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Before & After: Emma's Bedroom Makeover

It's no secret that we're huge fans of Emma's Design Blogg; after all, she features some amazing photos of inspiring interiors. Emma recently re-painted her bedroom with Beckers paint and what a diff...

Before & After: Erika's Kitchen Pantry

When AT reader Erika moved into her new apartment along with two other roommates; the three of them weren't sure how long they'd stay. But after deciding to sign on for another two years, they decide...

Before & After: Centsational Girl's Staircase

Oh how we love a transformation! It's our favorite part of any design show; the amazing contrast between the before and the after. Even better if we can do it, or learn how to do it, ourselves. An...

Before and After: Tim Neve's Newcastle Office
Australia

Last week we featured Tim Neve’s great before and after of his beachside apartment, so it’s no surprise that his business office went through an equally impressive makeover. Find out more about T...

Before and After: Tim's Beachside Home

Tim Neve, editorial stylist and publisher, recently took on the challenge of making this rundown rental apartment into his beachside home. Tim removed the old wallpaper and shagpile carpet, patched t...

Jaime's Little Dresser Transformation

You've got a plain jane dresser that needs a bit of panache, but a new coat of paint isn't enough? Apartment Therapy reader Jamie sent us her DIY project which transformed a lifelong furniture piece ...

Design Star, Episode 4

Here's a before shot from Challenge 4 that featured garage transformations. This week's Design Star episode on HGTV focused on improving one's home and expanding the "living" areas. In this case - the...

Before & After: A Simple Chair Makeover
Brisbane

We see a lot of fantastic before and afters on Apartment Therapy. Most are amazing, others are amazingly expensive, some are just simple and that’s why they are inspiring. See below to see what beca...

Before and After: Secret Gardens of Sydney
Sydney

Secret Gardens of Sydney are a very impressive landscaping company located in Sydney. One of their projects that really stands out to us is this penthouse rooftop makeover. See the outstanding after, ...

Before and After: Silver Lake Shed And Garden Remodel

click for more picsLast week had us drooling over converted garden sheds in the UK, and this week we found something to covet in our own backyard (kind of). A dilapidated 250 sq. ft. storage shed in ...

Before and After: Elsie's New (Affordable) Rug

When looking for affordable decorating solutions we normally start with cleaning and then rearranging. When that hasn't yeilded the desired effect, we consider changing just one thing in the room and...

Pop Art Inspired Apartment Before and After Makeover

click for more picsOur friends over at KNQ Associates sent us this fun and colourful before and after update of a one-bedroom apartment in Singapore, a small space transformation of a blank canvas hom...

Inspiration: Katie's Before and After Kitchen
36 Square Feet

Knocking down a wall is a pretty big deal but when Katie discovered her new kitchen had no drawers or countertops--it seems like an easy decision. Apparently, the previous owner's solution was to kee...

Inspiration: Jessilyn's Before and After Office Space

We love office transformations--especially when there's organization involved. Jessilyn's office overhaul is a great example of how to think vertically with a little help from an IKEA piece to organi...

Before and After: Pallets Used For Outdoor Furniture

We love it when readers send in their industrious ideas for building furniture. We've blogged using shipping pallets as furniture before, but reader cathinca actually made it happen. Here's how her ...

Cube Decorator: The Cubicle Makeover

One thing we certainly don't miss working in an office was sitting inside the confines of a drab, impersonal cubicle. Although the last job we had was creative in nature, the office itself was anythin...

Inspiration: A Painted Wall In Domino Magazine
Working With What You Have

For us, this month has been all about painting. Next on the list was our friend Heather. It was her New Year's resolution to transform her living room into something striking and new. She borrowed ...

Before & After: Our Bedroom Corner
Melbourne

While it’s a luxury to have extra space around the house, it can be a curse if you have no idea how to use it. We had one of those spaces– a corner in our bedroom. For months we’ve pondered how ...

Rearranging Furniture: Before and After

We found these before and after pics on Flickr and thought they'd be great to show how just by rearranging some furniture, your space can look and feel completely different. While the objects in this...

Before & After: Kylie’s Blanket Box
Sydney

When we were small our next door neighbour had the most beautiful blanket box for all of her teddy bears and dolls. We were so jealous of it and have longed for one for ever since. So when we saw how ...

Before & After: Jude's Impromptu Molding Treatment

Apartment Therapy reader, Jude, emailed us her gorgeous house makeover. We wanted to share the molding treatment that she created on one wall in her living room. Jude has slowly been making over her h...

Blogging...The Brick House

We've been following Morgan and her travails as the owner of "a 1950's mid century cement brick house. Trying to make it awesome and do it on a tight budget." She's doing a great job so far: ...

Before and After: Ryan's Affordable Modern Organic Bedroom

Here's the before, jump below for the afters!Ryan's bedroom was starting to feel way too dark and he was even having trouble sleeping, so he started a major overhaul of his space attempting a modern o...

Finished! Revamped Patio Furniture

Earlier this summer we posted AimmeeRoo's progress on revamping her patio furniture, well she's finished and we're happy to say that we're totally jealous. Amazing what some paint and fabric (and har...

Revamped Patio Furniture

Earlier this year we talked about how to clean up patio furniture. Well, if your furniture needs more than a thorough scrub down, have no fear, check out what AimeeRoo was able to do to this bistro s...

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