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Solid furniture can last for decades — but sometimes it needs a little spruce up.

Room service, anyone?

The space looks bigger and brighter, and it's way more functional, too.

Colonial-style houses come with many gifts, like great windows, symmetry, and tall ceilings. But like any place built over 100 years ago, homeowner Katrina’s 1900 Colonial Revival house needed some updating — especially in the living room. While it had large windows, the space felt dark and uninviting because of the old gray carpeting, dark valances, clunky ceiling fan, and striped beige ’70s-era wallpaper.

This DIY update looks totally high-end.

It's hard to be stylish and practical, but this bedroom is both.

Using just one wall of this room to create a laundry setup makes the whole space extra practical for the whole family.

A few smart changes make this bathroom look way bigger and brighter.

Repainting existing furniture helped keep the budget low on this pretty bedroom redo.

Some clever DIYs gave this boring brown cart real star power.

This home office looks like it could be in a fancy hotel.

Some painstaking DIY transformed it from junk to jewel.

Small tweaks add up to make a big difference here.

Cozy season is here, which means it's the perfect time to refresh living spaces—and that goes double when there's a fireplace involved.

Sometimes it takes a little creativity—and a whole lot of work—to bring back the charming factor you know that an older home once had.

All the upgrades are renter-friendly, to boot.

This gorgeous update is a makeunder done right.

Tiny upgrades really add up in this room refresh.

And just wait until you see the wallpaper.

It's completely unrecognizable from the dingy before.

This redo's full of smart money-saving ideas.

Small changes make a huge impact here.

This redo will inspire you to refresh your space without spending a dollar.

Carpet has its place—but the bathroom is not it. Tearing it out of this bathroom paved the way for a much-needed redo.

Hand-me-down furniture is a super welcome gift—but it can take some elbow grease to make it work with the rest of your decor.

This space is just as beautiful as it is functional.

You'll want to steal the high-contrast color scheme for your own space.

Dividing walls were holding this bathroom back. Tearing them out helped it reach its open, airy potential.

Doing laundry over and over and over is chore enough—the room shouldn't bum you out, too.

Dreamy? A laundry room? Yes, really!

That price point is hard to beat!

A two-part project takes this stairway from "oh no" to "oh, hello!"

This full-blown renovation took two months and cost $10,000.

This DIY redo makes the whole living room shine—but the fireplace is a real standout.

It's beautiful and practical.

There was a lot of pretty stuff hiding under all that beige paint!

It's a little last century, a little this century, and a lot stylish.

The whole bedroom's stunning, but just wait until you see the floors.

This fresh redo proves dining rooms don't have to feel like a Downton Abbey set piece.