Now, with Youtube videos for guidance, DIY has never been easier and more available to everyone. Of course, there are still certain areas where a professional is definitely needed, but sometimes all it takes is some basic carpentry, a lick of paint and a creative mind to make even the most rundown room look fresh and modern!
Need some inspiration? We here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of our favorite room renovations, and some of them are so amazing you won't they are actually the same space. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and vote for your favorite transformations!
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Bathroom
Could be second floor of a garage or a house with a heavily pitched roof.
Load More Replies...Wow... I wonder how much it was to run the plumbing all the way into the attic? Definitely a professional job!
Good point! A lot of people might not consider how the plumbing up there has to connect with the plumbing below. It would have been so much easier to make this room into an office, or a little library room, but it came out soooo good, didn't it?
Load More Replies...Remolded My Master Bath
This kind of huge mirror makes me unconfortable in a bathroom, yet, with the wall you removed, it brings much more light and the room seems so much bigger
I put a huge mirror in my bathroom. It gives me the sense that I the room is twice as big. On the downside, it also gives me the sense that there is a middle-aged schmendrik hanging around in my bathroom every time I go in there.
Load More Replies...It was very '80s, wasn't it? The nasty dark wallpaper is that old as well.
Load More Replies...Maybe it was moldy before so he/she had it remodeled and the plumbers did bad work and now it is moldy again. :D
Load More Replies...Hopefully a miror is also on the opposite wall for an infinite projection of yourself brushing your teeths.
The 'wood' motif is not my style, but this was a fantastic makeover nonetheless!
A Dark Co-Op Interior Redesign Into An Urban Retreat
Wish they would show the same area as the before picture, not just a part of the new kitchen.
What makes you think it's a different area? They probably knocked a wall down to let in natural light.
Load More Replies...Yes, let's all remove those irritating fridges!! We hate cold beer mr.fridge!!!
They must have moved it to the other side. Wish they had shown the entire kitchen.
Load More Replies...I really like the after picture it’s so much brighter. I love the color of the cabinets beautiful work!!!!!
Outdoor Space
Wondering if this is a covered patio? How do you keep the carpet dry and from mildewing? We have a huge covered deck on our home, and it's 12 feet wide and covered and still the water splashes onto our rug and it gets wet. We live in FL, so it rains nearly every afternoon here. I am constantly hanging rugs over the railing to get them dry---very tacky, but what else can I do? Maybe do without the rugs?!! They are indoor/outdoor and still get messed up. Love your new patio a lot!
I'd love to sit here with a good book- just looking at this space makes me relax a bit.
Remodeled Fifth Wheel Camper
This Australian would like to know : what is a Fifth wheel camper is please ? I get that it is some sort of on road thing. Are we to assume it is not going back on road? I am just imagining all the loose furniture flying around.
I am just the person to tell you. I live full time year round in one. A fifth wheel is an an RV travel trailer used for traveling and camping. It has an overhang in the front that goes over the back of a pickup truck. This one looks like it will not be used for travel, but lived in. My trailer looks more like the before pic. They are much bigger inside than you would expect ( like the Tardis- Lol).
Load More Replies...I think I actually prefer the first XD It's old, bit messy and nowhere near as neat but it seems a lot more cozy to me.
First Time Made Over My Friend’s Studio Apartment. Here’s A Before And After. It’s Also The First Time Anyone Asked Me To Design Their Home
Please do! It looks amazing--Can't believe that you haven't been an interior decorator for years!
Load More Replies...All the throw pillows!!! I never understood throw pillows on a bed. Decoration?
Basically yeah, decoration. I like them cuz I cant get enough of pillows
Load More Replies...They turned the double door into a single sliding door. You can see the rest of it behind the shelving unit. You can also get faux brick removable wallpaper for rental apartments or homes. So yeah, this was very doable. And not necessarily on a huge budget.
Load More Replies...to be fair it does look like a hotel room but it's better than the first pic!
Load More Replies...An Airstream Trailer Makeover
This is why I want to put one on our property for guests. Airstreams are big, they have kitchens, and they're designed to be hooked up to water and power. The house we're building is open plan with no plans for a dedicated spare bedroom, so this would give guests privacy and a space to retreat.
@Aunt Messy: that sounds like an excellent idea. All your friends and relatives will want to visit. And no cost of an expensive hotel room.
Load More Replies...This is giving me some great ideas of what to do with my old trailer! Thanks!
Spontaneous extra rooms are Spontaneous... I love those walls how they straitened up there lives!!!
Five Stark Apartments Became A Breathtaking Manhattan Triplex
That light feature probably cost more than my kitchen remodel. $$$
Load More Replies...High end! $$$ Gorgeous! Love the new glass wall looking outside. Really brightens it up and enlarges the area. Nice removal of walls too, to make it bigger! Simply outstanding! The hanging fixture and the wall decor are amazing!
"5 Apartments Become a Breathtaking Triplex" and you show us a staircase. Ooohhh - a staircase. WTF? Y'all need to leave these posts to the design bloggers.
So the whole twisty bit of construction was not at all load-bearing? WHO thought it was a good idea to have it in the first place!?
Living Room Transformation
Looks so much classier! The ugly banister gone. New lighting in ceiling. Got rid of ugly sofa set. So nice!
This is actually too 'pimp my appartment' for my idea of a living room. the grey wall and fake fireplace would look better in a restaurant, imo.
