today’s first before & after project comes from d*s reader miriam. for ages miriam been on the hunt for a toy chest and finally found this old military footlocker at a thrift store for $3. “grossed out” by the state (and smell!) of it, miriam ultimately decided she “wasn’t going to let [her] kids anywhere…
today’s final before & after comes from photographer pilar valtierra in los angeles. with help from ames ingham and some vintage suzanis from distant LA, pilar transformed these $40 craigslist chairs into something spectacular. i would feel like a queen in these chairs- they are just too gorgeous for words. great job, pilar!
this before and after comes from julie of bangs, a beard & ballyhoo (i love that blog name). julie and her fiance inherited a dilapidated linen cabinet when they moved to san francisco, but it was a horrible hodge-podge of brown, blue and red chipped paint. after sanding the heck out of it and cleaning…
today’s first before & afters come from d*s readers alyssa and brittney. first up is alyssa, who has “always has an eye out for crazy owl-related objects“. she found this lot of “owl parts” and decided that she had to have them. not sure what to actually do with them, alyssa decided that she needed…
i’m a sucker for painted floors, so this project from lori dunbar of fin and roe and marzipan inc is right up my alley. lori completed changed the floors by ripping up old carpet (and 5 other layers of flooring!) and exposing the original (albeit rather worn) wooden floors of her home. then lori designed…
our before & afters usually focus on small-scale makeovers using paint, glue, staple guns and a little elbow grease, but today we’re in for a real treat. architects alastair and kayoko of bakoko recently overhauled their tokyo “mansion” apartment and were kind enough to share the gorgeous results with us today. alastair explains: “man-shi-yon’ is…
i am absolutely nuts about this makeover from brooke of playing grown up- mainly because i see screens like this on nyc streets all the time and never thought to do something like this with them. brooke won this lovely screen at an antiques auction and decided to get down to some serious sanding and…
yancy of designing life in miami, recently decided to tackle a fun bedroom makeover, similar to jennifer’s bedroom, by creating a hand-painted forest wall behind her bed. the room before was a sad red and cream wasteland and now it looks chic and relaxing, courtesy of chocolate brown paint and yancy’s handy tree-painting. great work,…
today’s first before & afters from christie chase and jenn ski are all about bright paint and rethinking a piece of furniture that may have been previously overlooked. i love when someone chooses to rework a found piece of furniture or neglected object- it’s always such a great alternative to buying cheap replacement pieces or…
today’s final before & after belongs to photographer ashley campbell of ashley ann photography. ashley turned this basic wood pallet into a dreamy, colorful daybed for her soon-to-arrive daughter’s nursery. talk about turning raw materials into something beautiful- and i love that sideways door as a headboard. great work ashley!
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i’ve got a bit of an obsession with stripes. ac had to practically pry my favorite striped sweater out of my hands when it got too shrunken and faded to wear, and i seriously squealed when i saw the colorful stripes in bonnie’s stereo cabinet. so you can imagine my delight when i saw this…
i’ve always wanted to find a good stereo cabinet we could use for ac’s old albums and record player, but haven’t found one that was in good-enough shape to take home yet. but this project from bonnie van voorst is great inspiration to try upgrading something that’s in less than perfect condition. bonnie’s husband bought…
i love this creative before & after re-use project from designer martina ahlbrandt. martina’s husband found three of these black office chairs in a dumpster and decided that they had potential. so with only some silver spray paint and a few 1×4 boards, martina and her husband turned them into an outdoor bench! i don’t…
our first before & after post of the day is all about 2 great kitchens. first up is lisa fontaine of picnic. she recently remodeled her berekely, ca kitchen and bathroom with dramatic results. i am loving the tile in both rooms and the clean modern look she’s got now. and all that light in…
today’s final before & after belongs to barb blair of knack studios. we’ve seen barb’s handiwork with furniture many, many times on d*s (as well as her beautiful home!) but today we’re getting to see her design services in full effect. barb recently made over a client’s room (along with co-designer teresa roche) to create…
there’s something about the combination of grey and pink that i just love so when i saw this submission from d*s reader amy, i couldn’t resist. amy found this chair for $10 at the last chance thrift store in decatur, georgia and decided to restore it on her own. she scored some great fabric for…
talk about a sweet makeover- designer pierce davis of columbus, ohio made over this bathroom as a valentine’s gift for his girlfriend ashley, who recently moved in with him. pierce explains that he did this project “in the most difficult possible way.. since there wasn’t enough room for a projector, i drew the trees freehand…
lucie summers has shared colorful before & afters with us before, and today she’s back with a new makeover. lucie found this 1950s cabinet on ebay for about $10- it was worn out from sitting in a garage for years so she decided to take the doors off, sand the whole piece down and apply…
d*s reader kati driscoll purchased a victorian home from the 1870s that was in pretty rough shape. her dining room has heavy black soon along the walls and carpeting, holes in the wall and all sorts of pet damage. so she went to town on the space and decided to make things over! my favorite…
today’s final before & after belongs to d*s reader heike from sweden. after having new windows installed, heike was left with pile of old windows. rather than have them continue to take up space in her workshop, heike decided to reuse them for an entirely new project: an outdoor hideaway. after some planning, handy-work, and…
