Renovations

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

Penny, Subway, Mosaic—This Renovated Warsaw Home Is a Master Class in Tile

Penny, Subway, Mosaic—This Renovated Warsaw Home Is a Master Class in Tile

Seating, Shelving, and Spatial Definition—a Blue Box Does It All at This Refreshed Berlin Flat

Seating, Shelving, and Spatial Definition—a Blue Box Does It All at This Refreshed Berlin Flat

Before & After: To Inspire Their Midcentury Renovation, They Toured the Builder’s Own Home

Before & After: To Inspire Their Midcentury Renovation, They Toured the Builder’s Own Home

Plywood Built-Ins Reframe a Family’s Flat at a Revered Modernist Development in Lisbon

Plywood Built-Ins Reframe a Family’s Flat at a Revered Modernist Development in Lisbon

A Stairway to Heaven Forms the Roof of This Cottage Add-On in Australia

A Stairway to Heaven Forms the Roof of This Cottage Add-On in Australia

Before & After: Their Singapore Apartment Is a Love Letter to Midcentury Design

Before & After: Their Singapore Apartment Is a Love Letter to Midcentury Design

Budget Breakdown: $394K Later, This Toronto Toy Factory Turned Loft Finally Feels Like a Home

Budget Breakdown: $394K Later, This Toronto Toy Factory Turned Loft Finally Feels Like a Home

A Curvy Blue Banquette Solves a Tiny Berlin Apartment’s Puzzling Shape

A Curvy Blue Banquette Solves a Tiny Berlin Apartment’s Puzzling Shape

Where Neighbors Saw a Jumble of Blocks, They Saw Tetris Pieces With Potential

Where Neighbors Saw a Jumble of Blocks, They Saw Tetris Pieces With Potential

Sunken Spaces—and Some Sharp Edges—Reorganize This ’70s Spanish Home

Sunken Spaces—and Some Sharp Edges—Reorganize This ’70s Spanish Home

Before & After: Near London, a Basic Brick House Breaks Free From the ’70s

Before & After: Near London, a Basic Brick House Breaks Free From the ’70s

From the Archive: A Restoration Expert Turns a Crumbling “Archetypal” Barn Into His Family’s Getaway

From the Archive: A Restoration Expert Turns a Crumbling “Archetypal” Barn Into His Family’s Getaway

Budget Breakdown: This $290K Revamp Makes a Strong Case for Moving Into Your Parents’ Basement

Budget Breakdown: This $290K Revamp Makes a Strong Case for Moving Into Your Parents’ Basement

How They Pulled It Off: A Mother and Son Bring “Champagne Tastes” to an Affordable Housing Project

How They Pulled It Off: A Mother and Son Bring “Champagne Tastes” to an Affordable Housing Project

These Midcentury Town Houses in Chicago Are More Desirable Than They’ve Ever Been

These Midcentury Town Houses in Chicago Are More Desirable Than They’ve Ever Been

Here’s What It Took to Revive a 100-Year-Old Home in the Mountains of Japan

Here’s What It Took to Revive a 100-Year-Old Home in the Mountains of Japan

Modernist Architect Peter Womersley’s First Home Design Just Got a Faithful Restoration

Modernist Architect Peter Womersley’s First Home Design Just Got a Faithful Restoration

Steel Scaffolding Forms a Bed and Wardrobe in This Small Slovakia Apartment

Steel Scaffolding Forms a Bed and Wardrobe in This Small Slovakia Apartment

Before & After: There’s a World of Color Hiding Behind the Front Door of This Park Slope Limestone

Before & After: There’s a World of Color Hiding Behind the Front Door of This Park Slope Limestone

The Most Shocking Before & After Home Renovations of 2025

The Most Shocking Before & After Home Renovations of 2025

Here’s What It Cost to Build 10 of Our Favorite Homes of the Year

Here’s What It Cost to Build 10 of Our Favorite Homes of the Year

We Would Live in a Barn If It Looked Like This One on the Isle of Wight

We Would Live in a Barn If It Looked Like This One on the Isle of Wight

The Staircase in This Small Spanish Apartment Hides a Secret Toilet

The Staircase in This Small Spanish Apartment Hides a Secret Toilet

Before & After: They Returned From California and Filled Their Brownstone With Sunshine

Before & After: They Returned From California and Filled Their Brownstone With Sunshine

The Family That Redesigned a Brooklyn Town House to Feel Like Their Favorite Films

The Family That Redesigned a Brooklyn Town House to Feel Like Their Favorite Films

A Half-Arch Motif Merges an L.A. Renovation With Its New ADU

A Half-Arch Motif Merges an L.A. Renovation With Its New ADU

Before & After: From Bachelor Pad to Family Chalet, This Little Cabin Grew Up With Its Owner

Before & After: From Bachelor Pad to Family Chalet, This Little Cabin Grew Up With Its Owner

A 1950s Home in Argentina Is Now a Live/Work Community for Five Friends

A 1950s Home in Argentina Is Now a Live/Work Community for Five Friends

To Get to the Guest Unit at This Mexican Home, Just Take the Tunnel From the Roof

To Get to the Guest Unit at This Mexican Home, Just Take the Tunnel From the Roof

For All Its Fresh Storage, a Small Prague Apartment Keeps Its Historic Feel

For All Its Fresh Storage, a Small Prague Apartment Keeps Its Historic Feel

Before & After: San Francisco’s Famous Fog Inspired This Midcentury Revamp

Before & After: San Francisco’s Famous Fog Inspired This Midcentury Revamp

A Glass-Wrapped Living Space Cracks Open a Historic Brick Home in Belgium

A Glass-Wrapped Living Space Cracks Open a Historic Brick Home in Belgium

Before & After: They Bought a Midcentury Home Sight Unseen and Took On a DIY Revamp

Before & After: They Bought a Midcentury Home Sight Unseen and Took On a DIY Revamp

Before & After: Ghislaine Viñas Turns a Cloud-Gray Tiny House Into a Little Ray of Sunshine

Before & After: Ghislaine Viñas Turns a Cloud-Gray Tiny House Into a Little Ray of Sunshine

A Hamptons Beach Bungalow, But Make It Sea Ranch

A Hamptons Beach Bungalow, But Make It Sea Ranch

From the Archive: A Harris Armstrong Expert Preserves One of the St. Louis Modernist’s Hidden Jewels

From the Archive: A Harris Armstrong Expert Preserves One of the St. Louis Modernist’s Hidden Jewels

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