If you like the mid-century modern style, it’s well done. I don’t like all straight lines and sharp angles. I think that’s what Jinal P meant by the Before being “cozier.” This could be a doctor’s waiting room, or a lobby seating area of a hotel. Just personal preference, of course.
Bathroom Transformation
Just think, someday we'll see this room as someone's before picture.
Load More Replies...I liked it also but it did kind of look like a hotel bathroom and the redone one looks like a little cabin home bathroom....that's just my opinion but ya
Load More Replies...Okay, so we have apparently come full circle in home design; They turned their suburban half-bath into a chic outhouse. The addition of exterior siding is surprisingly very cute. I truly love the tile and the tap and the addition of a window for air and light. However, They could have skipped the faux plant and I sincerely hope no one paid actual money for that towel ladder.
I like a number of changes here but I see the towel and I can think is splinters in the weave. Ouch!
I love the shiplap on the walls and the flooring looks wonderful. I am doing some of the teal green colors in my new house. And some blues and greys and whites and black and brown. Teal is my favorite color i so look forward to using many colors in my new home.
Beautiful remodel I love the walls and the sink stand. I just wish they would show the whole room in these pictures
Makeover
Very cozy and beautiful! But impossible to drive like that. Unless you like shattered potted plants on your shoulders and car dashboard...
You store and secure items while traveling, just like on a ship or plane.
Load More Replies...Pet peeve about before and after pics... Show them both in the same light at the same time of day. Of course the after photo is going to look better if it's in full bright sunlight and the before is in darkness.
Not to mention photoshop... In a lot of these pictures the sparkling star in silver or white surfaces is just a tad to fake..
Load More Replies...I agree that there’s a lot of stuff that would have to be secured before you could drive. In particular, that metal chair with the pointed legs would definitely have to be secured somehow, because it would be a deadly missile in an accident, and probably even with a hard braking. It IS a very nice change, but I dislike the rather deceptive trick of closing all the curtains in the Before picture to emphasize the darkness and claustrophobic feeling. (Have you noticed that the majority of these “makeovers “ use that trick to make the After photo look better?) They removed the dinette cum bed on the left; maybe they didn’t need the bed, but do they take everything off the two ottoman cubes and use them as a dining table? Also, did they remove the blinds from the windows on the right? I don’t see any evidence of any window cover in the After photo, which would be untenable in an RV. Not trying to be a Debby Downer; it IS nice, but this is a place to point out our observations, right?
Gotta say, I kinda liked the before better.. nice after, but still.
Living Room
This looks like they were cleaning out a hoarders house and fixed up the living room. If you notice in the before picture there's all kinds of s**t piled up.
PHEW!! Much better! Wood paneling and drop ceilings = ugly! The only thing I think they could have done better on is that ugly brickwork around the 'fireplace' area. Some tiles would have been so much better. But it's still a HUGE improvement!
Brown sofa with gray walls doesn’t do it for me, and it looks like there is no space between the trunk and the sofa, and very little space between trunk and stove. (I’m wondering if they chose a metal trunk instead of wood so it wouldn’t catch fire being so near the stove, but if so, touch that trunk and you’d get burned!). Also, no lamps anywhere so obviously no reading in there. However, overall it is a pleasant room and 1,000% improvement over the Before!
Almost anything you did to this place would have been an absolute improvement over the old! Old grungy carpet and paneling from the '70s!!! ICK!
The colors make the room look bigger and I love the French doors and fireplace
Kitchen
As far as I can see the branch has some white blossoms on it.
Load More Replies...It would have to be a very small party. One bottle of wine for a party isn much. Perhaps it's still prohibition in the states.
Load More Replies...Office Bathroom Reveal
I love this green/blue tone (no idea what is the précise name of this color).
Much nicer. A bathroom ALWAYS looks so much better when the toilet lid is down. Sort of like how a bedroom always looks better when the bed is made.
That was what I was going to comment. Luckily I saw your comment before I posted it. If they only took equal photo's of the before and after. If you have done a good job, you can see the difference anyway. And I agree that it looks much nicer! Even while looking past the toilet thing.
Load More Replies...A new coat of paint and replace the accessories and voila a better looking bathroom.
This is excellent and shows how small, inexpensive changes can have a tremendous impact. Good job!
Wow! This makeover combines the discomfort of pooping at work with the awkwardness of pooping at Grandma's. I can almost smell the Jasmine-Vanilla-Seashell Glade Plug-In.
Totally. And everything pictured was purchased at Home Goods.
Load More Replies...Kitchen Transformation
I would have painted the bottom trim too, that would have finished it off better
It does look better, but why would anyone get rid of cabinets and a range hood, and what is this trend with open shelving? Also, it appears, there is no backsplash behind the stove... and what's with that rack thing on the wall behind the stove? I'll bet that's fun to clean cooking splatter off of after making a meal.
Should have put a range hood, they are design to be in a kitchen. That fan is probably not powerful enough the suck rapidly the steam out plus it's going to be a pain to clean.
Hahahahaha. Enough with the Mason jars! This is what's wrong with kids using design magazines as source material with no educated/experienced reality check; cooking in this kitchen would be a cruel joke. They removed the hood ventilation for the GAS stove! Gas has exhaust, not to mention cooking almost anything puts particulate material in to the air. Then, they painted everything white and took all the dishes and pantry items out of the cabinets with doors. (All the rage, however, an utterly stupid fad that will go away.) These newly weds are about to find out what cleaning with no end is like. Post script: No oven. That floor is ugly as sin. Ikea pine countertops stain very easily and have a two-three year lifeline.
