Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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 July 2026

  • The Sommerhus Collection: A New California Shop Channels Summer Living, Danish Style

    “The Sommerhus Collection is inspired by the Danish tradition of retreating to the sea and forest for a brief season and living simply and quietly,” says Julie Pointer Adams. First-hand experience came from the six summer weeks Julie and her husband and creative partner, Ryan Adams, and their two young sons spent in a seaside […]

  • 10 Easy Pieces: Design-Forward Pedestal and Tower Fans

    A pedestal or tower fan occupies a useful middle ground: substantial enough to cool an entire room, but without asking you to rewire the ceiling or dedicate a surface to a table fan that never quite reaches beyond the person sitting in front of it. Portable, directional, and increasingly well designed, it’s one of those […]

  • Meanwhile, On Gardenista: West Coast Idyll

    Welcome to Meanwhile, On Gardenista, in which we take a look at the goings-on over on our sibling site. In this week’s edition, the Gardenista editors explore the wonders of wild, laid-back California gardens. Here, three examples:

  • Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Painted Vase in a Shelter Island Cottage

    There are many things that appeal to us about the powder room in A Shelter Island Holiday Rental Where Everything Is for Sale. They are as follows: 1. the shiplap walls, 2. the vintage-y latrine with wood seat, 3. the nautical rope loo roll holder, and 4. the handy niche for reading material. And, last […]

  • The Case for Exposed Building Blocks: An Inspired Vacation Enclave in Mallorca

    Hidden beauty revealed. In their renovation of a small apartment complex on the north coast of Mallorca, architects Irene Pérez Piferrer and Jaume Mayol Amengual of TEd’A Arquitectes went to town with exposed building blocks. The resulting vacation rental enclave—patterned all over with a variety of local clay bricks and tiles on the walkways, floors, […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

15 July 2026

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