Enter your inspired renovation

How do you make a factory feel like home? Architects Rob and Ryan Indovina found a way when they bought the former Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Co. building in the Strip District. We’re looking for others who have done wonders with old buildings.

For the 12th time, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Design Center Pittsburgh are sponsoring the Renovation Inspiration Contest, which honors well-done renovations of houses and commercial buildings in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties. The entry deadline is midnight Feb. 23.

Prizes include tickets to city house tours, free design consults with an architect or designer affiliated with Design Center Pittsburgh and seeing your project featured on the cover of the PG Sunday Home & Garden and Real Estate section.

Winners and runners-up are chosen in four categories:

• Small residential — renovation of the exterior or one or more rooms of a house at least 50 years old. Projects mustcost $50,000 or less.

• Large residential — renovation of the exterior or one or more rooms of a house at least 50 years old. Projects cost more than $50,000.

• Younger residential — renovations of the exterior or one or more rooms of a house 25-50 years old. No limit on cost of project.

• Commercial — renovation of a residential or commercial building for commercial use. No limit on cost of project.

Enter now at http:// biz.post-gazette.com/renovationcontest/.