I love Mason jars for storage, but I don’t keep them out in view. And I agree with everything else, although I like and considered wood countertops before going with granite. Wasn’t sure I could maintain them.
Load More Replies...I love that this is literally a paint job and a few nick nacks. Yes, more could be done but if you are on a budget...
Agree. The cabinets were really plain before, and the paint really spiffed them up.
Load More Replies...Attic Renovation Start To Finish
If the attic looks like that, the aliens are gonna be there in no time...
The roof joists do that. That is just a partition wall, non load bearing
Load More Replies...Laundry Room Reveal
I like this one. Looks so much brighter and better organized in the after picture.
Lovely and practical- Is it wrong that one of my life goals is to have an in unit laundry?
I really like this one. Why shouldn't a laundry room look really pleasant and have a beautiful wallpaper?
My husband passed away almost 7 weeks ago and I am moving into my first forever home in 2 weeks. My new laundry room layout is exactly like the first one. This 2nd photo here will be my final results of the laundry room.
A Contemporary Rustic Loft Home Renovation
It's interesting that the first one was taken at night and the second was taken during the day...I wonder if the first would have been interesting to see it in natural light
I was thinking the same. A lot of these before/after photos are that way. It's a shame, because there is no way to see the actual change. Also a lot of after pics are shot in a different angle.
Load More Replies...Congratulations! Your roommate moved out and your credit limit was extended. I'm really super jealous.
The drapes are amazing and the placement of the furniture is perfect. The bedding is nice. But the bed itself and all the other furniture is basic and tacky.
photo at night and photo whit a lot off F***** sun... Do you want to tell us people like things like sum and light and those things? Before these photo's i would end believe you!!
I Renovated My Ugly Sunroom Into A Laundry Room
There may not have been anywhere else to put a laundry. The house I live in is high set and 180 years old. The laundry is downstairs cause there's nowhere else it could have gone without huge expense to the house.
Load More Replies...I'd rather keep my washer/dryer hookup in my kitchen than get rid of a sunroom. No way
I'd rather keep my washer/dryer hookup in my kitchen than get rid of a sunroom. No way.
I’d do anything to have a sunroom, because I crave natural light. But if their laundry was previously simply a closet behind louvered doors, as so many are, or even worse, in the kitchen (!) I can understand. But I’d try to keep at least a tiny part of the sunroom where I could have my morning coffee, read, etc.
Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover
I wanted that desk... until I found out how expensive it is. I suspect I'll get it when we move.
Load More Replies...I love what they did with the wood floor. I'm getting my hardwood floor refinished soon and I hope it comes out just as beautiful.
The second photo- and now i guess all the others - is from an Ikea or Maison du Monde catalogue.
I think the Sistine chapel would look bad with the photography "skills" on display in some of these before pictures. Good grief.
I think that’s done on purpose, to increase the difference between Before and After. After pictures seem always to be done in brightest daylight.
Load More Replies...Family Farmhouse
Hey, isn't that the cChandelier that was hanging in that first bathroom re-do?
I love the color selections, the soft blue and chocolate brown together are gorgeous! The billowy curtains, floor lamp and chandelier make it a bit glam but in the right way. Still clean and classic.
From the looks of it in the 1st pic. I think this is a mobile home from the 1970s. Again, anything you did was bound to be an improvement but I do love it!
Kitchen
Wait. Before picture: no kitchen. After picture: kitchen. I mean, it's nice and I like it, but it's technically an installation, not a renovation.
Yes beautiful, but I would like to see an Island in here. Too much wasted space and not enough counter for working.....my opinion, obviously
I like the fireplace better in the first version--they removed the mantle and now it looks like a collection of dirty bricks
An Old Soho Duplex Gets An Interior Remodel
Paint job, lighting and a spot of funiture...simples. Oh, and a better camera angle.
Don't forget, it looks like they re-sanded and re-stained the floor!
Load More Replies...Change furniture out, paint wooden railing on stairs, add a couple of accessories and plants, replace ugly A/C units, zoom out enough to capture a lighting fixture we couldn't see in the first shot, and take the photo at a different time of the day when the sun is really lighting up the room, and voila! I really liked that mirror in the first shot better than the ocean wave painting...
The picture on the wall is way too small and the shape and color of the couch is wrong. Other than that this is nice.
It Took 2+ Years, But My Wife And I Remodeled Our Late 80's Kitchen
We have almost the same before kitchen ! We renovated ours to a black/white/grey scheme. Yours is lovely.
Cabinetry is seriously expensive so it's no small wonder! Plus it's amazing how updated they can look with a quality paint job
Load More Replies...Condo Remodel About 80% Done
Yep... nothing says home "improvement" like getting rid of storage space that most people find they never have enough of.
Maybe they moved it to another area. I would have kept it for sure.
Load More Replies...Perfect minus the pictures on the wall to the left and the floor mat.
Kitchen Transformation
Ha ha!!! And in twenty years, someone is going to try to strip the paint from the bricks
Load More Replies...That fridge needs to be way smaller or set somewhere else. Would open up that space tremendously!
Went from warm and inviting to cold and cheap looking. Are these cold colours and white furniture really in fashion at the moment. That's going to look dated and unfashionable very quickly.
Guest Bedroom
Kitchen Transformation
That IS a work triangle. A work triangle doesn’t need to be (and rarely is) an isosceles.
Load More Replies...J. Randall Powers Transformed A Houston Home Into An Ultra-Refined Residence
It would make more sense to me to have an island where the table is. You're walking around the table to get from the fridge to the stove. Having a chair right in front of the oven is odd to me.
