While my renovation means getting a new rug from Ikea, changing a lightbulb that’s been out of order for the past year (or five, if I’m being totally honest), and keeping my succulents alive, some people turn it into an art form.
Welcome to the inspiring collection of renovations that deserve their own place in history compiled by Bored Panda. From the abandoned church that’s been remade into a skater’s dream park to a defunct subway entrance that’s been cleverly turned into an actual entry to the Subway eatery, and it only gets better.
Scroll down, upvote your favorite remakes and repurposed buildings, and be sure to check out our previous posts with some more wonderful building conversions right here.
#1 Moved Here 4 Years Ago. Converted Victorian Church In England. Love This Room
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#2 Stone Observatory Tower Converted To A Home
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#3 The Building Used For The Swimming Events At The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing Was Transformed Into This Dope-Looking Waterpark
Image source: TheTwoSeventeen
#4 In Germany There Is Waterpark Called Tropical Islands. It’s A Literal Tropical Island Built Inside An Old Blimp Hangar
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#5 Gas Station Greenhouse
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#6 My Gym Used To Be Part Of An Asylum Complex. The Pool Used To Be A Church And The Confession Booths Are Now A Sauna
Image source: loopy53
#7 Vienna Gasometers: Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001
Image source: archineering
#8 Niccolò Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy, An Abandoned Sugar Factory Converted Into A Concert Hall By Renzo Piano In 1996
Image source: archineering, teatroregioparma
#9 This Abandoned Church Was Purchased By Skaters And Renovated Into A Dream Park
Image source: BirchTainer
#10 My New Apartment Still Has The Original Molding From When It Was A Hotel Ballroom In 1923
Image source: vlcnus
#11 Dublin: An 11th Century Viking Well And Stone Under A Local Shop
Image source: Parisduonce
#12 Stamba Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia, Designed In 2018 By Adjara Group And Located In An Old Printing House
Image source: archineering
#13 These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed
Image source: axnu
#14 The Hospital I Work For Was Originally Designed To Be A Hotel
Image source: reoltlaonc
#15 My House Turned 101 Today (Originally A 1920’s Corner Grocery)
Image source: haganwalker
#16 My Town’s Library Is Under Construction, So They’re Using An Old Grocery Store As The Temporary Library
Image source: pooshins
#17 This Defunct Subway Entrance Is A Working Subway Entrance
Image source: handsgrubber
#18 A Former Grain Silo In Oslo, Now Converted To Student Housing
Image source: heythere011
#19 The Grand Concourse Built In 1898. Once Train Station Is Now A Restaurant In Pittsburgh, PA
Image source: Dry_Way4135
#20 This McDonald’s In New Zealand Has A Decommissioned Plane You Can Dine In
Image source: timfox1
#21 A Ship’s Bridge That Has Been Removed And Converted Into A House
Image source: Washpedantic
#22 Regional Coffee Chain Buys Gas Station, Uses Car Wash As Drive Through
Image source: dephanitly
#23 Old Church Turned Into A 24/7 Pancake Restaurant
Image source: ThatOldGuyWhoDrinks
#24 Old Bank Was Transformed Into A Hotel, They Kept The Vault As A Meeting Room
Image source: WoollyMonster
#25 This Hotel Is An Old Prison
Image source: pistrel
#26 In The UK, Redundant Telephone Boxes Are Being Repurposed As Public Defibrillators
Image source: skillian
#27 My Girlfriend’s Office Used To Be A Bowling Alley. The Original Lanes Are Still There
Image source: joestn
#28 This Hotel Is Built Out Of Train Cars
Image source: Cessnateur
#29 The Old Don Jail (1864) In Toronto Converted Into Offices For The Newly Built Hospital Beside It In 2013
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#30 Old Silo In Söderköping, Sweden, Repurposed As Housing
Image source: paulplutt
#31 McDonald’s In The Art Deco Former “United Kingdom Hotel”, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia
Image source: IceColdFrozenDrip
#32 These Apartments Used To Be A YMCA
Image source: chumleesdog
#33 Old Church Converted Into A Gym
Image source: Runikal
#34 A Smartphone Repair Office Inside A Telephone Box North Of Holborn Station
Image source: Kuzu9
#35 Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre: A Former Commodities Exchange With A 750-Seat Theatre ‘Pod’ Tucked Inside. The Theatre Opened In 1976
Image source: SirJohnUmfrevile
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