Name: Sarah Location: Upper West Side, New York City My apartment went through a massive transformation — from grungy rental to urban, light-filled oasis. The use of space is smart. It's abou...
Name: Keegan Location: Hackney neighborhood of London, England This is my Victorian 1 bedroom converted apartment on the edge of a park in Hackney, London. Moving into my apartment presented many s...
One of the most striking features of the 15,000 square feet of space that artists Dustin Yellin and Charlotte Kidd transformed in Red Hook, Brooklyn is the 1952 Airstream trailer that sits inside an...
Name: Paul Location: West Village, Manhattan Size: 1,700 square feet, 1-bedroom rental Years lived in: 4 years While it may seem hard to believe, Paul gut renovated his spacious rental apartment. C...
We've looked at several churches converted into homes, but this example from the Netherlands is truly exceptional! Designed by Dutch firm Zecc Architecten, the church's pipe organ and stained glass ...
Another apartment featured in New York Magazine — the West Village home of Ghiora Aharoni of Ghiora Aharoni Design Studio. This space was created by combining two tenement apartments into a si...
Last week, New York Magazine's annual Home Design issue hit newsstands and mailboxes and we're still enjoying the wide variety of homes featured. The most notable? The 14th Street townhouse that was...
Name: Kristin & Gadge Location: Greenwich Village, NYC In 2002 my husband (a photographer) and I (an event designer) managed to find a disaster of a commercial rental space. (We had previously...
Name: Marcela Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Hello! my name is Marcela and I'm an interior designer. Together with my husband Peter and my two sons Thomas and Philip we moved into this house in ...
We can't think of color in our home without remembering the colors we unearthed from owners-gone-by. The oldest layer we uncovered during renovation of our home was the saturated green in the photo ...
This family residence located in the narrow streets of Barcelona's Gotico area was given a fresh update with the recent renovation designed by architect Gus Wüstermann. By inserting a Crusch Al...
WOW — check out this is beautifully crafted kitchen re-design in Brooklyn Heights! Stefanie Brechbuehler, LEED AP and Robert Highsmith of Workstead did this custom job with a budget of only $1...
This weekend home sits on the dunes in Amagansett, New York. The original home's facade allowed a glut of sunshine in that kept the house hot (Image 5). The renovation by Sag Harbor-based Bates Masi...
This amazing apartment with Central Park views was designed by The Apartment founder Stefan Boublil. Located 61 stories above New York City, the unique space takes full advantage of over-the-top vie...
Architect Hugo Proença transformed this small 700 square foot apartment in Carcavelos, Portugal with the addition of tons of built-in storage (both open and closed), pale grey floors and a wa...
Q: I was wondering if your readers could help us remodel our bathroom. The previous homeowners seem to have installed everything that happened to be on sale one weekend at Home Depot: Dark-stained wai...
In the archives of Dwell, architect Kyu Sung Woo renovated his son Wonbo's Union Square loft taking advantage of natural light and the 12 feet of vertical space — he stacked a minimal loft sle...
Bay windows aren't just for Victorian and faux-Victorian McMansions! This London home renovated by Platform 5 Architects features a striking modern bay window with cherry wood window seat....
This townhouse renovation by New York architecture firm LoadingDock5 is bright and white! I'd love to inject some color into this space — but the white does an excellent job of showing off the...
Architect Anne Menke's update to a very common-looking German home from 1957 successfully met her clients requests — "modern AND cosy" — and artfully blended the new addition into an exi...
Name: Maria Location: Gramercy, NYC I bought my two bedroom post war co-op around 18 months ago, and have been renovating it ever since. (I think it's beautiful!) My living room is a real mid centu...
Wow — actress Julianne Moore is selling her freshly renovated West Village townhouse and it is a stunner! The house dates from 1839 and is five stories and includes a large back garden. The kit...
Q: I have been looking for a pendant light or light of any kind really, that has some sort of gold metallic inside to the shade. I really like this design by Nir Meiri, but they aren't in production....
Q: Hi Apartment Therapy! My boyfriend and I are buying our first apartment (in Spain) and although I really love it, the one thing that bothers me (because I really like to cook) is the small kitche...
Living in a converted train station seems an amazing, long-term escape. We thought we'd find many such instances when we set out to research the topic, but it seems the endeavor is even rarer than w...
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