50 Times People Tried To Renovate Their Home And Really Outdid Themselves

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I can smell the old photo as well as if it were a 'scratch and sniff.'

Enormous improvement. Well done

The top one appears brighter.

Great colour and bookcases

*sits on the chandelier and surveys her kingdom*

You know what else makes a difference? Taking a longer shot with the blinds up during daylight as opposed to down at dusk.

Love the feature dog rug, no home should be without one.

Wish they would've taken both photos from the same place. They took 5 big steps backwards from the original mark when they took the after shot.

The dog and cats definitely sell it!

I would love a sun room like that and the money to heat it !

great idea!

How do you do this? I wish I were more handy so I could do this for my wife.

This is a great idea.

That larger window really helps a lot, but nothing beats the doggo in the sunbeam!!!

I love the new sliding door wall / window. The change in the flooring helps brighten it up too. Best addition? Doggo. Needs a dog bed though.

💕 but the best part is the doggo in the pic. Sunbathing, as you do. 💕

That's gorgeous 😍 Open, bright, light and welcoming. I love it ❤️

So much better

There was a reason for the staircase to be open - so it wouldn't block the window. I would just add a wood and glass railing and not take more space from the room than the new design did. But, if you guys are happy, that's the most important thing!

We call those death stairs

I think, they should have put in glass, or clear plastic hand rails on the stairs. It would have kept the space open, and sunny. I like the new version, it's so dark, it took up the sunny room.

Much safer!

Good use of the corners in the re-do! Often that space becomes a waste.

Organizing *drooling like Homer to a donut*

Nicr

Gorgeous

The photo is not hi res so hard to tell but upper shelves look like bare wood. Should be painted or sealed or down the road they will be difficult to clean.

Very period appropriate!

My moms' bathroom has subway tiles. Love the elegance!

I thought the to picture has carpet

It looks nice but I wouldn't choose a freestanding claw foot tub unless I had maids or flying monkeys to clean it for me. And if it is an old school cast iron one then your butt gets cold. We used to have one in an old house on the farm. Not fancy - just from when those tubs were common. You could run a hot bath, ease in, and when you butt was on the bottom, still feel the cold iron against your butt. I'd find myself periodically lifting up my butt a tiny bit to let hot water get between the iron and my butt and warm my butt up. Plus they are hard to clean under/behind, a bit harder to avoid spillover if you take showers due to water in any direction needs a shower curtain and so forth. So .. "nostalgic" but not "practical" IMO.

Now looks like a bathroom from 20th century.

From dull to beautiful and intresting

The mirrors are wonderful. They make the room feel so much larger.

This is amazing! Tips anyone?

The guy trying to disappear from the picture is hilarious.

This is gorgeous

The laundry is hiding behind the doors on the left side of the screen. I was trying to figure out why they showed the laundry first and a different room at the end. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Fantastic window. You must have an emergency exit, and the natural light is awesome.

Kallax for the win

Oh my ikea.