Renovations

Take notes on how these revamped spaces reinforce the wisdom of working with what you've got.

From the Archive: When Two Families Pooled Their Resources to Renovate an Old Handbag Factory

From the Archive: When Two Families Pooled Their Resources to Renovate an Old Handbag Factory

A Restaurateur From Seattle’s “First Family of Phở” Crafts Her Dream Kitchen for Hosting

A Restaurateur From Seattle’s “First Family of Phở” Crafts Her Dream Kitchen for Hosting

How a Colorado Couple Rehabbed an Abandoned Hacienda in the Yucatán Jungle

How a Colorado Couple Rehabbed an Abandoned Hacienda in the Yucatán Jungle

Once Made for Mail, It’s Now for Your Golden Years

Once Made for Mail, It’s Now for Your Golden Years

Striking Ceramic Screens Take a Cramped Madrid Townhouse From Dark to Delightful for $309K

Striking Ceramic Screens Take a Cramped Madrid Townhouse From Dark to Delightful for $309K

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

Construction Diary: With $293K, Two Designers Make a Rhode Island Victorian Their Own

Construction Diary: With $293K, Two Designers Make a Rhode Island Victorian Their Own

A Pristine Bay Area Home by a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

A Pristine Bay Area Home by a Lloyd Wright Protégé (Somehow) Had Room for Improvement

A Crimson Curtain Makes This Madrid Flat Look Like a David Lynch Set

A Crimson Curtain Makes This Madrid Flat Look Like a David Lynch Set

Before & After: A Gut Remodel Corrects a Century of Quick Fixes in This Brooklyn Row House

Before & After: A Gut Remodel Corrects a Century of Quick Fixes in This Brooklyn Row House

An Old Barn Roof in Central France Now Encloses Three Tiny Guest Suites

An Old Barn Roof in Central France Now Encloses Three Tiny Guest Suites

A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

Before & After: Color Runs Wild in This Once-Beige Clinton Hill Apartment

Before & After: Color Runs Wild in This Once-Beige Clinton Hill Apartment

A Spanish Farmhouse Was in Ruins. Bright Yellow Brought It Back to Life.

A Spanish Farmhouse Was in Ruins. Bright Yellow Brought It Back to Life.

A Rogue Tile Expert Was Key in Rescuing This Historic Barcelona Flat

A Rogue Tile Expert Was Key in Rescuing This Historic Barcelona Flat

Budget Breakdown: $49K of Curvy Cabinetry Solved This NYC Couple’s Storage Conundrum

Budget Breakdown: $49K of Curvy Cabinetry Solved This NYC Couple’s Storage Conundrum

Before & After: Ann Edgerton Takes the ’80s Out of Her Texas Ranch House

Before & After: Ann Edgerton Takes the ’80s Out of Her Texas Ranch House

Before & After: You’d Never Know This Maryland Cottage Nearly Doubled in Size

Before & After: You’d Never Know This Maryland Cottage Nearly Doubled in Size

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

A Family (Finally) Gives Their Eichler Home a Top-to-Bottom Reboot

An Electric-Blue Stair Energizes a Tired London Coach House

An Electric-Blue Stair Energizes a Tired London Coach House

Before & After: Color Blocking Saves the Day for a Dark Singapore Terrace House

Before & After: Color Blocking Saves the Day for a Dark Singapore Terrace House

They Call It the Joy House—and It Lives Up to Its Name

They Call It the Joy House—and It Lives Up to Its Name

Tightening the Budget Turned Their Renovation Into One of the Most Unusual Homes on the Block

Tightening the Budget Turned Their Renovation Into One of the Most Unusual Homes on the Block

Before & After: Three Sisters Give an Abandoned Portuguese Farmhouse a Vibrant Revival

Before & After: Three Sisters Give an Abandoned Portuguese Farmhouse a Vibrant Revival

Before & After: A Chintzy Manhattan Flat Is Given the Gallery Treatment for an Art Lover

Before & After: A Chintzy Manhattan Flat Is Given the Gallery Treatment for an Art Lover

A Suite of Galvanized Steel Revives a Centuries-Old French Farmhouse

A Suite of Galvanized Steel Revives a Centuries-Old French Farmhouse

Rental Revamp: A Bavarian Baker Completely Overhauls Her Kitchen in a 300-Year-Old Farmhouse

Rental Revamp: A Bavarian Baker Completely Overhauls Her Kitchen in a 300-Year-Old Farmhouse

They Built a Home Their Two Daughters Can One Day Split Down the Middle—Literally

They Built a Home Their Two Daughters Can One Day Split Down the Middle—Literally

Before & After: A Falling-Down Farmhouse Gets a Second Chance, Against All Odds

Before & After: A Falling-Down Farmhouse Gets a Second Chance, Against All Odds

The Final Piece in This Live/Work Loft in Italy? A 3D-Printed Lego Figurine in the Ceiling

The Final Piece in This Live/Work Loft in Italy? A 3D-Printed Lego Figurine in the Ceiling

Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends

Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends

Budget Breakdown: For $31K, a Brooklyn Family Makes Room for All in an 850-Square-Foot Apartment

Budget Breakdown: For $31K, a Brooklyn Family Makes Room for All in an 850-Square-Foot Apartment

A Prewar Apartment in the “Only Murders in the Building” Building Gets a Screen-Worthy Renovation

A Prewar Apartment in the “Only Murders in the Building” Building Gets a Screen-Worthy Renovation

Construction Diary: 650 Square Feet Is Perfect for an Italian Couple and Their Three Cats

Construction Diary: 650 Square Feet Is Perfect for an Italian Couple and Their Three Cats

Before & After: Vintage Tile Rules In This Remodeled Fisherman’s Flat in Spain

Before & After: Vintage Tile Rules In This Remodeled Fisherman’s Flat in Spain

Budget Breakdown: Is This $590K Rhode Island Home “Too California?” Not for Its Owners

Budget Breakdown: Is This $590K Rhode Island Home “Too California?” Not for Its Owners

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