apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time


Posts tagged “renovation”

A Sustainable Kitchen Renovation in Los Angeles
Kitchen Before & After

We almost couldn't believe our eyes when we saw this kitchen renovation from Jeremy Levine Design. Levine took an old, small kitchen in Eagle Rock, a suburb of Los Angeles, and opened it up to sunli...

How To Build an Interior Window
Home Hacks

Contemporary homes are built with open floor plans, great rooms, and high ceilings — a result of current tastes, as well as programmatic and structural changes in residential architecture. ...

REGREEN: A Guide To Green Home Renovations

If you're planning a renovation and need some advice about how to go about it, you have to visit REGREEN—an online set of resources and tools for green home remodeling projects. Their main to...

How Do We Set Realistic Remodeling Expectations?
Good Question

Q: Normally, we turn to readers for questions, but this one comes straight from the author. As apartment dwellers, my fiance and I haven't ever had much leeway when it comes to "fixing up" an apartme...

Design-As-You-Go
Green Architect

Whether you choose to go green by timing your showers, buying an energy-efficient furnace, or learning to love bamboo, one thing is certain: Green is an adjustment for all of us. It requires not j...

Green Tour: A Future Forward Four-Square

Location: Chicago, IL Size: 3600 sq/ft Years lived in: For Sale! >> Enter Slideshow Located in the picturesque and historic Chicago neighborhood, Ravenswood Manor, this home is a future forward â€...

Renovation Inspiration: Ideas From Dwell On Design
Three Trees Residence

This weekend in Los Angeles we peeked into 10 homes as part of Dwell on Design's home tours. There was one home in particular that we saw on Saturday that struck us because it worked within the exi...

Classy Closet Redesign with Minimal Material

Our hall closet needs exactly this treatment. The plaster is failing, it's dark and cluttered, and the space is not being used efficiently. This simple DIY redo included some paint, bead board, hook...