Before & After: Furniture Makeovers by Ruthie Sommers

Everyone loves a Before & After post; they're like the shopping montage of design blogging. Style Court recently reposted some of the guest blogs for Design Sponge last year, and we couldn't not share some of these — especially decorator Ruthie Sommers' fantastic work.

After the jump, a few highlights...

We have to admit, this one hurts a little; if only because we have a soft-spot for the original Milo Baughman upholstery.

Even more photos available at Style Court.

Comments (14)

very cool! would love more posts like this!

With the exception of that striped chair (the fabric just doesn't work for me - particularly the ottoman cushion going from boxed on one side and center-seamed on the other) and the white and purple laquered table (the purple is too much) Everything else turned out beautifully.

i agree, most of these are good saves, with the exception of the striped chair.

i think the white and purple lacquered table is actually the before shot... at least, that's what its placement leads me to believe.

these are great!

I like the white-and-purple table but that striped chair hurts me inside.

But the table? Is hot. I'm going to do something like that.

And I like the pink loveseat. I'm warming up to pink upholstery really hard, much to my guy's horror.

definitely more posts like this :) and "how to" instructions please

FYI, the white-and-purple stool is the before version (I'm realizing I should have labeled them.); apologies.

@K T G: That link is there - under "design sponge".

Some of these are hard to tell if they're the before or after. >_<

I love before and after posts but the majority of these items weren't hideous or in bad condition in their state. I would love to see more hideous finds or garbage finds transformed.

ya i agree with mrs. mack i cant tell which is the before or after with most of these (exception beautiful white with black piping sofa) and thats not a good sign!

keehnan

i'm so glad you liked courtney's guest posts- they definitely got people talking about whether they liked the before or after better ;)

we have a weekly series on before & afters if you're looking for more examples of furniture makeovers. just click on "before and after" in the menu at d*s.

grace

That cabinet looked fine before, but after? Swoon.

The chest of drawer, lovely. Would have liked to see a closer shot of it. This before and after is a great thing to do more often. It is so inspiring when I look at what I have and what are the possibilities of working with a piece that is redeemable.