13 Best Summer Home Improvement Projects That Boost Value and Style

Make the most of the long days and warm weather by tackling these easy, affordable home maintenance projects this summer.

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Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto

Kyoto's historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasingly being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here, we collect five of the best examples. Photo by Kenta Hasegawa Nazuna Kyoto Higashihonganji by Studio Aluc This 100-year-old machiya house was turned into a short-st

Studio Hagen Hall explores Japanese and modernist design ideas at renovated Heion House

Studio Hagen Hall has modernised a Georgian terraced house in north London, using a pared-back material palette including smoked-oak joinery to create atmospheric spaces informed by Japanese architecture. Heion House is located within a conservation area in Islington and was designed as a forever ho