Before & After (Page 7)

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In This Pastel London Bathroom, the Green Grout Matches the Faucet

In This Pastel London Bathroom, the Green Grout Matches the Faucet

By Kate McGregor, Photography by Lindsey Isla

red tile shower

Screenshot After Screenshot Helped This Bathroom Reno Go Smoothly

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Racheal Jackson

large black paned window

Post-Reno, This Home’s Curvy Staircases Don’t Look Stuck in the ’90s Anymore

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Michelle Johnson

wood dining table

A Designer Made This Home Less Flipper Grade Without Touching the White Cabinets

By Lydia Geisel, After Photography by Madeline Tolle, Before Photography by Sara Lauder

black kitchen cabinets

An Instagram Ad Led This Brooklyn Dad to Affordable DTC Kitchen Cabinets

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Nick Glimenakis

Exterior of Los Angeles home gym renovation

Wall-to-Wall Built-Ins Hide All the Utilitarian Odds and Ends in This Garage-Turned-Gym

By Raven McMillan

striped breakfast banquette

How a Designer Reconfigured This Brownstone’s Victorian-Era Rooms Into a Free-Flowing Layout

By Juliet Izon, Photography by Kyle Caldwell

This Blush Pink Bathroom Belongs to None Other Than Barbie’s Head of Design

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Jess Isaac

wood-paneled living room with rainbow rug

A $200 Floor Refresh Was the First Step in Making Our Mid-Century Doctor’s Office Move-In Ready

By Christene Barberich, Photography by Christene Barberich

arched shower niche

Bathroom Renovation

A Drop-In Tub Is a Kids’ Bathroom Must, But It Doesn’t Have to Be White and Boring

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Sharon Hughes

narrow mudroom with white brick wall

Cutting Her Sunroom in Half Gave This Homeowner a Multifunctional Mudroom

By Kate McGregor

Purple Grout and a Mango Showerhead Infuse This Shared Family Bathroom With Fun

Renovator's Notebook

Purple Grout and a Mango Showerhead Infuse This Shared Family Bathroom With Fun

By Lydia Geisel

portrait of woman in a green dress

A Trip to MoMA (and the Homeowner’s Closet) Sparked This Pattern-Heavy Bedroom Refresh

By Kate McGregor

blue tiled bathroom

A Monochrome Move Was All It Took to Make This Dated Tile Feel Intentional

By Kate McGregor

This First-Time Homeowner Doubled the Size of Her 750-Square-Foot House

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Liz Davidson

purplr laundry room with utility sink

Surprise! This Lavender Laundry Room Is the Kids’ Favorite Hangout

By Kate McGregor, Photography by Vanessa Lentine

sunny neutral kitchen

How One London Designer Made the Most of Her Circa-1958 “Ugly Beauty”

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Renée Kemps

cozy white living room

There’s a Rowboat on Standby at This California Cottage Overlooking Oyster Farms

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Carley Page Summers

view down a hallway

The In-Between Spots Are the Secret Stars of This Brooklyn Brownstone Renovation

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Alan Tansey

black galley kitchen

This Actor’s Punk Remodel Involves Brass Sheeting and Black Soapstone, Naturally

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Sean Litchfield

dark bathroom vanity with wood cabinet

Not Going Dark and Moody in Your Windowless Bathroom Is a Missed Opportunity

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Sean Litchfield

Wall, Begone: A Little Rearranging Paid Off in This Open-Concept Kitchen

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Margaret Austin

black and white kitchen

How a Designer Made Her L.A. Fixer-Upper Family-Friendly (and Eventually Resale Ready)

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Virtually Here Studios

chic living room with blue sofa

Old Meets New on Park Avenue in This Family-Friendly NYC Apartment Reno

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Seth Caplan, Styling by Lucy Bamman

This Musician’s Arch-Filled California Home Is Something Out of a Fairy Tale

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Bess Friday

kitchen with island and green cabinets

One Shade of Green and Three Types of IKEA Cabinets Transformed This 1980s Kitchen

By Kate McGregor, Photography by Michelle Phillips

This Designer’s Home Was Overwhelmed by Wood Trim—Now It’s Like a Cool Hotel

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Erin Konrath

woman standing in kitchen

This London Furniture Designer’s Sage Green Pantry Features a Happy Surprise

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Anna Stathaki

bed next to fireplace

This 20-Something Ditched a Sofa (But DIYed a Fireplace!) in Her Studio Apartment

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Trevor Parker

corner of wood kitchen cabinets

Renovator's Notebook

In True NYC Style, Our $24K Kitchen Reno Had to Account for Integrated Laundry

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Belle Morizio, Styling by Julia Stevens

nautical white and blue kitchen

“What If We Designed a Kitchen for a Sea Captain?”

