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Posts tagged “before and after”

Make It Yours: Clean Your New Home

One way I best settle into a house after a move is by scrubbing it clean from head to toe. It's like a handshake with your new home......

My Great Outdoors: ThirdCoastGirl's Before & After Yard

Name: ThirdCoastGirl Location: Chicago Type of space: Backyard Patio and Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I always wanted to have my own little bit of land here in t...

Before & After: 5 Great Outdoor Makeovers from Domino

Over the years, along with many fab interiors, Domino featured some sweet outside spaces. We especially liked the makeovers - nothing beats a good before and after to motivate and inspire! We take a ...

Before & After: Courtyard Garden from Normal Room

Found on global home site Normal Room, this courtyard garden in Sydney was beautiful before its renovation, but it's even better now......

Reader Tip: Another Gingerbread Before and After

Yesterday, we posted a special holiday-style before and after: a real home and its gingerbread replica. An AT reader saw it and kindly sent us in another. According to Cynthia, this home is located in...

Before and After: Nook by the Stairs

Found on Normal Room, this nook by the stairs was nice before, but it's even better after the addition of a lamp, a new side table, a comfy chair, and a rug. It goes to show how much lighting and ju...

Before & Afters by Eddie Ross

Chairs "After"Eddie Ross is a Martha Stewart Living staffer (Senior Style Editor), a contestant on the current season of Top Design AND was on the Martha show last week because of his own blog. Our fa...

Before and After: Swanygirl74's Chair Re-do

One of our favorite things to find in our inbox is a reader project, especially one that turns out as well as this one. Jump below for the "after" from Swanygirl:...

Flickr Finds: Moni-ka's Table and Chair Makeover

The Cure is coming to a close, but we're still seeing a ton of great photos popping up in our Flickr group. This table and chair makeover project comes from moni-ka in ky, aka merskine. We've shown ...

Before & After: Julianne Moore...Decorator
Domino 05.08

The new Domino features actress Julianne Moore on the cover, not as the resident in the magazine spread but as the designer - she did a makeover of her stylists apartment. There are lots of great befo...

Before and After: Deck Makeover from Colorama

While compiling today's color combo, we stumbled across Swedish website Colorama, where we found this incredible back porch makeover. Click below for the "before" photo......

Small Space Before and After: Nicole's New Guest Room

Nicole is so smart. Using a few design tricks, she was able to transform a small, dark space into a beautiful new guest room. If you've seen her AT House Tour or her blog, Making it Lovely, you know...

CHI House Tour "Before": Arthur's Long Distance Home

By now, many of you have enjoyed touring Arthur's new home in Chicago - if you haven't, be sure to check out the full tour here. When arranging the tour, we found out that Arthur had photos of the "b...

Before and After: Step by Step Room Transformation

O at Home

A super clear before and after, we just found this step by step transformation of a small living room through four photographed stages. Photos & details below:...

Before and After: Shed to Guesthouse by Wary Meyers

We've been admiring the work of Wary Meyers for a while now - we blogged their home when it appeared in Domino a year ago and then a great lamp transformation project, and now we're inspired by the tr...

Before and After: Closet Makeover

This is a photo I took of our closet right after it collapsed. We disliked our IKEA closet for a long time, but we never hated it so much as that moment. It was time for a new system. Click below fo...

Mindy & Mike's Chair Rescue...Where to Put Them Now?

This post is a bit of a Flickr Finds meets Before and After meets Good Questions...a little bit of everything! Longtime AT reader Mindy sent us an email with the details and photos of a recent (very ...

Before and After: Streeterville High Rise Makeover

We're always inspired by a transformation - and the photos from this Streeterville High Rise makeover are pretty dramatic. From a blank canvas to a dynamic space, it is a prime example of the power o...

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