Dana McMahan

Save your money for other splurges.

The new modern farmhouse-style kitchen is filled with natural wood touches.

Learn from my mistakes to save yourself a headache.

This tiny studio’s bedroom and living area started out dingy, but with some fresh paint and furniture it’s totally unrecognizable.

The new kitchen feels a lot more inviting.

Learn from my mistake!

If you want to give your home some extra character, you need to be shopping salvage. Here’s how.

This cabinet upgrade took some patience and DIY know-how to install, but the results have been worth it.

Plain risers are the perfect opportunity to infuse your stairs with personality.

Visions of Paris inspired this cozy makeover.

The guest bathroom in this Victorian-era home said goodbye to its wild carpet and hello to statement-making tile.

Paint and peel-and-stick wallpaper played a major role in this makeover.

Take a lesson from my reno missteps.

Bye, green carpet and rusted clawfoot tub.

I spent an extra couple hundred dollars, but the impact was huge.

Take it from this serial kitchen renovator.

You've probably never seen this popular DIY material used as a backsplash before, but it totally works.

Taking before-and-after images helped a renovator stay grounded.

Rarely can you take on a renovation that addresses everything all at once.

Seeing big transformations is fun, but what do we owe the people whose homes we're renovating?

Want to become a person who can fix it all? Here's how to start.

There’s just no way to truly appreciate the transformation for anyone who didn’t witness where you started, firsthand.

They're dangerous, difficult, and expensive to do on my own—so I'll hire out every time.

I have to give my reasons for wanting certain finishes or fixes, and they can’t just be “because I like it that way.”