I agree it's not really practical. BTW we have the same picture as our avatar :)
Load More Replies...This feels like they went through a bunch of design blogs/magazines and picked a bunch of trends they liked and put them all in one room and the result just doesn't quite work. I'm sorry but this room feels erratic and disjointed to me.
If the uppers had been white or simple open shelving the room would have more balance
I like the first one more. It looks more cozy and like home where you can relax. The after looks like you wouldn't even want to sit down.
The Garden Room Of A Tudor-Style Mansion
The bottom photo columns (pillars) don't match up with the top photos space between the doors.. Look where the pillars are in the bottom photo, how is there enough space for wall paper on both sides of the pillars?
The beauty of the latticework of the window is completely lost. The added columns just killed the great open space.
And somehow, some way, it's still big enough to have a few people over.
Load More Replies...Painted white, the beauty and scale of the doors is lost. Might as well have large plain windows
Exciting Journey Of Converting A Van Into A Beautiful And Functional Camper
Bedroom Transformation
Yeah, it oozes "Come up and see my etchings, darling".
Load More Replies...Nice! I normally don't like too much black, but works well with the flooring
They ahould have put a neutral density film on the window for the photo to see the view.
Gutted And Replaced My 68 Year Old Kitchen Over The Past 3 Months
Those lace cafe curtains were the granny ones. I HATE window shades. They get dirty and nasty and you can't clean them. At least with curtains you can throw them in the laundry.
Load More Replies...Office Remodel
Looks like someone used to use that room. You kicked him out, redecorated, and haven't allowed him back.
That monitor is bigger than the TV in my childhood home. LOL.
I Made Built-Ins For Our Family Room
Will the heat from the fireplace effect the tv ? And yes much more functional.
It's probably one of those fake fireplaces. Just for aesthetics.
Load More Replies...I love builtins, but adding some nice molding and especially carrying them to the ceiling (molding could accomplish that also) would substantially upgrade them. And they need some serious lessons in how to style shelves. Remove a shelf or two and place some substantial pieces on them to balance things. And um, some books. And the placement of a line of little things on the mantle is unfortunate. Joanna Gaines (on the tv) is pointing and saying, “Those shelves need help!”
Dining Room
That teal color doesn't work on walls for me, but I love everything else here.
Everything about this is worse than before. The wainscoting, fugly shade of blue, Walmart drapes, mismatched table, all of this is bad and wrong.
Converting 188 Square Feet On Wheels Into A Home
Beautiful, and what a wonderful idea! Why isn't everyone decorating with cats?
Is this the guy who did the built-ins for the family room? Or does he rent that cat out?
Cat sculpture makes an impactful addition of contrast to beach blanket
Before And After Of Our Small Apartment. This Is The Result After 3 Years Of Going Back And Forth In Terms Of My Aesthetic, How I Envision The Room To Function, And Watching Endless Hours Of HGTV And Browsing On Pinterest
Kitchen Transformation
That and those white knobs on the drawers and cabinets.
Load More Replies...Nice job. You brought this kitchen from 1950 straight to 2020. Timeless design.
Don't let them fool you. It magically reappears right after the picture gets taken.
Load More Replies...I liked the before better. The white cabinets (and I know they're trendy) look cheap and the island makes it feel cramped.
A Bright New Jersey Home Office Makeover
I really love so many things about this one. The light fixture, the paint color the touches of lavender and purple. I want to come visit and check out the rest of your home and decor (she said creepily) = )
Short Hills Home Renovation
I am totally confused by this one, would love to see a floor plan before and after.
The "after" is lovely, but other than the general location of the fridge, doors and windows don't line up. A ton of work maybe, but there's space missing
Looks like the new fridge is where the door used to be? Did they knock down a wall? So confusing.
Load More Replies...The second photo is taken from a different angle - you can see the sink and the stove
A Mid Century Modern Home Renovation
And they also painted the walls of the adjacent buildings.
Load More Replies...The title of the post says makeover, not remodel.
Load More Replies...A Vintage Bathroom Gets Classic Italian Restaurant Vibes
Italian Restaurant, eh? O-Kay. If this is the same room, they spent a LOT of money. They moved the exhaust fan from the wall to the ceiling, completely replaced the window, added the large vanity, replaced the toilet, took out one tile floor and put in another, more expensive one, retired for the double outlet between the sinks, replumbed the sink for two, and put in a marble vanity top. Not saying it isn’t the same room, just saying it was one expensive makeover.
Those tiles in the before picture freaking scare me and I don't know why, ugh ..
Change everything on the left wall from the vanity on up and it’s perfection.
Restored Vintage Caravan
Too much of a nice color makes it unbearable. This room needs more white or neutral areas to desaturate the overwhelming view.
Looks nice if you like the colors. But “restored?” Painted, new laminate flooring, cushions, a piece of tile-topped board next to the sink, and a couple of puck lights.oh, and a mirror stuck to the closet door. Not quite a restoration. But clean and bright. And colorful. Certainly an improvement.
An Upper East Family Home Makeover
That's not the same room. Did they change the buildings outside the window too?
I wish they'd take before and after photos from the same perspective. Makes it much easier to appreciate the changes
They moved away from the window and farther to the left, so the building across the street is at a totally different angle. Balcony no longer in the picture. And you do realize that the tree in the After picture is NOT the same on on the left of the Before picture? I love the fireplace, which is not visible in the first picture. I think the new room is very pretty.
It's a different angle. The building is the same, but a different part of it.
