2009 Home Improvement Challenge Winners

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Grand-Prize Winner: Renovation

Dana Liston and David Ellis, Venice, California

Estimated project cost: over $200,000.

It took vision to see the charming 1912 bungalow that lay hidden beneath ugly tacked-on 1980s remodeling, but Dana Liston, an artist, and David Ellis, a licensed architect, had plenty of that. With the help of their next-door neighbor, a general contractor, the couple took the 1,350-square-foot house back to its traditional roots inside and out, creating a light, bright, storage-rich home for their family.