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After 17 years on RTÉ's flagship home renovation show, and narrowly escaping a heart attack, the architect says he no longer 'loses any sleep' over critics

Interior designer Ali Michel bought a cottage in Austin in 2024. She renovated the 1930s home with her dad, working with a budget of $80,000 for the whole house. Michel balanced high-end touches with more affordable Ikea pieces and DIY projects. Buying a house you know you'll have to renovate can be intimidating. It was slightly less daunting for interior designer Ali Michel, though, as she could use her professional expertise while renovating the 1930s cottage she fell in love with in Austin.

When the couple bought this basement flat in 2019, it hadn't been lived in for several years. Ru and Holland described it as "pretty wrecked" and a "very damp and dark basement that hadn't been properly dealt with since the 1980s." "It was the cheapest place on a super nice street in Seven Dials, Brighton," Holland continues. "We lived in it, with the rats under the clattered floorboards and decaying, mouldy walls for five years until we were able to remortgage and redesign our home.

Berkeley's historic homes have plenty of charms, but knob-and-tube wiring isn't one of them. Modernizing these antiquated electrical systems can add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of home improvement projects, especially HVAC and appliance upgrades. That concern is what led to the creation last November of Mr. Poppy Electric, a Berkeley-based electrical contractor firm founded by longtime friends Tenzin Soepa and Andrei Smith, both Berkeley High School graduates.

"This is our first home together as a blended family. I really wanted it to look and feel special for everyone," Cheylene writes. "When designing the rooms, I kept three things in mind: Keep it durable (a must with three boys!), keep it thrifty (we didn't want to spend too much), and keep it FUN. It's all still a work in progress, but we feel very much at home here."

Stephen Hutyra was scrolling Facebook in November 2020 when a post caught his attention. It showed a couple in England who'd built a small pub in their backyard. Their design was simple, but inspiring. The 42-year-old program analyst, who lives in the small town of West, Texas, immediately started imagining what it'd be like to have his own. "We have a saying that everything is bigger and better in Texas," he told Business Insider.

Brownstoner's newest Home Pros are experts in architecture, landscaping, decks and patios, and more. The NYC Home Pros who have joined Brownstoner recently include landscapers, architects, and deck builders. Whether your living room needs painting, you're preparing for a full gut renovation, or you're putting your house on the market, there's a Home Pro who can help. Our newest NYC Home Pros offer a wide variety of services, including architecture, general contracting, flooring, and more.

Tenacity and taste defined this Italian-Irish couple's renovation of a 1930s house in Dublin's Rialto, writes Orla Neligan, and the result is a warm family home that blends modern and traditional

RELATED: The secret, self-made prison of lies' Diane Keaton hid for years The estate is asking $27 million this time around, according to TMZ. The actress and home renovator had first listed it last March for $28.9 million as her health took a downward turn. In May, the price dropped to $27.5 million, where it stayed until being taken off the market just two weeks before she died of pneumonia.

And so Kohler's Black Friday sale likewise thinks big, offering discounts on life-changing bathroom and kitchen installations. Enter the promo code BFCM25, and you'll get 5 percent off bath and kitchen orders above $800, and 10 percent off orders bigger than $1,600. Depending on the size of the kitchen or bathroom renovation you're gifting yourself for the holiday season, this can add up to a discount of hundreds of dollars.

A staircase isn't just a way of getting from one floor to another. It's often one of the first things you'll see when you walk through the door, and in many homes, it's an architectural feature. Changing its position can completely alter how a house feels, but as with all major alterations, before you grab the sledgehammer or call in a carpenter, it's worth understanding what's really involved.

Whether you're making small upgrades, going for a full overhaul, or just daydreaming from your desk, the right bathroom ideas can make a big difference in the feel of your home. So it's no wonder that along with the kitchen, this practical space often takes top priority when it comes time to remodel. But choosing a brand-new look isn't always easy, so we've gathered an array

After Megann Thompson's (@gresham_houze) divorce, she downsized to a 1950s-era brick ranch-style house, and her daughter's room was "plain," she says. "The rectangular box of a room featured yellow-beige walls, a dated ceiling fan, bifold closet doors and old, brown carpet," Megann says. "Nothing about the space was inspiring or fun ... My daughter's room at our last house was very fun, and I wanted her to have that same feeling in our new house."

'Now I'm looking at houses with four or five floors / And you've found us a brownstone, said 'You want it? It's yours,'' the lyrics begin. The song continues: 'So we went ahead and we bought it / Found ourselves a good mortgage / Billy Cotton got sorted / All the furniture ordered / I could never afford this / You were pushing it forward / Made me feel a bit awkward / Made me feel a bit awkward.'

"They were made of concrete and needed to be completely smoothed," she writes. "It took a lot of time and energy to get them back to normal, and it's not finished for every room!"

I spied the most awesome colourful tiles online, and I just absolutely knew instantly that they would be coming to our home,

I really do wish we'd gotten heated floors, at least in the bathrooms. It gets so cold where we live, and it would've just been a nice luxury to have.

Kim Kardashian celebrated her recent birthday with a gift that any true real estate mogul would appreciate: the mansion next door to her own sprawling Hidden Hills residence. The Kardashians star recently dropped $7 million to snap up the dwelling in her celebrity-studded enclave, per TMZ. The shapewear entrepreneur's newly acquired property features four bedrooms and five bathrooms. It boasts a slew of luxury amenities, including multiple fireplaces, stunning city views, and a spa.

A small brick cottage has been infused with color, pattern, and artful touches by creatives from the Hudson Valley area and beyond for the seventh annual Kingston Design Showhouse. Eleven designers have transformed the single-family home for the event, and there is still time for design enthusiasts to soak up some inspiration. The showhouse opened last weekend and runs through October 26.

In 2022, Zillow found listings that mentioned a home office or "Zoom room" sold for 1.6% above asking price and six days faster than those without.

Lou Crane has only been living in this four-bedroom English Edwardian house, located in Cheshire, United Kingdom, for three-and-a-half years, but the changes she's made to the 120-year-old home are epic. When she moved in the space was dark, painted in all the wrong colors (like a truly garish living room palette), and really just a forgettable place.

The RTÉ show makes a welcome return as empathetic Baz Ashmawy and a team of culchie builders aim to help a cheeky nine-year-old in a wheelchair We are all helpless in the mucky hands of DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland. We know about the happy ending. We know about the stress and the glitches which routinely appear in part two.

I just pray that it brings all the resolution and all the opportunity to move on that he was hoping, and I know that it will be a relief for him and for Hazel, and that it will refresh a degree of sadness as well, because it's occupied so much of their lives, and changed their lives in so many ways.