This is just the case when designers managed to transform the home beyond recognition. Before renovations started, this space on the ground floor of a 19th-century building in Paris housed an old workshop that received almost no natural light. But Heju Studio has transformed it into a spectacular example of modern living in a minimalist…
From its construction back in 1868 until 1951, this beautiful Swedish cottage housed a village school – hence the best location in the area on a hill with beautiful views and a large plot. The house also has a wonderful veranda with white railings through which you can enter the home. The interior is a…
This apartment of 50 sqm is located in an old non-residential building in the historical center of Lyon – a young family found here the unique space with character that they dreamed of. High ceilings, beams, and large windows compensated for the small size of the home – the owners managed to create a mezzanine…
Netherlands are champions in converting interesting non-residential buildings into housing, at least a significant part of such projects that we have been sharing lately here on the blog are from here. Dutch designers especially love old schools and churches. Today we want to talk about the last type of homes – this loft was created…
At the end of a quiet green alley in the prestigious Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York, among the famous brownstones, a rather unusual house lurks – a former carriage house built back in the 19th century. The building has seen a lot in its lifetime: initially it was used as a stable, in the…
Despite the familiar and beloved English classics in the interiors of this house in London, the home is not ordinary at all. In fact, this is a conversion of an old Victorian pub on the corner of a block into a residential building – the result of the work was simply wonderful. We especially liked…
Once a bread and roll bakery, this spacious Sydney loft is now a spectacular private residence with a patio and library. The building was built back in 1909 and the elegant original facade still reminds of beautiful times past. In the interiors, many industrial elements were also preserved: high beamed ceilings, concrete columns, huge black…
Inside this magnificent old house in the English county of Wiltshire, it is simply impossible not to think about its past – high ceilings and characteristic second-light windows remind you of the special history of this building. This is a real ancient chapel, the construction of which dates back to 1862. Of course, the exterior…
The spacious living room of this beautiful country cottage in Sweden has as many as 7 huge arched windows – not surprisingly, the interior is literally bathed in natural light. It is interesting that many years ago children studied in this premise, because a village school used to function here. Those days are long gone,…
The beautiful brick exterior of this traditional house in a Dutch village looks modest and compact from the street, but inside it reveals a completely different story. In the early 1910s, after the construction of the cottage, the village music school was located here, but local architects a few years ago converted it into a…
