Before & After: A Detroit Architect Brings New Life to an Abandoned Brick Bungalow

Sometimes it helps to be a little naive before embarking on a house remodel. This 1912 brick bungalow in Detroit’s historic West Village district sat vacant for eight years before architect Sidney Migoski and her fiancé, Drake, a mortgage banker, took a tour of what would be their first home together. The couple saw peeling ceilings, layers of hard-used finishes, and a kitchen that had been reduced to just a sink. "We had never done something like this before," says Sidney. "So, we were like, How hard can it be?"