Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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

15 October 2024

  • Simple Utility: Foraged, Hand-Bound, “Generational” Brooms, Made in Canada
    There’s something calming and comforting about sweeping a room clean. And a broom looks rather autumnal, too, when hung from a hook. Just two reasons we’ve been admiring anew the brooms and brushes by Prairie Breeze Folk Arts Studio, helmed by Winnipeg, Canada-based broomsquire Amina Haswell. “I see broom-making as an art when done correctly,” […]
  • Steal This Look: A Working Dining Room in the Catskills, Shaker Edition
    At Bovina Farm & Fermentory in the Catskills, owners Jake and Elizabeth started a homestead from scratch, designing and building the farmhouse and business at the same time. We like the simplicity of the Shaker-inspired space; here, we deconstruct the utilitarian essentials that make the look both beautiful and functional. For more Shaker-inspired spaces with […]
  • Italianate Minimalism in Silver Lake by Breland-Harper
    SoCal or Tuscany? It’s hard to tell in this recent project by LA design firm Breland-Harper, founded by Michael Breland and Peter Harper, partners in life and work. The duo’s reverence for Italian countryside vernacular is on full display in their own residence, located in the hills surrounding the Silver Lake reservoir. Known for creating […]
  • Double Drenching: Should You Try the Latest Paint Trend?
    Last year, Nell wrote about the “color-drenching” trend, in which entire rooms—from the ceiling down to the baseboards are swathed in the same color. Bathing a space in one hue is not for the faint of heart. Nor is the newest iteration of the trend: the double drench. Double drenching, according to British paint company […]
  • Quick Takes With: Frances Palmer
    Frances Palmer is an art historian who, over the past few decades, has come to make enduring art herself: handmade ceramics that straddle the line between delicate and functional, refined and rustic. Her instant classics are coveted and collected by those in the know (including tastemakers like Martha Stewart and the late Nora Ephron), and […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

15 October 2024

Exterior Coating
Home Insulation
Roofing
Solar Energy