{"id":150,"date":"2011-01-04T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=150"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:29:50","slug":"churches-converted-into-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/iglesias-reconvertidas-en-casas","title":{"rendered":"Churches converted into homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Churches converted into homes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are all sorts of people in this world. But not everyone has vineyards like these, mind-blowing churches converted into fabulous homes.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>4 January 2011 by <a href='https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart'>Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/pantocrator.jpg?itok=nxRCg3LI\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Australia we find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiretoinspire.net\/?s=church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>church-house converted into a loft<\/strong><\/a> which takes your breath away and, what's more, is anything but a \u00abhouse for everyone\u00bb. A single space contains the living room, the dining room and the kitchen, completely exposed and dominating the room like an altar, although I hope that something more than wine and unleavened bread is offered on it... Mind you, the purple walls are reminiscent of a bishop's cassock. A nice touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/casa-iglesia-reconvertida-en-loft-australia.jpg?itok=25jNNrj3\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is in London <strong>a converted temple home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-londres_1.jpg?itok=iOV6lJ9f\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light enters at will through the huge wooden windows, framed by the pointed arches that lead out to the terrace. In this home we have buttoned armchairs, ginger jars, a grand piano, vintage objects scattered here and there, all of which were once sacred to someone. The kitchen is separated from the living room by a superb table where another Last Supper could well be held, even if the setting is not \u201cquite\u201d the same. I'll sign up if my last supper is in a place like this...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-londres_2.jpg?itok=rbsWheHZ\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in the UK, in Kyloe, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutyou.com\/housebeautiful\/we-turned-a-church-into-a-home-48663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>a converted Georgian church home<\/strong> <\/a>that is anything but sweet...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-kyloe_1.jpg?itok=4cy_y9mM\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next to the house there is a graveyard, grrr, the main bedroom is on the altar (something not even the worst porn films have), and the spaces are so open there is nowhere to hide one's sins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-kyloe_2.jpg?itok=A0Fgcrkm\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A stark white dresses a <strong>church-house in Utrecht<\/strong> refurbished by the Dutch studio <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zecc.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zecc Architecten<\/a><\/strong>, broken only by the colour burst of the stained glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-utrech_1.jpg?itok=FXvbX9UA\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perfect balance between one and the other is reflected in the interior, which, upon receiving indirect and semi-zenithal light, produces an almost mystical effect. Enrique Iglesias would call it a thoroughly religious experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-utrech_2_0.jpg?itok=w_NhUMeA\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/scale_960x960_\/public\/mediabrowser\/iglesia-reconvertida-casa-utrech_3_0.jpg?itok=xBrKAlj2\" alt=\"Churches converted into homes | Monapart \"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there are many more, believe us, you of little faith. And if you are like Doubting Thomas and need to put your finger in the wound to believe, keep snooping around this blog, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.douglaswagner.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Live in a Church<\/a><\/strong>. Birds of a feather flock together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are all sorts of people in this world. 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