Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure. Renovations are typically either commercial or residential. Additionally, renovation can refer to making something new, or bringing something back to life and can apply in social contexts. For example, a community can be renovated if it is strengthened and revived.

Home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home.

Remodelista

28 April 2024

  • Quick Takes With: Ferren Gipson
    Ferren Gipson wears many hats—so many, in fact, that describing her work doesn’t fit on her Instagram bio. “Art historian, author, artist, broadcaster, etc.”, it reads, the “et cetera” broadly covering all of the ways she “explores themes of politics, popular culture, and identity” through textiles and art. She’s authored two books (Women’s Work: From […]
  • Current Obsessions: Earth Week, Always
    Ahead this weekend: two new wallpaper collections, prime tulip season, and shopping vintage. Read on: Have you heard? 16 of our go-to online design shops now have vintage departments. Mark your calendars: Howe London is hosting its second ever warehouse sale, May 7-11 in London. Info here. New from Speronella Marsh (formerly Hare’s Tale Printing): […]
  • Chapel of Love: A Converted Seminary Chapel in North Holland by Studio Ina-Matt
    In Heemstede, just south of Haarlem in North Holland, a former seminary originally built by Jan Stuyt in 1923 was converted into luxury apartments by Stijlgroep in 2007—all minus the chapel which was cold, humid, and dark with high ceilings. “Not many people saw the potential to transform the chapel into a nice and intimate […]
  • Expert Advice: How to Rid Your Home of Indoor Air Pollution
    After reading a 2020 Australian study that compared using wood stoves and fireplaces to “having a truck idle inside your home,” we’ve been thinking about how to clear the air. Remodelista directory member Alison Davin of Jute Interior Design in SF and LA is also concerned. For more than a decade, Ali has been practicing […]
  • Domestic Science: How to Stop Your Washing Machine from Releasing Microplastics into the Ocean
    Over the course of doing research for our latest book, we learned so much about how to design our homes—and live our lives in them—in a more sustainable, climate-aware way. All of us at Remodelista have adopted new household routines as a result (read about them here). One of the most surprising facts we learned? […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

28 April 2024

Exterior Coating
Home Insulation
Roofing
Solar Energy