This is the best one thus far. I love it. But swap the painting for a larger one and scrap the lighting on the right wall.
Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover
Wish they would shoot the same angle s in before and after photos.
Load More Replies...Just banishing all the junk and workout machines would've been the less expensive remedy for the before picture....
Vintage Van Renovation 2.0
Not bad, but those fluttery little curtains would need constant washing. Blinds would have been a better choice.
The Living Room
A Hoboken Townhouse Remodel For Home Staging
Good thinking moving the bed. In this way no nosy neighbour can see your extracurricular activities.
Bedroom
Small Kitchen Remodel
San Francisco Beach Themed Home Makeover
What exactly is beach themed about this? i see a photo of a wack load of people at a beach, but nothing else is screaming 'beach' to me.
This is nice. It’s country / beachy without being tacky. It was nice before too.
Dining Room Makeover
I hate the trend of having signs throughout the house. EAT in dining room, wash in laundry rooms, sleep in bedrooms...Wait, what's this? A washing machine? What do I do? Good thing the sign was here to remind me! ((Facepalms.))
An Old Soho Duplex Gets An Interior Remodel
Yup! As much as I love horses very rarely horse photos aren't cheesy. This one is brilliant!
Load More Replies...My Living Room Makeover
it seems they just change the fabric of the couch.. which i like it too.
Load More Replies...Too many pillows---no room for a person to sit! After picture is lovely, but the before picture is more comfy and inviting, in my opinion.
A Cramped Duplex Home Makeover
Living Room
All that wood is still there, it's amazing what a few coats of paint can do!
Load More Replies...WHOA, too much white. Some dark wood floors & picture frames would be very beneficial here.
I don't believe it's the same room. Really. Not the same room.
Kitchen Makeover
Before pic looks like someone decorated on the cheap. Nice to see some investment made, finally.
A Contemporary Rustic Loft Home Renovation
It's the exact same furniture, just rearranged and curtains hung. It wasn't even painted.
They also tore out the crown molding and rebuilt coffers for the curtains, painted, and rearranged. Never underestimate the power of paint. It's often the cheapest, most effective thing you can do to make a room look better.
Load More Replies...So Renovating is: Take a picture from your living rooom at night. Shove some furniture around Hang some curtains. Take another picture the next morning. I wish I'd come up with that idea 20 years ago. Would have saved me a lot of labour and money.
They cleaned, rearranged their furniture, and took another pic during the day. I don't think that is a "remodel."
What counts as a "loft" it looks like a normal room - a "loft" surely is the uppermost area of a building directly under the roof eaves and rafters, with sloping ceilings etc
Where I live "loft" is a style of unit... Usually very high ceilings, often a conversion from warehouse or factory or even commercial space, and at least one bit of exposed ductwork, piping, or original materials. :-)
Load More Replies...Renovated Upstate New York Lakeside Getaway
if they show it different angles it means that it is not the same house at all...
Load More Replies...The amount of paneling in the before picture is downright claustrophobic
A Bright, Affordable DIY Kitchen Update
Love the style, makes a lot of what comes through my radar in the house hunt less scary!!
Even the white appliances look great in this room... maybe ditch the rug tho.
A Charitable Renovation For The Ali Forney Center In NYC
The before photo looks like something the BBC Show 'Changing Rooms' would design...
Load More Replies...Kitchen Transformation
We really had a love affair with wooden everything back in the 70s and 80s, didn't we?
It was very Jasper Park Lodge meets the Dark Dreary Dungeon.
Load More Replies...The Bedroom
They tore out the wall and added a patio door so they could access the balcony that probably runs the length of the unit. Also, the hoarder moved out.
Load More Replies...A Neutral, Light-Filled High Rise Home Remodel
Having both pics taken at the same angle would be better. But I do like the lighter, airier feel of the after pic.
Living Room Remodel
The furniture is too big for the room..and it's really ugly. There is comfortable furniture that isn't the size of a tool shed.
the tongue an grove was awful - but the brick red fireplace was just evil - true firebricks are brown
Load More Replies...Instead of having a space between shelves and wall I would put the space between the shelves and the fireplace. The bricks/stones whatever, will heat up. And my precious books can do with out all the temperature changes that causes.
Living Room Makeover
What the hell is lurking under that beige blanket on the sofa in the before pic.
Kitchen Makeover
Before And After: A Yorkshire Bedroom Goes From Beige To Beautiful
Wardrobe? Only weaklings, who require clothing, needs wardrobes! *Thumps chest and walks outdoors clad only in loin cloth into a Yorkshire winter*...
Load More Replies...Dining Room
Round tables are the way to go! You can fit more people in the room more comfortably and talk to everyone instead of just those on your left and right.
In my house, we're allowed to speak to persons across the table, as well. It's unconventional but it suits our extravagant lifestyle.
Load More Replies...San Francisco Beach Themed Home Makeover
I usually hate beachy kitsch, but the after pic just looks so much comfier.
I'm afraid this looks like a hotel room to me- a nice hotel room but a hotel room none the less.
Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover
Modern Farmhouse Living Room Renovation
Much much better. The before couch looks like it may have been made from human skin!!!
Joseph Mengele Exclusive Design. 👿 He's keeping company with Saten.
Load More Replies...Central Stairwell By Philip Mitchell Design Inc.
So you're stuck with no taste cause you have no money?
