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 This Abandoned Church Was Purchased By Skaters And Renovated Into A Dream Park
Image credits: BirchTainer
#2 The Building Used For The Swimming Events At The 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing Was Transformed Into This Dope-Looking Waterpark
Image credits: TheTwoSeventeen
#3 My Town’s Library Is Under Construction, So They’re Using An Old Grocery Store As The Temporary Library
Image credits: pooshins
#4 Moved Here 4 Years Ago. Converted Victorian Church In England. Love This Room
Image credits: misterzeee
#5 In Germany There Is Waterpark Called Tropical Islands. It's A Literal Tropical Island Built Inside An Old Blimp Hangar
Image credits: reddit.com
#6 Dublin: An 11th Century Viking Well And Stone Under A Local Shop
Image credits: Parisduonce
#7 The Hospital I Work For Was Originally Designed To Be A Hotel
Image credits: reoltlaonc
#8 This McDonald's In New Zealand Has A Decommissioned Plane You Can Dine In
Image credits: timfox1
#9 These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed
Image credits: axnu
#10 My Girlfriend’s Office Used To Be A Bowling Alley. The Original Lanes Are Still There
Image credits: joestn
#11 This Hotel Is An Old Prison
Image credits: pistrel
#12 This Defunct Subway Entrance Is A Working Subway Entrance
Image credits: handsgrubber
#13 Old Bank Was Transformed Into A Hotel, They Kept The Vault As A Meeting Room
Image credits: WoollyMonster
#14 This Hotel Is Built Out Of Train Cars
Image credits: Cessnateur
#15 Old Church Converted Into A Gym
Image credits: Runikal
#16 McDonald's In The Art Deco Former "United Kingdom Hotel", Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia
Image credits: IceColdFrozenDrip
#17 In The UK, Redundant Telephone Boxes Are Being Repurposed As Public Defibrillators
Image credits: skillian
#18 This Game Store Is A Converted Bank
Image credits: Bronze_Lemur
#19 This Hotel's Breakfast Lounge Is Inside An Old Bank Vault
Image credits: Matt_T024
#20 Stone Observatory Tower Converted To A Home
Image credits: reddit.com
#21 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 credits: loopy53
#22 Gas Station Greenhouse
Image credits: ansquaremet
#23 Old Church Turned Into A 24/7 Pancake Restaurant
Image credits: ThatOldGuyWhoDrinks
#24 Vienna Gasometers: Gas Storage Tanks First Built In 1896 And Converted Into Mixed-Use Developments Between 1995 And 2001
Image credits: archineering
#25 Old Bank Turned Into McDonald's In Kristiansand, Norway
Image credits: Shell-fish
#26 Stamba Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia, Designed In 2018 By Adjara Group And Located In An Old Printing House
Image credits: archineering
#27 Old Silo In Söderköping, Sweden, Repurposed As Housing
Image credits: paulplutt
#28 Hotel We Are Staying At In Newark Was Once A Bank
Image credits: thefonswithans
#29 This Parking Garage Was Once A Theater
Image credits: BoxBopChallenge
#30 Regional Coffee Chain Buys Gas Station, Uses Car Wash As Drive Through
Image credits: dephanitly
#31 A Ship's Bridge That Has Been Removed And Converted Into A House
Image credits: Washpedantic
#32 The Old Don Jail (1864) In Toronto Converted Into Offices For The Newly Built Hospital Beside It In 2013
Image credits: sledgehammer_77
#33 This Covid-19 Testing Station In Calgary Is Inside An Old Rona Store
Image credits: Stegosaurus_Peas
#34 This Fast Food Drive Thru Used To Be A Car Wash
Image credits: garagehirohata
#35 While The Library Is Under Construction, An Old Grocery Store Is Being Used As A Temporary Library
Image credits: sjthree
#36 Mills In Buffalo From Industrial Revolution Protected From Full Demolition And Converted Into Art/Public Entertainment Space
Image credits: hangrydicappucino
#37 Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre: A Former Commodities Exchange With A 750-Seat Theatre 'Pod' Tucked Inside. The Theatre Opened In 1976
Image credits: SirJohnUmfrevile
#38 Niccolò Paganini Auditorium, Parma, Italy, An Abandoned Sugar Factory Converted Into A Concert Hall By Renzo Piano In 1996
Image credits: archineering
#39 These Apartments Used To Be A YMCA
Image credits: chumleesdog
#40 My House Turned 101 Today (Originally A 1920’s Corner Grocery)
Image credits: haganwalker
#41 A Former Grain Silo In Oslo, Now Converted To Student Housing
