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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...

Design Star, The Final Challenge

Design Star concluded last night with the final challenge, pitting Antonio and Dan against each other to become the next host of HGTV. The 4-day challenge had each designer making over an entire hou...

Design Star, Episode 8

Design Star is down to just 3 contestants and this week's episode featured celebrity makeovers and a chance to finally see some real designed spaces. A surprise elimination when one of the best room...

Kourtney's Revamped Chairs

For some folks, seeing the potential in a piece of second hand furniture is second nature. Kourtney is one such gal--taking a pair of Craigslist chairs and revamping them. For most, it's all about ...

A New Way To Look At Old Furniture

[This is the 4th life for this little table.] When design inspiration strikes, it's hard not to act on it! During this tough economic time, priorities can definitely change and we've been thinking of ...

Before and After: Alyssa's Silver Baroque Chair Makeover

Alyssa sends us this stylish makeover project she wanted to share: One day, while working the morning shift at Urban Outfitters, I saw my co-workers dragging this out into the back to the trash. This ...

One Bathroom, 3 Different Uses

When you have only one bathroom in your home, you have to be creative with it! Sometimes guest bathroom, sometimes storage space and all the time everyday life, your bathroom's style has many sides. C...

D.I.Y.: The Affordable Bedside Table Makeover

Yesterday we rounded up some round side table options and it inspired us to show you how we made our own bedside tables. Last year when we were looking for simple mirrored bedside tables, we couldn't ...

How To: Multi-Task A Room

When living in an apartment or small home, creative thinking is a great way to maximize your space. Most common inspiration - recreating rooms within other rooms. The design goal is to create function...

Win a HGTV and Cookie Magazine Family-room Makeover

Want a chance to win a family room makeover and possibly a $1,500 Visa Gift card? HGTV's Color Correction and Cookie magazine are sponsoring a contest where all you have to do is submit a photo of you...

Great Products: Restor-A-Finish and Feed-N-Wax

We love finding furniture on the street and transforming it. However we normally opt to paint old wood rather than face the somewhat arduous task of refinishing it. Now that we ran across a glowing ...

Bedroom Month: Best Bedroom Makeover

One of our all time favorite bedroom makeovers was from last year's Fall Cure. Since this is bedroom month, we thought we'd kick it off with a little inspiration. See the before pic and what made ...

Blogging...House Beautiful Feb. '08: 101 Decorating Makeovers

In keeping with the series they've been having (101 pillows, 101 plates, etc...), the February 2008 issue of House Beautiful has 101 Decorating Makeovers! It's a list of 101 ideas for quick small cha...

Laure's Project #1: Why Spraypaint is your Friend

Let's face it, we all have big dreams when it comes to our living spaces. We're going to learn to reupholster, to refinish that cabinet, to rewire the bathroom and demo the drywall too. But if yo...