Load More Replies...Too much, too random, too cluttered. This is an overwhelming amount of visual noise.
all the unnecessary pictures are adding to unnecessary visual clutter. less is more
A lighting feature would have been nice.. it looks so cold and dreary
Before And After Renovating My Living Room
Much improved from the before, but I think this will also feel dated in about 10 years.
San Francisco Beach Themed Home Makeover
Lol make the before pic look like absolute trash with terrible lighting then redecorate the after with better lighting
Let me guess. Their kid grew up and moved out, and they turned their bedroom into a rec room.
A Hoboken Townhouse Remodel For Home Staging
I liked it with the books, some books would have looked good for staging.
Looks like drapes on the outside of the terrace. There are some hanging at the corner on the left, as well.
Load More Replies...Kitchen Renovation Before And After
You can look out the window when you are washing dishes. Makes the job more pleasant.
Load More Replies...Portland Art Deco Funk
Very classy makeover that doesn't take away from the house's vintage.
Homepolish Gives Its New Office Space A Sleek And Cozy Look
A San Clemente Tuscan Tract House
I was just thinking how terribly uncomfortable those chairs look.
Load More Replies...New furniture, took down the wall hangings, and got rid of the clutter. Oh, and turned on the lights.
The Bathroom
I suspect there was significant water damage beneath the old toilet which necessitated repairing the floor.
Load More Replies...Complete Bathroom Remodel
Not sure I'm on board with the shower wall material in the after pic. And what's that little space in the wall next to the shower in the before pic? It looks like it's supposed to be there for some reason.
This just doesn't work- the width of the vanity, the faucet style bumping up against the too large, too low medicine cabinet that even blocks the light above. Plus the tile looks like every too busy flip house on HGTV. I just feel like everything in this room is the wrong scale.
I don't thnk anyone takes a bath anymore. Everyone showers. I remember when taking a bath was the norm, using huge amounts of water.
Load More Replies...Did they utilize leftover outdoor paving material for the shower wall?
An Upper East Family Home Makeover
Not sure I would've darkened it with those cabinets, but still an improvement.
Family Room Makeover
You mean after all that unnecessary clutter is tossed to the floor.
Load More Replies...Bedroom Transformation
I find those armchairs a little bit...disturbing. Are they waiting for guest to watch them sleep?
Yesterday they showed me a bathroom with an armchair in front of the toilet. THAT's disturbing :P
Load More Replies...Living Room
I really like this room with the exception hanging the curtain rod right up against the trim. Yes you should hang curtain rods high to give height to the windows but not up against the trim.
I think it's a matter of one person's taste vs. another's. There's no rule about that so what someone should do is what they want to do.
Load More Replies...That old space heater looked dangerous, with all those drapey curtains and furniture coverings.
Small Patio
Five Stark Apartments Became A Breathtaking Manhattan Triplex
Very nice but I would feel like people are watching me with binoculars.
Anyone spying on my middle-aged buttocks would be bored AF.
Load More Replies...The addition of trees to the apartments opposite was a brilliant idea!
Stunning One57 Luxury Condo Remodel
I do believe that is some sort of funky end table... but it doesn't really go with the rest of the décor.
Load More Replies...A Dark Co-Op Interior Redesign Into An Urban Retreat
shiny large mirror, extra bright light, my idea bathroom!! a larger sink would be nice too! There's never too much light in a bathroom, you know when you wash your hair and close your eyes? Demons and assassins creep up on you when you do that, NOT if you have bright lights!
Robert A.M. Stern Revived This 1847 Townhouse For His Son’s Family
Before And After
The acoustics would not be great for that piano - too many hard surfaces.
Roof Garden By Rottet Studio
It's the city. Privacy is at a premium and you can go to the World Trade Center and get a view.
Load More Replies...A San Diego Home Balances Restoration & Modernity
The colour is nice, but again too distracted by the different angles to tell what is going on.
Well, showing a before pic from before they started gutting it would've given a better perspective on the renovation...
Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover
I'm trying to figure out the piece of furniture in the right foreground of the before pic...a kind of a bunk bed, maybe? If so, it looks like one kid grew up and left, and the other can finally have a dream bedroom to themselves.
I noticed that too but it seems some of these pics are of the same homes, just different rooms. There was one a few pages back also called "Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover" that showed a bedroom with a single bed in the before but with two twin beds in the after. I'm wondering if maybe siblings switched rooms? I think a lot of these pics are also of homes that have been sold and are being flipped.
Load More Replies...Room Remodel
Living Room
Would be nice if photo had been taken from the same angle for both.
Kitchen
A Country Modern Greenwich House Renovation
It looked pretty cool before tho. I wonder what made them want to change it; I kinda like the cozy "grandma's place" feel from before.
Love How It Turned Out
This Is A Small Two Room Flat In Center Of Moscow. 44 Sq. Meters. It Took Me 2 Month To Change, Absolutely Everything
Room Makeover
Guest Room Remodel
Bedroom Makeover
Looks nice, but honestly red color and those paintings above the bed freak me out a bit
This Very Boring Bathroom That Morphed Into A Classy Bathroom
This is not the same bathroom. The window is bigger and about 30 cm closer to the wall.
A Kitchen Stuck In The '70s Gets A Facelift
What was that cheesy c**p stuck on the counter front in the before pic? Looks like a huge cheap-looking sticker.
The Bathroom Of A Manhattan Apartment
It's NYC, no one knows the neighbor around the corner or next bldg. same as when I was in London. Who cares!
1920's Bungalow Kitchen Remodel
Laundry Room Remodel
Makeover
Short Hills Home Renovation
I still have one of those stoves, and it's not sweet. I'm just waiting for the damn thing to finally die so I can justify replacing it.
