Sometimes switching out a lampshade or reupholstering a chair is all it takes to give a room a lift and other times, you just need to take on the top to toe full fledged makeover to get your room working for you. From full style switches to totally new uses for the spaces, here are ten dramatic makeover posts to show off what is possible when you put on your re-thinking cap.
TOP ROW
• 1 Before & After: Derek's Style Switchup
• 2 Before & After: Tiny Bedroom Turned Lovely Dining Room
• 3 Before & After: Dressing Up a White Box Apartment
• 4 Before & After: Molly's Family Room Fireplace Makeover
• 5 Percy Freshens Up the Powder Room
BOTTOM ROW
• 6 Before & After: The Goodbye to Matchy-Matchy Makeover
• 7 Before & After: An Outdated Room Gets a Major Makeover
• 8 Rambling Renovators' House of Before & Afters
• 9 A Dining Room to Office Makeover
• 10 Before & After: Linda Welcomes Style to the Entryway
Images: See linked posts for full image credits
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
Before & After: A Bathroom Goes From Pinky Peach to Sleek and Chic
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Easy Pitcher Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry Basil Margaritas
Comments (3)
AT- I really find your story layouts chaotic. Like, I click on one of the above photos, presumably to see the before and after. You show me the before, but then I have to find the text heading and click on that to see both the before and after and the comments. There ought to be a better way to organize this. I often have this problem with your site. Maybe it's just me....
sad. I used to have the same leather daybed in the first photo, except mine was black. it was so rickety, and not at all practical...and it ended up being thrown away in a move because one of the legs fell off.
now i think about it every now and then, and sigh.
So, um, what happens when you plug in that cat?