Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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

22 June 2026

  • A Rambler, Reconsidered: A 1959 Ranch House in West Marin by Commune Design

    In West Marin, homes are often defined by the people who build them as much as by the designers who envision them. Instead, they take shape through a network of builders, craftspeople, artists, and makers whose work is deeply tied to the landscape. For the renovation of a 1959 ranch-style house, Los Angeles-based Commune Design […]

  • The Trend Report: 12 Design Details We Loved in Copenhagen

    June in Copenhagen is a visual feast. It’s strawberry season, and the elderflower is in bloom; it grows from sidewalk pots and adorns pastries. (I can attest to this, having consumed every pastry on offer while I was there last week.) The sun sets at 10 p.m. And for a few days around the solstice, […]

  • Extra, Extra: An Exclusive Offer at a Shop We Love, June Edition

    It’s Midsommar—the summer solstice. And this month we’re serving up an exclusive discount from the fittingly named Sommerhus, a newly opened shop in Carpinteria, California—and, happily, online, too. For more, head to the Sommerhus online shop.

  • Current Obsessions: Summer, Officially

    Happy solstice, happy weekend! On our radar recently: art in the bath, a pretty use for wildflowers, and some great sales. Read on: Japanese design showed up in a big way at 3daysofdesign last week; have a look. Attn., Parisians: Lindquist Object is popping up at one of our favorite shops. “It is my long-held […]

  • 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 […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

22 June 2026

Exterior Coating
Home Insulation
Roofing
Solar Energy