Man Converts Church into a Home

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Home & Garden, Pictures on January 16, 2008 at 5:59 pm


Flickr user fyngyrz lives in a 1940’s era church converted into a house. He is in the process of making the big, empty box into functional spaces for his family.

Check out the bedroom loft (with a bridge to the music studio loft – just don’t fall down!):

And check out the gorgeous library underneath the bedroom, where he used the ceiling joist as bookshelves:

More pics at fyngyrz’s Flickr photoset – Thanks Ben!


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6 comments to "Man Converts Church into a Home"

  1. ted
    January 16th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Looks like a teenager's bedroom. Maybe take some pictures after he covers the particle board with something nice.

  2. Pudifoot
    January 17th, 2008 at 12:42 am

    didn't I see this on the Simpsons?

  3. Alex
    January 17th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    That's oriented strand board (OSB), not particle board. :) And yes, it's a work in progress.

    My thought was that he needed handrails for that stairway and railings on the bridge!

  4. Rosi
    January 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    No offense to whoever's house this is, but this sort of stuff happens all the time. Did it really need to be on here? I thought neatorama was for interesting articles not something like this.
    I know at least one person who lives in a converted church, and part of my school has recently been converted from a church too. And this doesn't look like a very ambitious conversion either: America doesn't have listed properties so it doesn't matter about the age or anything, and the structure seems pretty sound.
    Come on, there are enough boring property programmes on TV without having them on the internet too!

  5. Ben
    January 18th, 2008 at 5:59 am

    Alex, there are handrails on the bridge and around both lofts; the pics we have online were taken before they were up. There's even a handrail on the stairs. :-)

    Rosi, no offense taken. The submission wasn't really about the conversion, it was about the bookshelves in the ceiling of the library.

    Ted, thanks. Seriously. If I ever grow up, I'll consider my life a failure. At age 51, someone thinks I organize my half-built home like a teenager. I'm truly flattered.

    Pudifoot: No. :-)

  6. charlotte
    January 28th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    There's a church near me which was just converted to a house. It was sold for 3 million+ (AU$). There's a smaller one next to it which is for sale:

    http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=104248988&f=0&p=10 &t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=41962024&s=nsw&snf=rbs&tm=1201576624

    'The award winning team of renowned architect Otto Cserhalmi and master builders Glenbiq Constructions has created a brilliant heritage re-adaptation of a late 19th century church hall into one of Sydney's most breathtaking contemporary residences.'

    The do not actually have a picture of the outside though.


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