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August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: A beamed ceiling with skylights brightens the home of Owen Sturgess and Heather Gerth.

A couple learned all of their slender house’s quirks, and then renovated them away.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Home Repairs and Improvements, Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing, Vancouver (British Columbia)
August
4

August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: A beamed ceiling with skylights brightens the home of Owen Sturgess and Heather Gerth.

A couple learned all of their slender house’s quirks, and then renovated them away.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Home Repairs and Improvements, Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing, Vancouver (British Columbia)
August
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August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: For years, Manhattan was home to Jenifer Ringer, a retired principal dancer at New York City Ballet. But when she returned to New York with her family, they settled happily on Roosevelt Island.

When Jenifer Ringer returned to New York for a job at the School of American Ballet, she was surprised to find that Roosevelt Island ticked all her boxes.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Content Type: Personal Profile, Ringer, Jenifer, Fayette, James Lawrence, Roosevelt Island (Manhattan, NY), School of American Ballet
August
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August 4th, 2026 by


Image Caption: For years, Manhattan was home to Jenifer Ringer, a retired principal dancer at New York City Ballet. But when she returned to New York with her family, they settled happily on Roosevelt Island.

When Jenifer Ringer returned to New York for a job at the School of American Ballet, she was surprised to find that Roosevelt Island ticked all her boxes.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Renting and Leasing (Real Estate), Content Type: Personal Profile, Ringer, Jenifer, Fayette, James Lawrence, Roosevelt Island (Manhattan, NY), School of American Ballet
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August 3rd, 2026 by


Image Caption: Leo Granite, an apprentice with Kominka North America, worked on reassembling a 130-year-old Japanese storehouse in Massachusetts.

Millions of abandoned kominka are scattered across Japan. Now, teams of enthusiasts are dismantling and rebuilding them overseas.

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Category: Japan, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Architecture, Carpentry and Carpenters, Historic Buildings and Sites, Restoration and Renovation, Kominka North America
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