flooring will travel with her, should she change locations in the future.
BEFORE
Nigel Burgoine, Ballet Theatre of Toledo | Toledo, OH
Total budget: $4,000
Project timeline: 1 day
