Eyesore No More: Our 10 Favorite Kitchen Transformations of 2016

Tess Wilson
Tess Wilson
After many happy years living in tiny apartments in big cities, Tess has found herself in a little house on the prairie. For real.
published Dec 29, 2016
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Sure, we might all want to freshen our living room or bedroom, but no room can get dated, dingy, and even dangerous as quickly as a kitchen can. These 10 amazing makeovers, ranging from $200 DIYs to splashy professional jobs, show the power of paint, paring down, and—for crying out loud—new cabinets.

Check Out the Full Before & After → This Australian Kitchen Is No Longer A 1920s Meets 1980s Eyesore

See More of This → Before & After: A Kitchen Starts From Scratch

See What $300 Can Do → Tara’s Budget Rental Remodel: $300 Later, This Rental Kitchen Is No Longer Recognizable

Miracle Makeover in a Tiny Space → Before & After: An RV Kitchen Gets an Update

Total Transformation → Before & After: A Kitchen Goes From Builder Grade Blue to Sophisticated Black & White

See All the Photos → Before & After: An Awkward Brooklyn Kitchen Embraces its Potential

INCREDIBLE → Before & After: A Tiny Upper West Side Kitchen Grows

See What $200 Can Do → Before & After: A Teeny Kitchen is Transformed on a Tiny Budget

Check Out the Full Kitchen Tour → Before & After: Practical Upgrades for a Brooklyn Kitchen

Shocking Transformation! → Before & After: From “Grimy” to Glamorous

See More → Before & After: A 1950s Kitchen Finally Gets New Cabinets & A New Modern Look

A More Colorful After for Once → Before & After: A Bold & Bright Rental Kitchen Upgrade

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