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Renovations

After Years of Stumbling, the Met Museum is Changing With the Times

Ongoing repatriation efforts, the removal of the Sackler name and museum wing renovations all point towards a major shift.
By Helen Holmes
Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth Is Hiring a Planner for the $479 Million Buckingham Palace Renovation

Now's your chance to work for the royal family.
By Morgan Halberg
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick May Sell Their West Village Home of 20 Years

They're quietly shopping around the Charles Street townhouse for $19 million.
By Morgan Halberg

Brigitte Macron Is Giving Élysée Palace a $117 Million Makeover

By Morgan Halberg

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s New Home Tops Prince William and Kate Middleton’s

By Morgan Halberg

Jeff Bezos Is Planning a $12 Million Renovation On His Party House

By Morgan Halberg

Barack and Michelle Obama Won’t Leave Their Vacation Lives Behind

By Morgan Halberg
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s New House Is Now Worth $60 Million

By Morgan Halberg
The Turkish Hammam at Le Grand Spa, Le Grand Bellevue.

5 Luxuriously Revamped European Spas, From Gstaad to Monaco

By Keith Flanagan
Not so terrible, anymore. (Courtesy Stribling & Associates)

Eastern Exposure: White Oak and Minimalist Design Dominate an Uptown Renovation

By Morgan Halberg
The current owners are apparently avid collectors of bonsai. (Travis Mark)

Sky High: A Delicious Surprise Hidden in a Modest, Easy-to-Overlook Building

By Morgan Halberg
Cheryl Gold was in the midst of a full renovation of this Tribeca loft when, alas, her husband was relocated. (Evan Joseph)

Personal Adds: A Tribeca Renovation Grand on Every Scale

By Morgan Halberg
The Venturinos gut renovated their entire Upper East Side townhouse before they moved in. (Juris Mardwig)

Townhouse Renovations: A Love Story

By Morgan Halberg
Stonewall Inn (InSapphoWeTrust / Flickr)

It’s Been a (Pretty) Good Year When It Comes to LGBT Real Estate

By Morgan Halberg
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo: Flcikr)

A Peek Inside Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum Museum as It Preps for a Grand Reopening

By Alanna Martinez
The grand staircase to the second floor of the Frick. (Courtesy The Frick Collection)

The Battle for the Frick: Can Thousands of Garden-Loving Activists Stop a Museum?

By Nate Freeman
The steps of the Met. (Courtesy the Met)

The Met Taps David Chipperfield to Design New Modern Wing and Oversee Renovation

By Nate Freeman
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will announce detailed plans for its $450 million renovation on Thursday. (Photo by Niels van Eck/Flickr)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston To Get $450M Upgrade

By Brianna McGurran
While brokers say most buyers tear down Sandy-damaged homes to raise and rebuild, buyers from Ditmas Park opted to restore a house in Sea Gate, an area hard hit by the storm. (Photographs by Arman Dzidzovic for the New York Observer)

Climate Change Be Damned: Hurricane Fears Can’t Dampen the Ocean’s Allure

By Daniel Krieger
Illustration by Fred Harper

How to Survive a NYC Renovation

By Jules Barrueco
Fred Harper/the Observer

Until Decorating Do Us Part: When Renovations End in Divorce

By Kim Velsey
The doors spent 8 months in Long Island City.

Doorway to Heaven: St. Patrick’s Cathedral Gets Its Bronze Doors Back

By Kim Velsey
A shower with glass walls has Cobble Hill residents steamed. (Screenshot from CBS CBS News)

Wet, Wild and Weird: Cobble Hill Peepers Freak Out Over Windowed Shower

By Rebecca Hiscott
It's stunning, of course, but is it stunning enough?

Will One57’s Billionaires Butt Heads Over Renovations To Their Brand New Penthouses?

By Kim Velsey
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