The Whole-Home Renovation
A collection of full-house transformations, each told in three acts: the house at purchase, the renovation in progress, the house as it lives now. With the design brief, the GC, the final cost, and the honest lessons learned.
A Pasadena Bungalow, Reborn
Original 1920s Craftsman, Untouched Since 1987
Dark wood paneling. A kitchen cut in half by a load-bearing wall. Three small bedrooms with closets the size of cabinets. The bones were extraordinary — and almost entirely buried.
Craftsman Bones, Modern Life
Every inch of original millwork preserved, the kitchen wall removed with a steel beam, three bedrooms restructured into two with actual closets, and a primary suite where the rear porch once was.
The Full Before & After Library
A Brooklyn Four-Story, Top to Bottom
A gut renovation across 3,600 square feet. Eighteen weeks. Four design changes mid-project. One beam-induced schedule slip. The full project log, annotated.
See the projectA 1970s Austin Ranch, Opened Up
Three walls removed. Floor-to-ceiling windows installed. A rear porch extension. The renovation that made a generic suburban ranch feel like an architect’s home.
See the projectA Denver Tudor, Respectfully Modernized
The hardest Tudor renovation is the one that tries to stop being a Tudor. This one didn’t — and the result is a Tudor you actually want to live in.
See the projectA Palm Springs Original, Preserved
A Krisel-era house that arrived with the right bones and the wrong decade of finishes. A restrained, expert reset that turned it back into an icon.
See the projectA Vermont Farmhouse, Winterized
The farmhouse renovation that treats insulation, windows, and heating as the design story — not the finishes. Why it matters, and what it cost.
See the projectA San Francisco Victorian, Quietly Reset
Color revision, millwork restoration, a mechanical overhaul. A Victorian redo that does not end up as a museum — and doesn’t pretend the house is modern.
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