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Home Renovation Ideas

Aric Gitomer Architect

Residential architects love renovations. Most of them suggest that the best home renovations are those that respect the original structure and enlighten it from a modern and contemporary perspective. So, it’s fair to retain some of those features during renovation. During the renovation, the scale of the project matters.

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The Gorgeous Walls in This London Kitchen Renovation? That’s Hempcrete

Dwell

Commissioned by an environmentally conscious client, the compact Victorian house renovation has been a testbed for LC3, a product which has the capacity to reduce total global CO2 emissions by one to two percent if adopted universally by the construction industry. As found, it was dark and cramped.

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30 Japanese Homes that Use Metal for Interior Accents

ArchDaily

The Renovation of Kuzuha House / Yasutaka Kondo + Yoshiaki Nagasaka + Mamoru Nanba. Image © Yusuke Fujioka Contemporary Japanese interiors incorporate elements both of tradition and modernity to embody the country's innovative spirit while maintaining a profound respect for its history and cultural heritage.

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Eight colourful renovations that use vibrant shades to transform the home

Deezen

From a bold blue apartment in Paris to an all-lilac kitchen in Stockholm , this lookbook rounds up renovations that cleverly use bright colours to update and refresh home interiors. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Stef Claes models rural Belgian home on mid-century modern architecture

Deezen

Set within a wide agricultural landscape, the home has white-painted walls and black accents, which Claes said draws on mid-century modern buildings in the United States. The time I spent working in California on conversions and restorations of mid-century modern houses planted the seeds for the design of this home," Claes explained.

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Six renovated Parisian apartments in historical Haussmann-era buildings

Deezen

Period details are mixed with contemporary interventions inside these renovated apartments in Paris , built in the mid-19th century during Georges-Eugène Haussmann's reconstruction of the French capital. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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Eight homes where mid-century modern furniture adds a stylish touch

Deezen

Pieces by designers Charles and Ray Eames and Isamu Noguchi are on show in this lookbook , which features homes with eye-catching mid-century modern furniture. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive.

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