About this season
A ferry. A train depot. An ice cream factory. With imagination, tenacity and a few bucks, people have turned the most unlikely places into personal palaces. Meet gutsy visionaries who found beauty in dilapidated commercial spaces, turning them into wonderful one-of-a-kind homes.
Episodes (13)
1. Sugar Mill, Clock Tower, Bus
Aired 25 July 2014 • 43 min
With creativity and vision, historic structures are transformed into modern homes. Go inside a converted sugar mill on St. Croix, an old boot factory in Austin, a cottage-style school bus and even a Victorian clock tower.
2. Farm, Church, Undercroft
Aired 1 August 2014 • 43 min
Unusual homes in repurposed spaces include a rowdy old tavern, a farm silo, a Manhattan church and others. Don't miss these incredible transformations from historic structures to modern, luxurious homes.
3. Barn, Jail, Water Tower
Aired 12 August 2014 • 43 min
Go inside homes made from unusual structures with an interesting past like a stone barn, an old dance hall, a Barcelona rescue boat and a little red schoolhouse.
4. Castle, Hospital, Caboose
Aired 19 August 2014 • 43 min
Amazing home conversions from around the world include historic sites like a Caroline castle, a former Soviet fish farm, an old hospital and more.
5. Castle, Gypsy Wagon, Kennel
Aired 26 August 2014 • 43 min
Amazing home conversions include a 550-year-old Irish castle, an old blues hall, and a former meat packing plant. Can you imagine living in a school, grist mill or a dog kennel? What about a French gypsy wagon?
6. Bank, Airplane Hanger, Chapel
Aired 30 August 2014 • 43 min
Inspiring home conversions include a chapel, a straw bale house and an olive mill. Creative homeowners imagined other excellent living spaces in converted buildings like a general store, a gentleman's club and an airplane hangar.
7. Water Tower, Jail, Distillery
Aired 30 August 2014 • 43 min
Transformations include an old tower, a naval coal plant, a former pharmacy, a fire station and a distillery. Don't miss these incredible repurposed homes that create luxury from old historic buildings.
8. Bus, Tavern, Geisha House
Aired 2 September 2014 • 43 min
Home conversions from around the world include an old pumping station, a tavern, a geisha house and a chicken coop.
9. Corset Factory, Firehouse
Aired 5 September 2014 • 43 min
Old historic structures are converted into modern homes by visionary homeowners. Explore a former power company building, an English WWII control tower, a corset factory, an elevator, a Japanese kura and more.
10. Bakery, Church, Dance Hall
Aired 6 September 2014 • 43 min
These inventive home conversions from around the world include a firehouse bachelor pad, a Greek bakery with a scenic view, a former dance hall and a gilded age garage.
11. Temple, House Truck
Aired 9 September 2014 • 43 min
Inventive homeowners from around the world show off their sleek modern homes created from converted historic spaces like a French substation, a Japanese temple, a Texas church and an Arizona brothel.
12. Saloon, Bakery, Windmill
Aired 12 September 2014 • 43 min
Unusual historic spaces converted into luxurious modern homes include a former saloon, an old corner store, an insane asylum, a former women's club, a boiler room and more.
13. Hayloft, Airstream, Cave
Aired 13 September 2014 • 43 min
Incredible home transformations from historic to modern include a depot, a pump house, a library, and an Airstream trailer. Other unusual living spaces include a mercantile shop and a cave.