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Posts tagged “renovation”

Modern Downtown Penthouse Embraces Nature
The New York Times 9.25.08

This amazing downtown penthouse was a study in integrating architecture and landscape design — and it includes lots of natural light, an outdoor shower, vertical plant wall, and drip irrigatio...

Luxurious Basements
The New York Times 9.14.08

We've seen some amazing basement renovations before — like Aaron Kristen's duplex apartment in the West Village, pictured above — and over the weekend, The New York Times looks into some...

Maximizing Space on the Upper West Side
The New York Times 9.14.08

Gwen Calderon's Upper West Side apartment packs a punch. The New York Times shows us how Calderon's careful renovation takes every opportunity to make the most of her 1,300-square-foot apartment. In...

Live & Work Loft in Minneapolis
The New York Times 9.4.08

Graphic Designers Will Hopkins and Mary K. Baumann gave up their apartment in the Apthorp building on the Upper West Side and moved into a converted flour mill in downtown Minneapolis. The New York ...

Horizon Hill: Hudson Valley Retreat
The New York Times 8.15.08

Horizon Hill, a small Arts & Crafts home in Red Hook, New York presides over 38 acres of the Hudson Valley. Harlan Bratcher (chief executive of A/X Armani Exchange) and Toby Usnik, use the home as a...

Living On The Odin: A Family Houseboat in Berlin
The New York Times 8.13.08

The cramped quarters of boats are often cited as inspiration for the design of small spaces. (check out The S.S. Waverly in the West Village!). The New York Times gives us a peek at American sculpto...

Contractor's Insight on Renovation Materials
The New York Times 8.7.08

Contractor Stephen Fanuka gives The New York Times his insight into the materials often requested by Manhattan customers spending big bucks on apartment renovations. He tells us why we should be war...

Updated Italian Stone House
The New York Times 8.6.08

American actors Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry have created a comfortable escape in Umbria, Italy. The New York Times shows us the couple's renovated 350-year-old stone house in Umbria, Italy wh...

Living Through Major Renovations
The New York Times 7.27.08

With real estate out of reach for many due to high costs, some families that can afford to take the plunge, are deciding to purchase fixer-upper homes that need a lot of work. The New York Times sha...

Balancing Modern Decor in a Prewar Building
The New York Times 7.27.08

The New York Times takes us inside a pied-a-terre in the Osborne building on 57th Street. In the renovation of her two-bedroom apartment, novelist Elinor Lipman wanted to blend her family's modern t...

Modernizing Traditional Chinese Homes in Beijing
The New York Times 7.24.08

With the vast number of historic buildings being razed for the rapid growth of Chinese cities, a growing number of foreigners are investing in centuries-old, traditional Chinese homes. The New York ...

Narrow & Eclectic Madrid Home
The New York Times 7.16.08

The Madrid home of Rosalind Williams and Tino Calabuig is only 11.5' wide! (which is evident from the tight angles of all the photographs). The couple bought the four-story building in 2001 and reno...

Sunnyside Gardens Home
The New York Times 6.29.08

Developed in the 1920's as an alternative to overcrowded slums, Sunnyside Gardens in Queens is surrounded by lush vegetation. The New York Times shares the home of Dan Hendrick and Jimmy Van Bramer ...

Cozy English Barn Renovation
The New York Times 6.4.08

Searching for a simpler, more solitary life, Lila Walton purchased the remains of a 17th-century threshing barn in rural Norfolk, England. Now newly renovated, the 1,300-square-foot barn retains a t...

Cold-Storage Warehouse Turned Tribeca Home
New York Magazine 6.1.08

Wendy Goodman of New York Magazine has found another amazing home. Architect Diana Kellogg transformed a cold-storage warehouse in Tribeca into a home for her family. By using salvaged materials (in...

Year-Round City Garden
New York Magazine 5.19.08

We crave outdoor space of our own! Decorator Charlotte Moss has created an outdoor room in the back garden of her Upper East Side town house. Featured in New York Magazine, the outdoor room is furni...

White Lacquer Apartment
New York Magazine 5.19.08

We were especially excited to see the newest New York Magazine in our mailbox on Monday — it's their Interiors Issue! Flipping through the six featured homes, we read the White One first. Totally ...

Queens Rowhouse
The New York Times 5.11.08

Did you all see Kermit at our Small Cool Meetup? He showed us his new product: Modern Hangups... Did everyone see the amazing renovation of the 1908 row house in Sunday's The New York Times? Kermit...

Glass Staircase
The New York Times 5.8.08

All-glass stairs can be a great solution for flooding an older building with light — or it can be a terrifying exercise in acrophobia. The New York Times looks at some Victorian-era homes in Londo...

Railroad Station Home
The New York Times 5.7.08

It's rare when a home featured in The New York Times' special real estate section Great Homes & Destinations is small and makes clever use of a tight space. But this one does both. This former rail ...

Modern Connecticut Country House
The New York Times 5.4.08

The Connecticut weekend home of Style Guy Glenn O'Brien and Gina Nanni was our favorite part of the latest T Style Magazine from The New York Times. A modern renovation of a 1940's two-story house, ...

Inspiration: Small Parisian Garden Shed Apartment

This dwelling was created in a backyard shed for use by a teenager. The structure, divided into four stories, is both extremely small and undeniably cool. Made entirely of birch plywood, the interio...

AT Book Alert: Update on Jenny and Clove

Name: Jenny and Clove Home then: 500 sqft. studio near Astor Place (check out their original apartment) Home now: updated bathroom, new murphy bed, new firepit, new art, new furniture in same studio...

Hester Street Synagogue Studio
New York Magazine 4.21.08

We've recently seen homes in spaces that were formerly a Firehouse and a Bank. The newest New York Magazine has a great little peek into the studio and living space of artists Thomas Nozkowski and ...

Townhouse Transformed
New York Magazine 4.13.08

The new issue of New York Magazine features their special Vu. real estate section which is always chock-full of fascinating projects. Our favorite? The transformation of Adam Gordon's Jane Street To...