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wood kitchen on wood background

Renovator's Notebook

We Made Our Ojai Ranch House Open-Concept—And Saved $4K Doing It

Photography by Sarah Yates Mora, By Lydia Geisel

rustic farmohouse kitchen on wood backdrop

Renovator's Notebook

Refreshing Our Old Kitchen Cabinets Cost Only $100

By Lydia Geisel

This $5K Kitchen Overhaul Makes a Convincing Case for Laminate Countertops

Renovator's Notebook

This $5K Kitchen Overhaul Makes a Convincing Case for Laminate Countertops

Photography by Shen Outar, By Garrett Fleming

airy bedroom with white bedding

These Pros Saw a Ton of Value in Adding Just 250 Square Feet to Their L.A. Home

Photography by Zachary Gray, By Lydia Geisel

black stille house with sloped driveway

The Sturdy Siding Material That Makes This Family House a Forever Home

Photography by Jon McMorran, By Lydia Geisel

We Transformed an Old Porch Into a Laundry Room for $6K

Renovator's Notebook

We Transformed an Old Porch Into a Laundry Room for $6K

By Lydia Geisel

white closets in bedroom

A Chance Discovery Took This ’70s Bedroom’s Ceilings From 6 Feet to Sky-High

Photography by Grace Fox, By Lydia Geisel

Brooklyn kitchen renovation

Every Nook Has Hidden Storage in This Brooklyn Baker’s Kitchen

Purple marble backsplash in kitchen

To Splurge on Burgundy Marble, This Renovator Saved on Her Kitchen Wall Treatment

By Gabrielle Savoie

vintage kitchen with Smeg fridge

Renovator's Notebook

We Knocked $100K Off Our Reno Budget With a Little-Known Tax Credit

By Gabrielle Savoie

Kitchen with black countertops and backsplash

A $1K Reno Decision Was the Key to Transforming This Narrow D.C. Kitchen

By Gabrielle Savoie

My Husband and I Turned Our Garage Into a Zen Work Space for $10K

My Husband and I Turned Our Garage Into a Zen Work Space for $10K

By Lydia Geisel

peach bathroom wall with modenr vanity

A Medicine Cabinet Move Instantly Opened Up This 35-Square-Foot Bathroom

Photography by Vincent Dilio, By Lydia Geisel

bathroom sink with yellow faucet

This Teen Bathroom Makeover Brings an Iconic Arcade Game to Life

By Lydia Geisel

archway leading to shower

Adding an Archway to This Shower Opened Up a Whole New World

By Lydia Geisel

Kitchen with green tile and grasscloth wallpaper

The Only Thing This Designer Replaced in Her Kitchen Reno Was the Faucet

By Gabrielle Savoie

Of Course, Emily Henderson’s Editorial Director Has the Most Incredible Dining Room

By Elly Leavitt

antique wood kitchen with subway tiles

Kitchen Renovation

After Finding Victorian Cabinets in an Antiques Shop, Everything Fell Into Place

By Elly Leavitt

Storage cabinets and spiral staircase

How Do You Fit a Family of Four Into a Cozy 700-Square-Foot Cottage?

