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A Boston Photographer's Live & Work Space
Dwell

Originally featured nearly 6 years ago in the January/February 2004 issue of Dwell, the ideas in Boston- based photographer Kent Dayton's home and workspace are still fresh — especially the or...

Bill & Natalie's Serene Treetop Renovation
House Tour

Name: Bill and Natalie Location: Jamaica Plain, MA Size: 2250 sq ft Years lived in: Owned 7 years Peace is among the more ephemeral of spacial qualities — a fleeting moment captured, for ins...

A Collector's Parisian Apartment by H2O Architects

This amazing space was designed by H2O Architects for a comic book enthusiast — the shelves and niches that fill the apartment's walls pay homage to the "blocks" of comic strips and offer the ...

Katie Brown's Cabin in the Berkshires
The New York Times

click thumbnails for larger pics Katie Brown, host of Katie Brown Workshop on PBS turned a run-down cabin in Buckland, Massachusetts into a weekend home for her family — complete with barn, pla...

House Tour: North End Contemporary Renovation
Boston

Name: Mark Cutone and Joe Paul of BPC Architecture Location: North End, Boston, Massachusetts Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: Owned 3 Years Enter Gallery These two Nantucket architects &mdas...

Attic Renovation by 2C Design Studio

Architect Noel Clarke had a neglected attic space in his Somerville, Mas­sachusetts home. He set out to renovate the space in his old Victorian house and now it's a modern, light-filled work space....

Good Question: Help Me Plan My Kitchen Renovation?
Providence, Rhode Island

click thumbnails for larger pics I just bought my first home (1200 sq ft Cape) & desperately need some advice on what to do with my 1950's yellow & black kitchen! I find the tile work to be quite cha...

Slab-Lab Concrete Studio: Countertops, Sinks and more

If you're renovating and love the modern, industrial look of concrete countertops it's best to stick with a shop that specializes in concrete. Boston AT readers are in luck — Slab-Lab Concret...

DIY Master Bath Renovation: Before & (Nearly) After
Dover, New Hampshire

click thumbnails for larger pics For many old bathrooms, a gut renovation is the only kind of renovation possible. Poor layouts, crumbling fixtures, and dated materials simply must be ripped out and ...

Ventilation Fans in the Bathroom

If you're carving out a new bathroom in a small house, or renovating an older bathroom, you tend to get familiar with building codes pretty quick. In Boston at least, codes say that bathrooms (even...

Renovating Your Period Home
A Class 02.25.09 at Cambridge Center for Adult Education

Many Boston and Cambridge residents live in homes considered to be "period houses" — basically anything built between the 1700s and 1940. If your home falls in this category you may be familia...

Before & After: Rhode Island Renovation
Providence, Rhode Island

Foyer, Before Relocating from Brooklyn, NY to Providence, RI is a big life change but tack on a home renovation and a little baby and you’ve got yourself a pretty busy life. That’s exactly what ...

House Tour: Frank & Jill's Frajil Farm Renovation
New Hampshire

Name: Frank & Jill Location: Mont Vernon, NH Size: 1200 square feet per floor, 2 floors Years lived in: 35 years Enter Slideshow We've spent many family holidays at Frank & Jill’s farmhouse s...

Flickr Finds: Purple Kitchen, Before & After
Boston

Check out the before picture of this great purple kitchen after the jump. Thanks ILoveButter for tagging your house pics with Apartment Therapy Boston......