Adaptive Reuse: Turning Commercial Buildings Into Homes
Adaptive Reuse: Turning Commercial Buildings Into Homes
Ten case studies—plus 23 essential tips—for the most creative ways to turn that old fire station, mining shed, lighthouse, barn into a gorgeous new home
The kitchen is a vintage marvel. The wall-hung refrigerator cabinet is a circa 1950s find.
Make It Home: • Cut down on costs by saving and reusing old window panes. The few the Loves could salvage, they did. • Adapt—don't demolish—old interior structures. The Loves store cookware on open shelves once used for oil cans and brake parts.
• Don't make unnecessary enhancements. Instead of adding new insulaton, the Loves rely on the station's double-wall brick construction to hold heat and coolness in.
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