Renovations

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

Before & After: Savvy Storage Makes This Mumbai Flat Work for Three Generations

Before & After: Savvy Storage Makes This Mumbai Flat Work for Three Generations

Budget Breakdown: This Sears Kit Home in Houston Originally Cost $1,299. It Just Got a $368K Glow Up

Budget Breakdown: This Sears Kit Home in Houston Originally Cost $1,299. It Just Got a $368K Glow Up

Before & After: From Pegboards to Terrazzo, This Swervy Oakland Bungalow Has It All

Before & After: From Pegboards to Terrazzo, This Swervy Oakland Bungalow Has It All

Budget Breakdown: $91K and Vintage Flair Revive a Flat in One of Paris’s Coolest Buildings

Budget Breakdown: $91K and Vintage Flair Revive a Flat in One of Paris’s Coolest Buildings

Terra-Cotta Flooring Ties Together a Refreshed Country Home in France

Terra-Cotta Flooring Ties Together a Refreshed Country Home in France

Icons Only: One of Two Neutra Homes in Montana Is Restored as a Part-Time Residency

Icons Only: One of Two Neutra Homes in Montana Is Restored as a Part-Time Residency

This Sydney Home’s Dining Area Is Basically the Backyard

This Sydney Home’s Dining Area Is Basically the Backyard

Before & After: They Gave Their Dilapidated Washington D.C. Home the Renovation of a Lifetime

Before & After: They Gave Their Dilapidated Washington D.C. Home the Renovation of a Lifetime

Before & After: Built-In Storage Unlocks the Potential of a Family’s Small Hong Kong Flat

Before & After: Built-In Storage Unlocks the Potential of a Family’s Small Hong Kong Flat

A Glass-Wrapped Extension Brings a Touch of California Modernism to This London Backyard

A Glass-Wrapped Extension Brings a Touch of California Modernism to This London Backyard

Budget Breakdown: Two Furniture Designers Set Up Shop in Brooklyn for $25K—Plus Rent

Budget Breakdown: Two Furniture Designers Set Up Shop in Brooklyn for $25K—Plus Rent

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Before & After: This Suburban L.A. Home’s Most Attractive Quality? A Near Complete Lack of Character

Before & After: This Suburban L.A. Home’s Most Attractive Quality? A Near Complete Lack of Character

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Budget Breakdown: A Houston Family Nearly Doubles the Floor Plan of Their Beloved Bungalow for $391K

Budget Breakdown: A Houston Family Nearly Doubles the Floor Plan of Their Beloved Bungalow for $391K

Before & After: The Brownstone Boys Overhaul a Brooklyn Garage Into a Family Home

Before & After: The Brownstone Boys Overhaul a Brooklyn Garage Into a Family Home

It Was a Workshop and a Warehouse. Now It’s a Family Home With a Soaring Blue Stair

It Was a Workshop and a Warehouse. Now It’s a Family Home With a Soaring Blue Stair

No, 83 Isn’t Too Old to Renovate. Just Ask San Francisco Resident Roberta Gordon

No, 83 Isn’t Too Old to Renovate. Just Ask San Francisco Resident Roberta Gordon

Before & After: Two Friends Give a Dated ’90s Cabin a Moody Reinvention

Before & After: Two Friends Give a Dated ’90s Cabin a Moody Reinvention

Before & After: To Revive Their Dated Bungalow, First They Chopped It in Half

Before & After: To Revive Their Dated Bungalow, First They Chopped It in Half

Budget Breakdown: She Turned a Joshua Tree Shack Into a Homestead for the Long Haul With $456K

Budget Breakdown: She Turned a Joshua Tree Shack Into a Homestead for the Long Haul With $456K

Mix-and-Match Windows Are Only the Start of the Fun at This Warehouse-Turned-Residence in Sydney

Mix-and-Match Windows Are Only the Start of the Fun at This Warehouse-Turned-Residence in Sydney

Not Even the Bathroom Has a Door in This Artist’s Prague Apartment

Not Even the Bathroom Has a Door in This Artist’s Prague Apartment

This Brick Backyard House Doubles as a Sunken Living Room for the Garden

This Brick Backyard House Doubles as a Sunken Living Room for the Garden

The Garden Is the Heart of This Revived London Terrace House

The Garden Is the Heart of This Revived London Terrace House

Before & After: They Gave Their “Telescoping” Oakland Bungalow an Eye-Opening Renovation

Before & After: They Gave Their “Telescoping” Oakland Bungalow an Eye-Opening Renovation

Curtains on Curving Tracks Keep This Geneva Apartment’s Interiors Fluid

Curtains on Curving Tracks Keep This Geneva Apartment’s Interiors Fluid

How John Cameron Mitchell Turned His New Orleans Home Into a Queer Art Church

How John Cameron Mitchell Turned His New Orleans Home Into a Queer Art Church

A Roaming Couple Recalibrate a 1975 Argosy for Creative Work and Off-Grid Bliss

A Roaming Couple Recalibrate a 1975 Argosy for Creative Work and Off-Grid Bliss

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

This Sculptural San Francisco Flat Is Anything But Cookie-Cutter

This Sculptural San Francisco Flat Is Anything But Cookie-Cutter

She Dreamed of Living in an Ancient Tower—and It Came True

She Dreamed of Living in an Ancient Tower—and It Came True

In Baja Sur, a Chef Turns a Historic Property Into a Compound for His Creative Community

In Baja Sur, a Chef Turns a Historic Property Into a Compound for His Creative Community

Work/Life Balance? This Architect Couple’s Cambridge Home Doesn’t See a Need to Strike One

Work/Life Balance? This Architect Couple’s Cambridge Home Doesn’t See a Need to Strike One

The Brise Soleils Wrapping Brazil’s Copan Building Are On Full Display in This Refreshed Apartment

The Brise Soleils Wrapping Brazil’s Copan Building Are On Full Display in This Refreshed Apartment

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