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87 Design Ideas That Completely Transformed These Spaces
Giving your home a makeover isn’t exactly cheap, but it can make a huge difference—not just in how it looks, but in how it actually feels to be there. And since home is where we spend most of our time, that atmosphere really does affect our mood.
That’s why we’ve pulled together some striking before-and-after renovation ideas from two accounts on X that show just how transformative these changes can be. The results are seriously satisfying, and they might even inspire a project or two for your own space. Scroll down and save your favorites for later.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
Nice. But I'm pretty agnostic with bathrooms. If it does the job....
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Daniela Lavanza 8 months ago
Thankfully, they kept the most important part: the lovely void cat. <3
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
It would be brilliant to live in a place where outdoor kitchens are practical. NZ is definitely not one of these places.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
Very nice. But I would like to have seen the 'after' photo taken from the same aspect.
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Nikki Sevven 8 months ago
This looks clean without being sterile, and stylish without sacrificing utility. My only complaint is that there aren't more plants. I'd also prefer some color accents.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
This looks really nice. I'm guessing/hoping it's ornamental. Because of the timber panels
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
It does look more inviting, and especially the floor looks like an improvement, but then the before pic was a site under construction. I'm not sure I'd have traded the wood for glass, though. The wood looked nice, and glass collects unsightly smears. I guess they don't have kids.
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
Definitely better than before, but seating might be a little cramped on the right hand side, between the glass in the back and the table.
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
I love the blue! I'd have gone for a different coulour for the blind, but otherwise very nice!
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
A solid update. I would never have imagined the 'before', becoming the 'after.'
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
I'm not sure about this one. Sure, I'm retro a 70s person. But to me the makeover lacks character.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
There must be something wrong with me. I prefer the warmth of the original. Obviously with the addition of some pops of colour in the form of accessories.
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Sara Frazer 8 months ago
Is it a pool or just a glass floor over a gravel pit?? I cannot tell!
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Barbara Turner 8 months ago
People love symmetry, but people also like a coffee table within reach of a couch. I have moved coffee tables while hosts got get coffee.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
Just replacing the Medieval/gothic doors would have improved this.
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
Okay, took me a while, but this is the first one (currently at #70) where I definitely prefer the before version. The new one isn't bad (though the bathtub in the shower cell looks weird to me), but I don't like the golden-ish armatures or the black marble. I do applaud the bench, but they got rid of the shelves.
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shg stewart 8 months ago
The Before picture on this one is way nicer than the After. It's brighter and makes the space seem bigger. Also, those black cabinets are going to show every fingerprint, spill, smudge, scuff mark, cat hair, and dust mote. My old apartment had melamine cabinets in a really dark oxblood colour, and they were *impossible* to keep looking clean. Friends don't let friends get s****y melamine cabinets. Pay for real wood, folks.
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Hippopotamuses 8 months ago
I kind of like the period look of the original. But, if you need to update, you could do a lot worse that this.
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
The foreground is an improvement, and the walls, too, but I hate plastic lawns with a passion, and I miss the lusher plants in the background.
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Nicole Weymann 8 months ago
Sorry, way too dark for my liking. Too much "classy casino" vibes. I prefer kitchens to look warm and inviting, which I find generally hard to do with the current palette of black, gray, white, and greige.
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shg stewart 8 months ago
A lot of these took drab or underused spaces and made them soulless, like the kind of mid-level corporate chain hotels you find in big cities that attract a lot of short-stay business travellers. A bunch of them were downright ruined, I think. Also, I have to warn everyone -- if you're redoing your kitchen or bathroom, do NOT get dark-coloured melamine cabinets. They look great for about five minutes, but then they show every scuff, fingerprint, spill, drip, mist of grease from frying bacon or something, cat hair, and dust mote. My last apartment had these dark oxblood-coloured melamine cabinets, and you could clean them completely and they would look dirty immediately. If you can afford wood, pay for wood. If you already have wood, find a way to update it instead of replacing it. You'll thank yourself later.
shg stewart 8 months ago
A lot of these took drab or underused spaces and made them soulless, like the kind of mid-level corporate chain hotels you find in big cities that attract a lot of short-stay business travellers. A bunch of them were downright ruined, I think. Also, I have to warn everyone -- if you're redoing your kitchen or bathroom, do NOT get dark-coloured melamine cabinets. They look great for about five minutes, but then they show every scuff, fingerprint, spill, drip, mist of grease from frying bacon or something, cat hair, and dust mote. My last apartment had these dark oxblood-coloured melamine cabinets, and you could clean them completely and they would look dirty immediately. If you can afford wood, pay for wood. If you already have wood, find a way to update it instead of replacing it. You'll thank yourself later.
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