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Collection by Allie Weiss

Schoolhouses Turned into Modern Homes

Four cool takes on the converted school.

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The kitchen is completely open to the main living area and features a custom birch pegboard wall. Eames dining chairs accent the space.
The kitchen is completely open to the main living area and features a custom birch pegboard wall. Eames dining chairs accent the space.
The living room and kitchen occupy a former classroom. It had been a schoolhouse up until DeAno and her husband purchased it in 2006.
The living room and kitchen occupy a former classroom. It had been a schoolhouse up until DeAno and her husband purchased it in 2006.
Aink and Meeuwissen were initially hesitant to move outside of Amsterdam, but saw the raw potential of a circa-1840 Monnickendam building, 20 minutes outside the city, which had suffered several poor renovations to the 6,000-square-foot interior.
Aink and Meeuwissen were initially hesitant to move outside of Amsterdam, but saw the raw potential of a circa-1840 Monnickendam building, 20 minutes outside the city, which had suffered several poor renovations to the 6,000-square-foot interior.