The Art of Home Conversion: Transforming Uncommon Properties into Stylish Homes

Almost any space from haylofts to water towers can make a stylish house--and creative, resourceful buyers are ready to step up and meet the challenge of renovating these structures. Here's welcome help for those facing this task--which includes problems that range from meeting building regulations to installing electricity and plumbing. Among the spectacularly transformed buildings are a stable, Georgian coach house, crude fisherman's shack, ballet studio, army garage, Methodist chapel, stone barn, and Dutch barge.