Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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

19 June 2026

  • The Barn Out Back: September and Colin Moore’s Dream Guest Quarters in Mallorca

    September and Colin Moore left Tampa, Florida, for the South of France in 1999 with their three children to escape throw-away culture and lead more considered lives. She’s an artist/designer, he’s a chiropractor with carpentry skills, and together they became practiced hands at resurrecting houses that had been left for dead. Seeing the work they […]

  • Kitchen of the Week: An Expensive-Looking Remodel for Just $13,000

    We often recommend Ikea’s kitchen cabinets as a solid, bang-for-the-buck option for those looking to remodel. And nowadays, there are so many offshoot companies offering cabinet front styles specifically tailored to fit Ikea’s base cabinets that, if being economical is a priority, there’s little reason not to at least start with an Ikea skeleton. (See […]

  • An Architects’ Laboratory: A Self-Built Cottage in the Scottish Highlands

    In the conservation village of Plockton, on the shores of Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands, architects Colin and Megan Baillie of Baillie Baillie Architects completed a compact holiday house that reinterprets the traditional Highland crofters’ cottage through a low-tech, plastic-free approach. Called Iorram, the 410-square-foot self-build occupies a tight infill site and takes its […]

  • 10 Easy Pieces: Glass Water Carafes

    A simple water carafe is a necessity on the nightstand—especially one with a glass that acts as carafe topper to keep water fresh and clean clean while you slumber. Here are 10 options to help you get your daily water intake morning and night. For more bedside essentials, see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Modern […]

  • Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Handmade Ceramic Basin

    A while back, I wrote about a thoughtful, eco-conscious remodel in Melbourne, Australia (see Retrofit Over Rebuild: An Architect and Interior Designer’s Sensitively Restored 1970s Home). The original home was hand-built—and so, too, were many of the elements inside the home, from the furniture-quality kitchen cabinetry to this hand-thrown ceramic basin I can’t stop thinking […]

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Ugly Duckling House

19 June 2026

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