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Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin—we all had a favorite storybook as kids. But what if your real-life home looked like it belonged in one of those magical tales?
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See Episode GuidePotato Barn, Theater and Oil Refinery
From a potato barn and a theater to an oil refinery and more, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose vision and creativity made it all possible. An Ohio opera house still has its stage floor, a sustainable New Mexico home rises from the desert and an Oklahoma boiler house is now home sweet home.
Coin Laundry to Grist Mill
From a methanol tank to a department store, a coin laundry to a grist mill, a tire shop to a church, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose vision and creativity made it all possible. In Iowa, a couple transforms a dairy farm into a dream home. In Virginia, a wagon wheel factory goes from wedding gift to home sweet home, and a Montana couple moves into a power plant.
Grain Silo to Masonic Hall
From a grain silo to a school, a Masonic hall to a grocery warehouse and even an entire city block, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose vision and creativity made it all possible. An Iowa horse barn becomes a 13,000-square-foot home. A Texas couple takes on an abandoned train depot, and a flour mill retains its form but gets a brand new function.
Hay Barn to Glove Factory
From a hay barn to a military post exchange to a glove factory, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose creativity made it all possible. An Alabama couple renovates an old Woolworth's with modern comforts. A woman in Oklahoma lives in what was once a speakeasy, and in Maryland, an artist transforms a former fire hall and jail into a home.
Hay Barns and Gas Stations
From a Tennessee Hay Barn to a Mississippi Gas Station to a Northern California Shipping Container home, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose creativity made it all possible. A New Yorker heads to the desert to bring a former Wild West Movie Set back to life. A Missouri artist highlights the architecture of an 1800's Georgian Church. And a Michigan couple invests in the renovation of a downtown bank.
Bank Barns and Firehouses
From an Ohio Bank Barn to a New York School House to an Indiana Fire House, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose creativity made it all possible. A Colorado man renovates a former Movie Theater. A couple brings an old Canadian Barn back to life in Rhode Island. And a California Church gets a modern facelift.
Birmingham Livery to New Orleans Shipping Container
From a 200-year-old Dutch barn from upstate New York that's now a country home in Mississippi to a crumbling Lake Ontario lighthouse restored to its former glory, You Live in What tours amazing living spaces and introduces the people whose creativity and vision made it all possible. A Chicago firehouse conversion is almost too authentic, and a historic livery in Birmingham, Alabama, is now a hip live-work space for a photographer and her family. There's also a charming schoolhouse in beachy Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, a New Orleans shipping container home that shows lot size doesn't matter if you're creative and a Wisconsin church whose residential conversion seems divinely inspired. These one-of-a-kind homes and their visionary homeowners prove that with a little imagination, you can live in almost anything.
New England Castle, Chicago Museum, Alabama Temple
Visionary homeowners prove that with a little imagination, you can live in almost anything. Go inside a once-dilapidated Sacramento fire station that's been resurrected into a beautiful home, a 150-year old castle overlooking Lowell, Mass., with dozens of rooms for an ever-growing family, a Jewish Temple in Alabama that's now an artistic couple's residence and art studio, an off-beat Chicago museum transformed into a boutique bed and breakfast, and many more.
Bourbon Distillery, Carpet Cleaning Warehouse, Coal Commissary
Inventive owners convert historic buildings into one-of-a-kind homes. Explore a Kentucky bourbon distillery whose crumbling stone walls are now the centerpiece of an amazing country home, a Pennsylvania residence created from a one-room Civil War schoolhouse, an old coal company commissary turned eclectic abode, three orange shipping containers converted into a country cottage north of Manhattan, and a historic Knoxville grist mill that's now a live-work space with a working water wheel.
Indy Ink Factory, Houston Glass Warehouse, Pennsylvania Schoolhouse
People across the country take unlikely structures and create incredible homes. Explore an urban oasis crafted from an industrial ink factory, a funky fire station home in Northern California, a church from the 1930s that's been cleverly expanded into a multi-room family home, a Houston artist's abode built from a commercial glass warehouse and a 200-year-old stone meeting hall in New York.
San Antonio Candy Factory, Chicago Livery, New England Corner Store
From a New York Dutch barn transformed into a rustic Texas dwelling to a candy factory repurposed into an art gallery/penthouse, take a personal tour of some of the most unique home conversions in the world. See an Alice's Restaurant inspired church conversion in Massachusetts, a 1700s corner store turned private residence in New Hampshire and a Catskills shipping container home with some unique alterations.
Illinois Waterworks, Pennsylvania Lumber Warehouse, Texas Lighthouse
Creative people turn historic structures into unusual homes. Check out a 200-year old hay barn turned home in the Connecticut woods, a Hudson Valley church transformed into an artists' sanctuary, a uniquely Texas lighthouse inspired by the New England coast, a grist mill in upstate New York that was a key stop in the Underground Railroad and a multi-barn homestead in Waco, Texas.
