Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.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

12 July 2026

  • A Week at Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet Cottage

    I recently had the privilege of spending a week in Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet cottage—a sentence that doesn’t even feel real. Thanks to the Cape Cod Modern House Trust (CCMHT), a local nonprofit that purchased the house and spent two years restoring it, the house is now available for weekly summer rentals. I had been following […]

  • Current Obsessions: On the Water

    Ahead this weekend? A houseboat spa, a ceramics exhibit, an unexpected host gift, and more. Read on: Save the date for “Paula Greif Baskets & Buckets”, an exhibit of the ceramicist’s work, at Shaker Outpost in Chatham, New York—with an opening party July 18. “Most of life is more like our work-in-progress homes than we’re […]

  • Upstate “Clay Slinger” Camille Callahan’s Hand-Built Ceramic Lighting and More

    Camille Callahan started making ceramics at Artshack in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, 10 years ago. An Australian in NYC working in marketing for creative businesses, she spent off-hours taking classes and intensively studying her craft. When her company went under during the pandemic in 2022, Camille realized she was ready to commit to being a full-time […]

  • A Late-Georgian Terrace in North London Gets a Japanese Minimalist Makeover

    By the time architect Louis Hagen Hall got his hands on a late-Georgian terrace house in North London, “any historical aspect of the interior was somewhat lost,” he says. The lack of original features (aside from the fireplaces, floorboards, and paneling, which he restored) emboldened him to infuse the home with an entirely new aesthetic: […]

  • 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, […]

Retro Renovation

Ugly Duckling House

12 July 2026

Exterior Coating
Home Insulation
Roofing
Solar Energy