Load More Replies...1927 Kitchen Remodel
taking the after photo from the same angle as the before one would have helped, this is not the same wall, what's on that wall now? A FRIDGE MAYBE?
Living Room Makeover
so, what are those white things marking the symmetry of the wood over the fireplace?
pretty sure those are plugs for the tv etc, looks like they wanted to put the tv there but changed mind
Load More Replies...Living Room Makeover - Before And After
pretty sure this guy will need some type of table to set the bottled water on . I like having his collectibles correctly displayed.
DIY Living Room Redesign
Evolution Of A Fireplace
Why would you put a pillow next to a fireplace that's a horrible idea
It finally occured to them to paint it all the same colour.
Load More Replies...Neutral Living Room
Trailer Transformation
Before And After: The Duggar Girls' Room
A Colonial Connecticut Estate House Renovation
Should have kept it how it was just with the addition of ballet barres and had it as a dance studio!!
A Disheveled Brooklyn Living Room Gets Some Much Needed Love
A Forgettable Family Room Gets A Sophisticated Second Chance
Renovated Rowhouse, Budget Edition
I have to admit, it could have been taken anywhere else. We can't recognise any element
Load More Replies...A San Diego Home Balances Restoration & Modernity
Yeah, all I can think is how many spiders will live in that thing...
Load More Replies...Living Room
Paint, different furniture, and getting rid of the shag carpet. Good ideas.
Bathroom
Fantastic!! Did you paint the tiles black or did you use black for this pattern?
Kitchen Renovation
Before And After: An English Rental Brings The Drama
DIY Campervan Conversion On A Tiny Budget In Less Than 1 Week
I like this a lot. The bed makes that much more useful to you, I'll bet.
Before And After - Kitchen And Living Room
Living Room Transformation
You can see a tiny bit of the fireplace on the bottom left of the photo.The brick has been painted over white I think.
Load More Replies...This Is It, Over 7 Months Since We Began Our Living Room Remodel, The Reveal We've All Been Waiting For, Our Living Room Before And After!
The paint job helped, but I would've kept more of the fireplace design intact
How did their paintjob took 7 months?! I'm so sad they didn't use all the space the room had to offer and now with the furniture placed like this it looks small :(
Look Inside This Renovated Upstate New York Lakeside Getaway
The "before" is much more welcoming... those sconces and tables are way too gaudy!
They hit the harry potter movie set sale after they filmed the last deathly hallows movie
Load More Replies...I like the before picture better. The clean black and white looks modern and it just needed some furniture to go with the B&W tiles.
Old wall paper bye-bye: Yay! Old arched opening, skinny closet below upper three steps, cupboard that blocks that closet door, sconce lighting, carpet on stairs BYE-BYE: YAY! Hall tables: yuck, new sconce lights: Yuck!, weird screen around settee: HUH?, new newel post: YUCK! and the. floor. tile: Go back on your medication immediately. In picture "A", are those chair & furniture refrigerator magnets in the right mos doorway?
College Student Room Redesign
On This Weeks Edition Of, "What Was The Previous Owner Thinking?"
In the before pic, I just know my hip bone would always find that place where the counter just out at an angle...
Abstract Art For Living Room
It would have been so much more comfortable to stub a toe on the chest?
Load More Replies...A Colonial Connecticut Estate House Renovation
80's again. Our townhouse was this colour when we bought it. I spent two weeks painting before I unpacked a single piece of art.
Load More Replies...Philly Suburbs Living Room: Before (Previous Homeowners) And After
A Hoboken Townhouse Remodel For Home Staging
Putting a few books away doesn't really qualify as a remodel. Besides bookshelves filled with books are fine.
Many buyers are put off by a lot of books because they are intimidated by the seller's presumed intellect. Ridiculous, I know, but I've had to "get rid" of my books every time I've listed my place.
Load More Replies...Imho: Moving the ladder in front of the TV doesn't qualify as remodelling. Or is it supposed to be some kind of contemporary statement against the negative influence that TV's have on modern society?
A Living Room Renovation For Comfort And Relaxing
Before And After
Before And After
This Cramped Bungalow Kitchen That Turned Into An Airy, Marbled Cooking Wonderland
I love the look, just wondering where the dishwasher is. I like the stove on the end where the sides can be more narrow and leave more floor space. And it all looks cleaner and brighter.
Before And After: An English Rental Brings The Drama
I guess changing a bedroom into a n eat-in kitchen is "bringing the drama". Or someone got the pics messed up...we may never know. :-)
Load More Replies...An Upper East Family Home Makeover
Except for the floor, I think that was just wood panelling.
Load More Replies...beautiful to bland. (ok the after is nice, but the before is amazing)
An Upper East Family Home Makeover
Ugh - Top photo.. I'm sure that mirror belonged to snow whites evil stepmother.
Oh! Oh, my goodness! It looks so much brighter. What do you pay for a chair like that?
A Country Modern Greenwich House Renovation
So it's from cosy home kitchen to hipster lunchroom. Well, as long as the owners are happy with it...
I'd definitely take the hominess of the Before than the sterility of the After. Those orange chairs are hideous... old uncomfortable design doesn't disappear with orange paint. But I'm trying to figure out how these are the same house.
San Francisco Beach Themed Home Makeover
Vehicle Makeover Into Home
An Outdated 1930s Spanish-Style Home Gets A Total Overhaul
A Drab Texas Home Gets A Dose Of L.A. Cool
Sara Story Restores A Historic Victorian Home For Her Family
Doesn't look like the same area. The before pic looks like the front door, and the after pic looks like the back door.
