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Budget Breakdown
From kitchen renovations and tiny house builds to sweeping home renovations, this series illustrates how good design can be had for virtually any budget.
Budget Breakdown: Here’s What It Cost to Build Two ADUs on the Same Bay Area Block
Budget Breakdown: A Colorado Family Builds a Tiny Mobile Art Studio for $12K
For $299K, a Santa Monica ADU Is a Refugee’s Chance to Start Again
Budget Breakdown: This Austin Couple's $1.1 Million Renovation Started With a Yurt
Budget Breakdown: In the Netherlands, a Historic Thatched Cottage Meets a $97K Prefab
Budget Breakdown: This $865K Coastal Dwelling Is So Much More Than a Starter House
Budget Breakdown: Two Designers Lean on Friends to Build a $740K Home During The Pandemic
Budget Breakdown: In Rural Texas, a Couple Build an Off-Grid Forever Home for $1.68M
Budget Breakdown: In Texas, a Designer Clears Out His Overgrown Backyard to Build a $318K Studio
Before & After: Rich Color and Millwork Revive a Historic New Orleans Shotgun Home for $198K
Budget Breakdown: An LA Garage Is Transformed Into a Vaulted ADU for $230K
Budget Breakdown: One of the Oldest A-Frames In Arrowbear Lake, CA, Gets A Moody Makeover for $177K
Budget Breakdown: This $225K Catskills Rental Hides a Pink Wonderland Inside
Construction Diary: After a Devastating Fire, a Couple Start Over With a $17K DIY Cabin
Before & After: Two Art Lovers Turn Their Small Chicago Cottage Into a Collector’s Paradise for $53K
Budget Breakdown: They Turned a Narrow Sydney Terrace House Into an Inner-City Oasis for $397k
Budget Breakdown: An $80K ADU Gives a Growing Austin Family Space for Work—and Working Out
Budget Breakdown: In London, a Midcentury-Inspired Kitchen Update Leads to a $229K Home Revamp
Budget Breakdown: He Remixed His Janky Shed Into a Design Studio for $6K
Budget Breakdown: This £779K Seaside Retreat in Cornwall Is One Couple’s Retirement Plan
Budget Breakdown: A Kitchen Renovation Uses Sustainable Materials and Lush Wallpaper to Go Green
Budget Breakdown: A $336K Cottage Renovation Gives an Oregon Widow a Fresh Start
Budget Breakdown: A Design Duo Celebrate Black Durham in a Craftsman Revived for $837K
Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Bland ’70s Cabin a Psychedelic Glow-Up for $120K
Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Legendary Artist’s Home an Era-Appropriate Revamp for $442K
Budget Breakdown: It Used to Be a Forest Service Cabin. They Made It Their Wyoming Retreat With $41K
Budget Breakdown: This Sears Kit Home in Houston Originally Cost $1,299. It Just Got a $368K Glow Up
Budget Breakdown: $91K and Vintage Flair Revive a Flat in One of Paris’s Coolest Buildings
Budget Breakdown: Two Furniture Designers Set Up Shop in Brooklyn for $25K—Plus Rent
This Napa Family’s $226K ADU Repurposes Skateboard Wheels and Vineyard Stakes
Budget Breakdown: They Built Their $60K Home to Preserve the Surrounding Forest
This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic
Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves
Budget Breakdown: This Completely Restored $500K Airstream Is Built Like a Yacht
Budget Breakdown: A Houston Family Nearly Doubles the Floor Plan of Their Beloved Bungalow for $391K
Budget Breakdown: Near Melbourne, Former Bandmates Make a Modest House Sing for $290K
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