You Live in What?
Meet gutsy visionaries who turn dilapidated commercial spaces into one-of-a-kind homes.
School House, Missile Silo, Car Dealership
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a church or a furniture store. Go inside the homes of innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like a school house, a missile silo, and a car dealership into charming homes.
Hydroelectric Dam, Grocery Store, Grain Silo
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a church or a furniture store. Get the inside story from innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like hydro-electric dams, grain silos, and banks into charming homes
School House, Missile Silo, Car Dealership
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a church or a furniture store. Go inside the homes of innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like a school house, a missile silo, and a car dealership into charming homes.
Covered Bridge and Pump House
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a church or a furniture store. Go inside the homes of innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like a French fortress, covered bridge, and pump house into charming homes.
Cooler, Clock Tower, Hangar
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a church or a furniture store. Go inside the homes of innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like a Cheese Cooler, a Clock Tower, and an Airplane Hangar into charming homes.
Incinerator, Orphanage, Chapel
Not everyone lives in a two-bedroom, three bath tract house in the suburbs. Some homes are buildings that had their start as something altogether different, such as a car dealership and Victorian water tank. Go inside the homes of innovative homeowners who use creativity and innovative design concepts to turn buildings like a garbage incinerator, an orphanage, and a chapel into charming homes.
Lighthouse, Train, Brothel
Not everyone lives in a tract home - or wants to! Tour some amazing home conversions from around the world including a lighthouse and a World War II Bunker. Can you imagine living in a home made from shipping containers, or an old jail house? What about a historic federal bank? A barn makes an excellent living space as does a grist mill, and even a train! Some homes have a sordid past including a famous New Orleans Brothel. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern, luxurious homes!
Plane, Bus, Gas Station
Homes that once were a bunker, barn, and a grocery, plus more amazing homes from around the world
Waterworks, Factory, Convent
Not everyone lives in a suburban tract home - or wants to! Take a tour of some intruguing transformations that have transformed the most unlikely buildings - into homes. These amazing home conversions from around the world have quite the history including a waterworks and a carriage house. Can you imagine living in a home that used to be a pipe organ factory? What about a train station? A convent makes an excellent living space as does a barn, and even a firehouse! A St. Louis homeowner made a home out of a charcoal warehouse; while a Cincinnati man discovered a hidden tunnel 30 feet under his brewery icehouse home. There is a Pennsylvania family that lives in a converted metal shop and one couple turned a flour mill on the coast of Spain into a beautiful home and yoga retreat. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern, luxurious homes!
Bar, School House, Market
Not everyone lives in a suburban tract home - or wants to! Take a tour of some intriguing spaces people have transformed into their homes including a firehouse and a charcoal distribution center. Can you imagine living in a former meat market? about a church? A bus makes an excellent living space, as does a barn, and even a bar! One set of homeowners made a home out of an old pool hall, while another couple has a country home in a historic schoolhouse. One woman lives in a converted pigeonniere and another homeowner converted a Gulf Oil warehouse into his new home. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern, luxurious homes!
Movie House, Dairy, Soda Plant
Not everyone lives in a suburban tract home - or wants to! Take a tour of some amazing home transformations.Can you imagine living in a home made out of old tomato cans? What about in an art gallery or a grocery store? These conversions from around the world have quite the history including a hundred year old Texas Schoolhouse and an old water plant. A fruit icehouse makes an excellent living space as does a firehouse, and even a convent! Some homes used to be modes of transportation, like an old fashioned double decker bus. One man made his home in what used to be an early 20th century movie house while another couple turned a soda bottling factory into home sweet home. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern, luxurious homes!
Mission, Stables, Camp
Not everyone lives in a suburban tract home - or wants to! These amazing home conversions from around the world have quite a history including a 17th Century Mission, an old train depot, and a fire station. Can you imagine making your home in an chicken processing plant? What about in some 19th Century horse stables? One couple brought a modern touch to a historic barrel making factory, while another couple found a dilapidated summer camp and made it a dream home. Who knew you could make a comfortable home out of a restaurant? And one Argentine man built his house and shop out of beer bottles! Plus - a house that used to be a church and one that was formerly a grocery store. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern and luxurious homes!
Sugar Mill, Clock Tower, Bus
Not everyone lives in a suburban tract home - or wants to! We're inside the worlds most amazing home conversions including a sugar mill on st. barts island, and an old boot factory in Austin. Can you imagine living in a clock tower or a church? What about a fire station loft? A barn makes an excellent living space as does a corner store and even a bus! Some homes have an educational past including a schoolhouse from 1848. You won't want to miss these incredible transformations from old, historic structures to modern, luxurious homes!
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