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Kara Mercer

living room with record storage

This Extra-Long L.A. Living Room Is Really Three Mini Spaces in One

By Kate McGregor

velvet chair at table

After a Leaky Pipe Disaster, This Designer Reimagined Her Office With Smarter Storage

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Mike Van Tassel

sage green paneled walls with dog on sofa

No Contractor, No Problem—How One Stylist Renovated Her Basement During Lockdown

By Kate McGregor

One DIYer Put Leanne Ford’s Signature Bathroom Update to the Test

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Farah Prochaska

spanish inspired backsplash tile

Kitchen Renovation

This Kitchen Went From 100 Square Feet Shoved in a Corner to More Than Double Its Size

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Joyelle West

green and white kitchen peninsula

Kitchen Renovation

Goodbye, Tight Galley Layout. Hello, Breezy Kitchen and Laundry Room

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Kate Jordan, Styling by Beth Clevenstine

woman leaning on counter

Kitchen Renovation

This Designer Saved Big With Secondhand Kitchen Cabinets—And Put the Scraps to Use

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Chris Mottalini, Styling by Brit Ashcraft

This Designer Mom Reimagined Her Home’s Wet Bar as a Playroom

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Peter Baker

The 10 Most Popular Renovations We Featured in 2021

By Lydia Geisel

giant blue bunk bed structure

A Slide and a Wonder Woman Theme Topped This Kid’s Bedroom Makeover Requests

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Camille Kurtz

white kitchen on reno notebook background

Renovator's Notebook

Ultra-White Paint and a Removable Bathroom Hack Kept My Reno to Just 3 Weeks

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Belle Morizio, Styling by Julia Stevens

Marine-Grade Plywood Turned This Split-Level’s Problem Area Into a Design Statement

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Sam Wadieh

big wood kitchen island

Kitchen Renovation

This Builder-Grade Kitchen’s Layout Went Unchanged, But These Tweaks Make It Look Custom

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Christy Kosnic

stone fireplace

With 3 Months to Renovate, This Family Put Scrap 2-by-4s and Old Ceiling Parts to Use

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Tanya Goehring

blue living room

A 1920s Tudor Reno in Waco, Texas, That Traded Shiplap for Bold Paint

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Jeff Jones

navy hallway with view of kitchen

A Brooklyn Co-Op Got the Parisian Café Treatment Thanks to a Big Marble Purchase

By Kate McGregor

After 6 Years of Cooking in a Basement, We Brought Our Dream Kitchen to Light for $32K

Renovator's Notebook

After 6 Years of Cooking in a Basement, We Brought Our Dream Kitchen to Light for $32K

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Naomi Finlay

green and red kitchen

Kitchen Renovation

This Minneapolis Kitchen Makeover Is So Gucci

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Canary Grey

Green Bench Outside Kitchen Steel Frame Doors

Shiplap Cabinets Help This Harlem Home’s Kitchen Practically Disappear

By Morgan Bulman

woman in dining room

Hidden Within This Once Dated Dining Room’s Walls Was a Charming Brick Arch

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Liv Madeline

green u shape kitchen

Kitchen Renovation

The Breakfast Peninsula Takes On a New Look in This U-Shaped Kitchen Reno

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Lauren Miller

white sink with mirrored vanity

Bathroom Renovation

Thanks to a Double-Duty Bathroom Reno, This NYC Couple’s Laundry-Hauling Days Are Over

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Belle Morizio, Styling by Julia Stevens

navy blue kitchen cabinets

A Platform Tub and Mismatched Floors Didn’t Deter These First-Time Brownstone Buyers

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Nick Glimenakis

house on background

Renovator's Notebook

I Built My Dream Backyard Workspace for $8K

By Lydia Geisel, Photography by Andrea Calo

green kitchen on wood background

Renovator's Notebook

This L.A. Couple Flipped Their Builder-Grade Kitchen to Look Like It’s 1928 Again

Photography by Eric Neujahr, By Lydia Geisel

A Wow-Worthy Kitchen Transformation Plays Up Unexpected Color

Kitchen Renovation

A Wow-Worthy Kitchen Transformation Plays Up Unexpected Color

By Lydia Geisel

Bobby Berk Shares a Sneak Peek of His Latest Before and After

Bobby Berk Shares a Sneak Peek of His Latest Before and After

By Rebecca Deczynski

blue tile kitchen

Inside a Blue-Tile Dream Kitchen Built From Scratch

By Elly Leavitt

green wall tile and white floors in a bathroom

Bathroom Renovation

How One Couple Upgraded the Floor in Their 47-Square-Foot Bath Themselves

By Joelle Bellini

Emily Henderson’s Latest “Flash Makeover” Is Truly Jaw-Dropping

Emily Henderson’s Latest “Flash Makeover” Is Truly Jaw-Dropping

By Lydia Geisel

A “Bathroom in a Box” Service Officially Exists—Here’s Why You Need It

Bathroom Renovation

A “Bathroom in a Box” Service Officially Exists—Here’s Why You Need It

By Elly Leavitt

Ellen DeGeneres’s Latest Before and After Is a Sight to Behold

Ellen DeGeneres’s Latest Before and After Is a Sight to Behold

By Lydia Geisel

Bold Brazilian Style Meets American Mid-Century In This Upstate Hideaway

Bold Brazilian Style Meets American Mid-Century In This Upstate Hideaway

By Jennifer Blaise Kramer