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Rental Revamp: With the Owner’s OK, They Put $1,200 Worth of Plywood Into Their Topanga Kitchen

Before & After: This Luminous Toronto Reno Is a Master Class in Making a Basement Livable

Budget Breakdown: How a Finnish Couple Built a Custom €1M Prefab That’s “All Wood and No Chemicals”

It’s Made From Glass Bricks, But Their Backyard Studio Is Anything But ’80s

It’s Definitely Not Just Another Day at the Office at This Far-Out WFH Space in Maine

Budget Breakdown: In Nova Scotia, a Master Metalworker Builds a Steely ADU for $293K

Before & After: They Remodeled Their San Francisco Home to Capture Views of the City’s Famous Fog

Budget Breakdown: First Came the Gear Loft. Then Came the $1M Washington Home

Before & After: It Was a Grocery Store, a Dance Hall, and a Factory. Here’s How It Became a Home

Budget Breakdown: With Her Marriage Ending, She Built a Cabin for the Next Season of Life

Rental Revamp: How a Set Designer Transformed Her Rent-Stabilized NYC Apartment With Just $1,000

To Fend Off the Desert Heat, Two Architects Gave Their Arizona Midcentury a Second Skin

Budget Breakdown: This Southern California Home Is Technically an ADU—and It Started as a Garage

In Mexico, Three Generations of Family Set Down Roots With a Wooded Compound

Budget Breakdown: She Turned a Long Island Cottage Into a Creative Retreat for $418K

Before & After: How a Portland Couple Took Their Midcentury Kitchen From Cramped to Chef’s Kiss

Budget Breakdown: In This Hamptons Cottage, a Series of “Micro Tweaks” Add Up to a $1M Overhaul

Budget Breakdown: Rammed Earth Construction Wasn’t the Only Experiment at This $2.2M Home in Austin

How a Family’s Annual Mole-Making Ritual Shaped Their Monolithic Mexico Home

Budget Breakdown: What Happens When a Shipping Expert Designs a 200-Square-Foot Tiny Cabin

Budget Breakdown: How a Globe-Trotting Couple Built a Hexagonal Oaxaca Beach House for $750K

Construction Diary: How an Austin Architect Rebuilt Her Brick House for Three Generations of Family

It’s an ADU, Their Family Home, and a... Coffee Shop?

Before & After: How a Couple Reimagined Their Minnesota Ranch House With Japanese Design Principles

Before & After: They Revived a Century-Old Barn Destined for Demo in the Dutch Countryside

Their “Upside-Down” Nova Scotian Home Lives Larger Than Its 1,050 Square Feet

Before & After: She Grew Up in an Eichler, Bought One Down the Street, and Renovated 35 Years Later

Before & After: How a Couple Revived a Quirky Hamptons Home With Ties to the Bauhaus

Before & After: How a Session With a Psychic Kicked Off an L.A. Couple’s A-Frame Renovation

Budget Breakdown: With $288K, Two Architects Opened Up Their House and Filled It With Surprises

How Do You Safeguard Your Home From Hurricanes? This Long Island Family Raised Theirs 12 Feet

This Extended Family of 20 Needed More Than a Home—They Needed a Master Plan

Budget Breakdown: A $262K Pool House Puts the Finishing Touch on a Revived 1953 Portland Property

Before & After: How a Couple Brought Their São Paulo Home’s Garden Into the Living Room

Their Tiny A-Frame Cabin Is Made of Timber Sourced On-Site

Construction Diary: How a Tucson Couple Built a $100K ADU—and How You Can, Too