The Most Shocking Before & After Renovations of 2023
From a solar-powered barn to a city flat that channels “a tunnel to a new dimension,” these top-to-bottom overhauls are the most dramatic remodels of the year.
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The year’s most remarkable Before & After renovations run the gamut of housing types and locales—from a bare-bones barn in New York, to a boring Montreal flat in a heritage building—yet all of their transformations will make you look twice. Read on to see how the year’s most dramatic remodels gave new life to old houses.
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Melissa Dalton
Dwell Contributor
Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.
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