Before After

"Smoker’s yellow” walls get a rainbow revamp.

You don't need to carve out a skylight to bring in the feeling of daylight.

Need inspiration for your next Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace furniture flip? We've got you.

Wait until you see the deep green kitchen cabinets.

Business by day, happy hour by night!

The homeowner was able to keep the retro features she loved without sacrificing style.

Simple changes made the space feel so much larger.

Functional yet design-forward — the best kind of renovation.

This bathroom goes from beige to bold.

The fireplace redo will make you do a double-take.

Here's proof that you can make furniture last even longer with some creativity.

This redo sacrifices a less-than-functional mudroom, with gorgeous results.

Here's your inspiration to let your hobbies guide your home design.

It's a lot cheaper and easier than buying new.

The before? Nice. But the after? Stunning.

The "After" regularly gets compliments from neighbors.

The place you go in and out of every day should make you feel good.

Ditching the dark paint did a lot to help this bedroom feel bigger and more welcoming.

It's simple but stunning.

The transformation is stark.

From "shades of brown" to bright and cheerful.

Reuse, repurpose, re-style.

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

It's little, but now it's mighty.

Room service, anyone?

From old-school to new school, with only a few easy changes.

A few small tweaks made this space more stylish (and less distracting).

An unfortunate plumbing incident was the catalyst this bathroom needed for a total overhaul.

Built-ins make everything better.

It's old made new again.

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

Wait until you see the light blue cabinets.

There's a gem hiding under all those stickers.

All you need is stock wood, batting, and fun fabric.

Just wait until you see this bold, bespoke paint job!

More than a few small space ideas from Instagram's most famous kitchen designers ahead!

It stayed the same size, but now it's so much more functional.

Talk about a pop of color.

Your workspace might be a practical necessity, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't inspire you.

More stylish? Check. More functional? Check. More spacious? That, too.

It's helped make it a joyful place to spend time.

"I realized I was letting perfect get in the way of good," the DIYer says. "Once I let go of that it was freeing."

This house hadn't been touched since the 1960s, and this couple jumped at the chance to purchase this architectural gem!

Amazingly, no walls were painted in this cheerful refresh.

Feeling cramped? These upgrades will help.

There's a spot for everything in this little room.

It features three paint colors and the cutest knobs you've ever seen.

It took a lot of "woman-power" the homeowners say, but the end results are worth it.

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.

It's hard to believe there's an IKEA piece hiding in there.

Let this inspire you to give the weird and underused spaces in your home a new life.

This redo proves the power of color.

Moving into a new home means that you get to start fresh with decor, and that’s doubly true when you’re working within a builder-grade home that offers mostly blank slates. For Amy Wadsworth (804 Sycamore), one of those blank slate spaces was her teenage daughter’s bedroom — a white room with beige carpet and lots of potential.“My daughter is 14 and wanted a more mature bedroom design that reflected her style,” Amy says.