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Row, Row, Row Your House: 5 Urban Row House Renovations We Love

A traditional tight-space typology meets the modern age in these five row house renovations.

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The outside of the home is illuminated at night. The crumbling slate roof was replaced with new composite tiles made from recycled rubber. The couple says their goal is to "help revitalize transitioning neighborhoods, one building at a time."
The outside of the home is illuminated at night. The crumbling slate roof was replaced with new composite tiles made from recycled rubber. The couple says their goal is to "help revitalize transitioning neighborhoods, one building at a time."
Lyle Bradley spent years of weekends and evenings resurrecting an East Boston structure using his carpentry skills, repurposed materials, and clever space-saving interventions. The revitalized 800-square-foot residence joins a rejuvenated backyard, where Bradley’s wife, Kara Lashley, and their daughter, Lily, pose next to Bradley’s new freestanding workshop.
Lyle Bradley spent years of weekends and evenings resurrecting an East Boston structure using his carpentry skills, repurposed materials, and clever space-saving interventions. The revitalized 800-square-foot residence joins a rejuvenated backyard, where Bradley’s wife, Kara Lashley, and their daughter, Lily, pose next to Bradley’s new freestanding workshop.
The homeowners regularly entertain and they asked for a dining table that could accommodate dinner parties – especially ones that could easily move outdoors. The architect designed two matching tables and benches on either side of the sliding glass partition.
The homeowners regularly entertain and they asked for a dining table that could accommodate dinner parties – especially ones that could easily move outdoors. The architect designed two matching tables and benches on either side of the sliding glass partition.
While the proportions of the old brownstone’s facade remain congruous with others on its street, the stone has been replaced with stucco over foam. When knocked, it sounds entirely hollow.
While the proportions of the old brownstone’s facade remain congruous with others on its street, the stone has been replaced with stucco over foam. When knocked, it sounds entirely hollow.