When expecting her first child, Susannah did what many folks do in preparation: convert the extra guest room to a nursery. She clearly enjoyed the process, gathering everything she'd need for her first born from sources from Target to Etsy to Craigslist. You want to see how it turned out? You know what to do…

Brooke, from the home décor blog Inside-Out Design, started with this run-of-the-mill old coffee table, and with some ingenuity and a lot of handiwork, she and her husband transformed it into a one-of-a-kind hand-tufted ottoman. More

There are so many good IKEA Rast hacks out there that it can be hard to finally choose one. I've spent five years with a plain, unpainted set as a pair of bedside tables because I just couldn't make up my mind about what to do with them. Should I age them? Add campaign hardware? Paint them to look like Transformers (my husband's suggestion)? I never did make up my mind. More

Collecting chairs is a little bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I could spend whole weekends searching for them in flea markets and antique stores, or trolling the internet for rare ones. I'm that girl who will get giddy more giddy over a chair in someone's home than over their shoe collection, and I have the Pinterest board to prove it! Thanks to a lucky Craigslist find, I scored this antique armless chair that was made in Italy over 60 years ago. Despite the chair being covered with a bit of cat hair, I knew with some time and fabric (and lots and lots… and lots… of staples) she would be a beauty. More

For Christmas one year, the very stylish Suki gave her daughter a renovated vintage dollhouse. First off, the dollhouse itself is amazing, with what looks like real plaster walls and a brick chimney. Suki tore out some of the old materials, repainted, wallpapered and re-filled the house with tiny furniture and fixtures.

Interior designer Lauren Liess had clients with a brand-new dining room looking for a stylish and personal upgrade. The family had a bold, cheerful style (and some budding Picassos!), so she came up with the perfect solution: a kids' art wall! More

The great thing about Ikea's Billy bookshelf is that it's an inexpensive, versatile storage unit for any age — the downside is when you'd like it to be a bookshelf for kids but the height and reach is too much for little arms. More

Reading in bed is one of my all-time favorite pastimes, but since I've switched to an eReader, I don't get the same romantic experience I did in the old-fashioned hard cover days. This DIY headboard could bring back the feeling, even if I'm not scanning the pages. More

When Charlotte and her family moved from New York to Connecticut, they fell in love with this 100 year-old house and its bay window. With so much white everywhere, it was a blank canvas. Check out how she transformed this living room with color:

Is this "before" image intriguing, or what? Yes, you can see the top of the old crusty side table, but what's the point of showing it with all those paint sticks on top? This is truly a DIY project I would never have thought of on my own, and I love it! More