Image credits: heythere011
#42 The Grand Concourse Built In 1898. Once Train Station Is Now A Restaurant In Pittsburgh, PA
Image credits: Dry_Way4135
#43 A Smartphone Repair Office Inside A Telephone Box North Of Holborn Station
Image credits: Kuzu9
#44 Old Estate By My House Was Converted To A McDonald's
Image credits: Reasonable_Tell3228
#45 Good Morning From My New Neighborhood’s Trader Joe’s
Image credits: justkiddingmumu
#46 Another Historic Tesco: The Perivale Store Is In The Grade II* Hoover Building, A 1933 Art Deco Masterpiece
Image credits: Chris Sampson
#47 Former Hot Topic Now Veterans Museum Denton, TX
Image credits: hipsterdaddyo
#48 The 1929 Tammany Hall Building. Once The Headquarters Of NYC’s Most Notorious Political Machine, It Has Been Converted Into Offices With A Modern Glass Addition
Image credits: Imipolex42
#49 Carpet With Tracks In A Hotel In An Old Train Station
Image credits: miaaowwow
#50 This Thrift Store Is An Old Bowling Alley
Image credits: USAFIDMT
#51 This Old Gas Station With A Car Wash Was Converted Into A Caribou Coffee Drive Thru
Image credits: ApoIIoJon
#52 My New Apartment Still Has The Original Molding From When It Was A Hotel Ballroom In 1923
Image credits: vlcnus
#53 This Old Bank Turned To CVS In Manhattan
Image credits: Ferrari5746
#54 Urban Outfitters That Used To Be A Savings Bank - Northampton, Ma
Image credits: wrinkle-crease
#55 Armory In West Philadelphia Repurposed As US Squash National Training Center
Image credits: phiarc
#56 1883 Opera House Now A Market And Bakery In Florence, Kansas
Image credits: astraennui
#57 This Old Bowling Alley Was Turned Into A Thrift Store In Canton, OH
Image credits: drewkazizzle
#58 Our Locally Owned Movie Theatre Finally Gave Up And Is Becoming A Sports Bar
Image credits: Musicferret
#59 Brooklyn Army Terminal: Was A Rail Freight Yard, Now Individual Office Spaces
Image credits: deadeye614
#60 Former McDonald's Is Jumbo's Pub And Grill, On The Boardwalk Of Wildwood New Jersey
Image credits: markaritaville
#61 The Scottsdale Bank Building In Connellsville, PA. The Building Originally Built For The West Penn Railway And Served As Both A Station And Offices
West Penn operated from 1904 to 1952 and was an electric interurban, or trolley line, that ran in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Image credits: AGuyFromMaryland
#62 Wynnewood Barns, Once A Streetcar Barn Is Now A Community Centre/Artspace/Event Hall With Affordable Housing For Artists As Well
The dark grey lines are where the streetcar tracks used to be.
Image credits: sledgehammer_77
#63 Former Pizza Hut In Albany, Oregon. Now House Of Noodle
Image credits: Hoosier_Oregonian
#64 Jail Cell To Brewery Storage Room
Image credits: ssfoxx27
#65 Former Woolworths, Now A Walgreens. It Feels Like A Happy Accident That The Historic "W" Letter Still Works For The Building
Image credits: methodwriter85
#66 Dunkin’ Donuts Drive Thru In A Former Gas Station Car Wash
Image credits: ICA2015
#67 Little Caesar's Pizza In A Former Sonic Drive-In
Image credits: KrispyKayak
#68 The Disney Store Of Inland Center Is Now A Furniture Store. You Can Still See The Outlines Of The Film Reels Around The Entrance, And Mickey Shapes Etched Onto The Windows
Image credits: 360inMotion
#69 Former Movie Theatre, Now A Library
Image credits: ForgingIron
#70 CVS Pharmacy Used To Be A Theatre, East Los Angeles, CA
Image credits: NERPG
#71 This Drive Thru Is Inside An Old Car Wash
Image credits: realcanadianbeaver
#72 This School In My Town Was Transformed Into Apartments. I Think It's From The 1890s
Image credits: An00bisOsiris
#73 This Little Caesars That Used To Be An Auto Shop
Image credits: QueenGoodra
#74 Former Sonic Drive-In Converted To A Dominos - Maumelle, Arkansas
Image credits: KrispyKayak
#75 Church That Used To Be A Toys R Us In Bridgeport, WV
Image credits: jonbmx3
#76 Former Arby's In Boynton Beach, Florida, Now A Funeral Home
Image credits: KrispyKayak
#77 Starbucks In A Former Gas Station - Miami, Florida
Image credits: KrispyKayak
#78 Holy Cross Fit
Image credits: oczysrebrne1
#79 Not Sure If This Fits. But Pretty Cool. Taco Bell In A Former Bank. Muncie, IN
Image credits: jordss20
#80 2-For-1: Repurposed Original Taco Bell And An Old IHOP
Image credits: reddit.com
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