Living Room
$107 Rustic Cabin Man Cave I Built In My Basement
Window added in a basement that is above grade and waste pipe relocated? Oh, wait....maybe it isn't the same space.
Ever heard of a walk-out basement? It might have been a space that never had any attention paid to it and now it has.
Load More Replies...A Dated Bedroom Becomes A Modern Retreat For Family
Living Room
If this were my room, I'd make the carpet a little darker - would make the room look warmer.
J. Randall Powers Transformed A Houston Home Into An Ultra-Refined Residence
The before is beautiful and more elegant looking than the after. Why cover that beautiful wood flooring with tile?
Renovation Of Living Room
Stairway side of wood is lovely, but why remove the bottom stair for something as tacky as this open step.? And the before railing looks much more stable/sturdy than the after, and it is beautiful also.
Living Room Makeover
NOT the same room! The fireplace proportions are different and there'a window in the left of the fireplace in the original pic - that is a solid wall in the "after" pic. Also, check the distance from the fireplace to the edge of room in the original photo vs. the "after" photo. Shame!
Bathroom Makeover
Oficce Room
They might be livable if the shelving was painted white.
Load More Replies...The green wallpaper was the same chi chi paper as the Beverly Hills Hotel still has!
What on earth were the previous designers thinking with all that bright green?
Recently Finished A 6 Month Remodel
You all need to take the pics from the same angle otherwise I assume you are lying.
I don't agree with you on much, CrunChewy... but on this we can agree.
Load More Replies...Kitchen Makeover
The Pink Bedroom
If you've ever had to live in a pink bedroom before it was finally unpinked, you'd understand how just about anything else is an improvement. I had that as a teenager when we moved to California. I got what was obviously a girl's room that was so pink I felt like I was sleeping inside a bottle of Pepto! I was overjoyed when it was painted a calm, lovely pale blue.
Jamie And Chad’s Sweetened Ridgewood Bathroom Renovation
Its so white it hurts my eyes. Just hate when people paints everything white and think its bright and fresh. No, you only make us go snowblind and feeling sick.
Agree. I lile white, but with a bit more contrasting color.
Load More Replies...It actually did, in a way. Doing away with the monster-tub-that-nobody-uses gave them at LEAST an extra meter of space, and the open shower (no doors) stopped it looking like it cut off at a weird angle. /// That said I find open showers to be cold. The only way to stay warm is to stay directly under the water.
Load More Replies...Short Hills Home Renovation
Mid-Century Modern Family Home Makeover
Weston Renovation
This after pic is a photo from an Argentinian home decor magazine called Deco Estilo
J. Randall Powers Transformed A Houston Home Into An Ultra-Refined Residence
I hate political tie ins normally, but I admit, I chuckled at your comment, zoikes - look at the monument in the window...........
Load More Replies...Those are spectacularly ugly chairs. But then....Texas. Where taste takes a holiday.
That looks like Jack's nappy hanging on the wall,gross taste all round,lol
135 Look Inside This Renovated Upstate New York Lakeside Getaway
No. Why would you do that? They took away a professional range & that beautiful ceiling for a galley kitchen. It did need some work, but not that!
Stupid Closet To Barn Door Closet Renovation
Before And After
Where's the rack, whips, and chains in the after? This would be the room where, even if you go in smiling, you'd want to hang yourself after an hour.
Updating Inherited Pieces With Ariene C. Bethea
Before And After Bedroom Makeover
I don't understand why this got voted down so much. It's kind of cool, and at least it's a real before and after, not some fake post with pictures taken from Google.
J. Randall Powers Transformed A Houston Home Into An Ultra-Refined Residence
I guess this fit the owner's taste ( maybe to go with the painting) but i find it overcrowded and I don't like the colors.
Dining Room Makeover
I am with you, the chairs look like ghost story chairs, you know? Covered in sheets to keep the dust off....haunted vibe, woooooooo!
Load More Replies...A Contemporary Rustic Loft Home Renovation
Guest Bathroom
The before room needed a brightening, such as white paint and new floor, but that wall would creep me out. Looks like spiders' eyes.
Look Inside This Renovated Upstate New York Lakeside Getaway
Breakfast Room Makeover
A Bedroom Dormer Becomes An Extraordinary Nursery
I don't think the baby will be able to sleep with those busy walls...
Or the creepy swan bursting out the wall .....
Load More Replies...A Cramped Duplex Home Makeover
I think it could be. They could have knocked down the wall to open it up. Looks the same out both windows :)
Load More Replies...A Cramped Duplex Home Makeover
Guys Treat Their Friend To An Epic Room Makeover
They couldn't stretch to a new blind to hide this mess from the neighbours,or maybe they join in the pool party ......just weird
A Country Modern Greenwich House Renovation
straight out of the mind of the interior design from beetlejuice
Paint everything white, turn a few more lights on,put some throws over stuff and consider it "made over" in the Changing Rooms mids 90's style ;)
Imagine the same made over room couple of months later. Especially with all that white furniture and human love for making bulks of stuff lying around. Yes, looks good for photo but maintaining?
Paint everything white, turn a few more lights on,put some throws over stuff and consider it "made over" in the Changing Rooms mids 90's style ;)
Imagine the same made over room couple of months later. Especially with all that white furniture and human love for making bulks of stuff lying around. Yes, looks good for photo but maintaining?