By Rebecca Deczynski

airy bright open kitchen

Painting These 2000s Cabinets Made Room in the Budget for Lively Tile

By Lydia Geisel

Whoa, This Exterior Before and After Cost Less Than $1000

Whoa, This Exterior Before and After Cost Less Than $1000

By Joelle Bellini

narrow modern laundry room

How to Pull Off Faux Laundry Room Built-Ins for Less Than $400

By Lydia Geisel

ombre bookshelf with painted and tile fireplace

You’d Never Guess This Psychedelic Library Used to Be a Hallway

By Elly Leavitt

Would You Sacrifice a Big Bedroom for a Dream Kitchen? This Couple Did

By Gabrielle Savoie

chai r in a corner of tiled bedroom

Renovator's Notebook

I Covered My 400-Square-Foot Guesthouse in Tile for $500

By Lydia Geisel

Yes, a 21-Year-Old Really Did Design This Antiques-Filled Dining Room

By Elly Leavitt

These Are the 17 Best Before-and-After Transformations We’ve Seen

Bathroom Renovation

These Are the 17 Best Before-and-After Transformations We’ve Seen

and Elly Leavitt, By Lydia Geisel

Elbow Grease and $3K Took This Kitchen From Miserable to Memorable

Renovator's Notebook

Elbow Grease and $3K Took This Kitchen From Miserable to Memorable

Photography by Tiffany Grant-Riley, By Garrett Fleming

modern breakfst nook

An Unexpected Floor Redo Changed This Kitchen for the Better

By Lydia Geisel

u shaped kitchen wiht butcher block

Renovator's Notebook

I Saved More Than $2K by Tiling My Counter-to-Ceiling Kitchen Backsplash

By Lydia Geisel

curved range hood with gray stone backsplash

3 Sets of Doors Had to Go to Make Room for This Pink Galley Kitchen

By Lydia Geisel

farmhouse style kitchen with blue floors

Adding Windows Isn’t the Only Way to Brighten Up a Gloomy Kitchen

By Lydia Geisel

This Designer Painted Over Hardwood and Doesn’t Regret It One Bit

This Designer Painted Over Hardwood and Doesn’t Regret It One Bit

By Joelle Bellini

kitchen shelving with antique mirror

Every Detail in This French-Inspired Kitchen Was Chosen to Increase Its Value

By Elly Leavitt

The Brownstone Boys Brooklyn kitchen

Renovator's Notebook

$300K Later, Our 130-Year-Old Brownstone Has Its Original Charm Back

By Gabrielle Savoie

renovator's notebook note with a brown and white cottage

Renovator's Notebook

Almost Half of Our $16K Exterior Remodel Budget Went to Painting the Fence

Illustrations by Madeline Montoya, By Lydia Geisel

Sophia Cook and her son in her London kitchen

This Family’s Lively London Kitchen Was Once a Dated Dining Room

By Gabrielle Savoie

Kitchen with green tile and blue cabinets

“Design Me a Kitchen Around This Green Velvet Pillow”

By Gabrielle Savoie

We Added 6 Rooms to Our Home, But Only Expanded the Footprint 100 Square Feet

Renovator's Notebook

We Added 6 Rooms to Our Home, But Only Expanded the Footprint 100 Square Feet

By Lydia Geisel

sunset coming down on a house

This Maine Home’s Next-Level Screened-In Porch Can Be Taken Apart in an Hour

By Lydia Geisel

Building Our Own Plywood Cabinets Saved Us $1,000 on Our Kitchen Reno

Renovator's Notebook

Building Our Own Plywood Cabinets Saved Us $1,000 on Our Kitchen Reno

Photography by Megan Pflug, By Julie Vadnal

Kitchen with yellow cabinets

A Jar of Dijon Mustard Inspired This Cheery Atlanta Kitchen Remodel

By Gabrielle Savoie

Kids room with yellow canopy

We Saved $4K by Reusing Furniture in Our Son’s Big Kid Room Makeover

By Gabrielle Savoie

Bedroom with white walls and blue bed

Renovator's Notebook

It Only Took 6 Months for a Pro House Flipper to Double This L.A. Home’s Value

By Gabrielle Savoie

sofa with cutting board gallery wall

In This Quirky Brooklyn Brownstone, Cutting Boards Belong on a Gallery Wall

By Elly Leavitt

marble kitchen with a marble backgorund

Renovator's Notebook

With $50K and a Forklift, We Vaulted the Garage and Made a Kitchen

By Lydia Geisel

bright breakfast nook with surround windows

This 170-Square-Foot Kitchen Doesn’t Rely on Tons of Cabinetry for Storage

By Lydia Geisel

This Living Room Before and After Features a 100-Year-Old Mantel

By Joelle Bellini

Tour A Kitchen That Hadn’t Been Updated Since the 60s

Tour A Kitchen That Hadn’t Been Updated Since the 60s

By Joelle Bellini

bright bedroom photo on a wood backdrop

Renovator's Notebook

Why Our $250K House Restoration Budget Nearly Doubled by the End

By Lydia Geisel

A Breezy Bathroom Before and After That’s 10 Years in the Making

A Breezy Bathroom Before and After That’s 10 Years in the Making

By Elly Leavitt

Green and white checkered backsplash

The Charming Kitchen That Changed Our Mind About This Countertop Style

By Gabrielle Savoie

green kitchen with textured wood panel cabinets

Renovator's Notebook

My First-Ever Kitchen Gut Reno Involved Some Serious Salvaging

By Elly Leavitt

A Canadian Home Gets a Polished Scandinavian Makeover

A Canadian Home Gets a Polished Scandinavian Makeover

By Lydia Geisel

This Desk Makeover Is the Only Decluttering Motivation You Need

This Desk Makeover Is the Only Decluttering Motivation You Need

By Joelle Bellini

Exterior of backyard greenhouse

We Used Scrap Wood to Build a Greenhouse in Our Backyard

By Rebecca Deczynski

skirt curtain and farm sink

Renovator's Notebook

We Saved $3,000 on Pantry Cabinets All Thanks to This Mistake

By Lydia Geisel

Blush Bedroom corner with chair and plant

A Clever Use of Wallpaper Tied Together This Tetris-Like Bedroom Suite

By Gabrielle Savoie

white and wood living room

You’ll Barely Recognize the Wood Paneling in This Den Makeover

By Lydia Geisel

Interior with big church window

We Turned an Old Church Into a Big, Cozy, Modern Living Room

By Rebecca Deczynski

Marble, Terrazzo, Unlacquered Brass—This Kitchen Reno Has All the Right Ingredients

Marble, Terrazzo, Unlacquered Brass—This Kitchen Reno Has All the Right Ingredients

By Christine Lennon

Living room with white sectional

I Spent 5 Years Painstakingly Restoring My 1850s Victorian

By Gabrielle Savoie

gray kitchen on a splattered backdgroudn with reno notebook stamp

Renovator's Notebook

I Totally Transformed My NYC Rental Kitchen for $7,500

By Lydia Geisel

Our Detroit Home Was Valued at $2,300 in 2012—Now It’s Worth Over $400,000

Renovator's Notebook

Our Detroit Home Was Valued at $2,300 in 2012—Now It’s Worth Over $400,000

By Kelsey Clark