A family needed more space but decided not to leave New York City. They bought a fixer-upper in Brooklyn and slowly went to work.
Category: Home Repairs and Improvements
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Color Makes a Madrid Studio Apartment Seem Bigger
An architectural firm in Madrid used common materials in both furniture and tiles to set a studio apartment apart from its surroundings.
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Bernie Marcus, Co-Founder of Home Depot, Is Dead at 95
In 1978 he came up with the idea of a warehouselike store that would appeal to the do-it-yourself homeowner. The chain became the world’s largest home-improvement retailer.
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Eliminating Kitchen Clutter Has Never Looked More Stylish
Some of the biggest offenders tend to be small appliances like coffee makers and toasters. Designers are creating new ways to maximize space.
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SBA Depletes Disaster Loan Funds After Helene and Milton, Biden Says
Federal officials urged people to keep applying for the loans, which they said they would continue to process while awaiting more funding from Congress, which is not set to reconvene until Nov. 12.
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A House for One That Has Room for Many
When a woman made her weekend place on Long Island her full-time residence, she had it redesigned to fit her new life, and to allow for lots of friends to visit.
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A Midcentury Turin Home Gets a Careful Update
What do you do to an apartment in a building designed by Ada Bursi, one of Italy’s first female architects? Add color and texture, but not so much as to distract from its history.
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How to Turn Your Living Room Into an Inviting Multipurpose Space
Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home into an inviting, multipurpose space.
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A Compact Weekend House Filled With Comfort
A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.
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Two Architects Built an Inventive Home for Themselves
During the early pandemic, two architects found most of their jobs on hold. It was time to get creative.
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How to Decorate Your Home With Supermarket Finds
Why professional designers swear by supermarket décor.