Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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

09 July 2026

  • Kitchens of the Week: Chef Samin Nosrat’s Characterful Oakland Kitchens

    If you, like me, were thoroughly charmed by Samin Nosrat’s whole-face smile and bottomless curiosity in her 2018 Netflix series Salt Fat Acid Heat, you’ll be delighted to discover that her home kitchen in Oakland, CA, is as warm and joyful and unpretentious as she is. The Chez Panisse-trained chef and food writer—her latest cookbook, […]

  • The Feeling of Home: Sommer in San Francisco

    Before Sommer was a shop, it was a way of seeing. Founder Madeleine Shields had spent years working as an interior stylist before launching the project as an online shop in 2021. Following the birth of her daughter Romy, she envisioned a place built around what she calls “pieces of a home”—a thoughtful collection of […]

  • 10 Easy Pieces: Grown-Up Guest Beds

    I moved from New York to a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco a while back, and the list of friends that I’ve said “come and stay!” to has been growing and growing. The problem is I don’t like sleeper sofas—and while an air mattress is perfectly fine, there’s something very dorm-like about them. It’s a […]

  • Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Self-Referential Bath Mat for Kids and Non-Kids

    The freshest bath I’ve seen in a long while belongs to a few lucky kids living in a redone house in London. With its summery, nostalgic palette of cream, pale yellow, and cherry red, I’d happily move right in. In the meantime, though (and considering it’s already occupied), I zeroed in on a charming detail […]

  • “There’s Our Red House”: A Derelict East London Terrace Reimagined by Côte de Folk

    In East London’s Hackney neighborhood, a late-19th-century terrace sat empty for more than two decades. “It was as though aliens had come down and taken the occupants away,” says designer Sophie Rowell of Côte de Folk. Mail lay strewn about the floor, condiments remained in the refrigerator, and dishes sat untouched in the sink. Trees […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

09 July 2026

Exterior Coating
Home Insulation
Roofing
Solar Energy