Before & Afters

And the best part? It's all DIY.

They incorporated their kids' favorite color into the new built-ins!

It becomes a completely overhauled space with plenty of room for all its uses.

It's unrecognizable, in the best possible way.

Thanks to a classic Farrow & Ball color.

Quite possibly some of the best we've seen.

We've got every color of the rainbow.

Fabulous wall murals, clever IKEA hacks, and more!

This is a very clever use of space.

Now it's a dream family kitchen, with an amazing circular window.

Making the most of all tight spaces.

Get inspired with these before and after photos!

The after is an explosion of color, pattern, and imagination.

The bold library wall is a bookworm's fantasy.

This homeowner and organizing enthusiast has tons of tips for getting the most out of your garage storage.

Before, it was barely able to fit one person. Now, it can seat plenty of guests.

The whole family helped with this renovation!

You don't have to change every single thing in a space to totally transform the feel of it, and this redo is proof.

It's amazing what a little trim can do.

The once childish space is now unrecognizable — and very, very cool.

This in-between space is now reaching its full potential.

If you need inspiration for an easy, done-in-a-day furniture refresh, read on.

If you have an ugly utility sink at home, bookmark this redo.

Stephanie Lalley, who is the Design Director at Lucy Interior Design, turned this unloved, nearly tear-down cabin into a stunning and bright retreat for her family of four.

"I had all of these ideas and was struggling to narrow them down, to simplify the design, until I realized it’s my house, and in this small space I can take some risks," the homeowner says. "So I did all of them."

Let’s talk about the power of liquid starch.

Solid pieces of furniture like this one can be made over again and again.

The reno makes everything look bigger and brighter, but still has mid-century charm fitting of a mid-century house.

Aside from being ultra practical, this redo is gorgeous to boot.

The teeny space just needed a little pick-me-up.

The easy DIY project makes the family's entryway way more functional for them.

Lisa Donahue and her daughter, Megan Donahue, started Live Simply Buses as a tribute to their brother and son Michael who passed away at the age of 15.

When she and her husband first bought it, Kara Haren's apartment had cranberry painted walls, a kitchen that hadn't been touched in 20 years, and flimsy and cracked windows. In the six years they've lived there, they have renovated each room to feel special and specific to them.

The redo turned a "meh" sleep space into a dreamy retreat.

Design entrepreneur Elizabeth Rees shares her tips for transforming a dingy basement into a beautiful playroom.

With IKEA cabinets, Semihandmade fronts, and a $100 "marble" backsplash hack.

Plus: tips on shopping Facebook Marketplace on a budget and simple furniture redo tricks.

Karri Bowen-Poole of Project Playroom transformed a former den into a bright and airy space for open-ended play.

There's a lot of style packed into this little half bath.

Name: Gianna Marzella-Vazquez, husband David, 5-year-told son Leo, and 2-year-old son Noah. Location: Beechhurst — Queens, NYCSize: 1800 square feetType of Home: TownhouseYears lived in: 5 years, owned This project is near and dear to my heart as it was my first home where I lived with my husband David and two young children, Leo and Noah. We took on a massive renovation while I was pregnant with Leo.

This IKEA classic shows its versatility once again with a gorgeous, expensive-looking transformation.

With plans for a larger gut reno in the future, Katrina and her family to still wanted to make their old, shabby home look good for them NOW. Using smaller, high-impact but low-budget ideas helped transform the space from blah to “I really want to hang out here."

Another highlight: Countertops that look like marble, but cost way less.

An aunt created a brand-new, totally cute and chic bedroom for her niece that can change as her style and interests change.

Some lemon wallpaper, room screens, and tons of house plants give this dank space some fresh life.

Sometimes small changes make the biggest difference.

We're not sure which one we like more!

Completed in just four months, this tiny DIY kitchen in Chicago is now a total showstopper.

You've gotta see the smart closet hack in this room.

This bold pop-art dream of a room was created using tons of secondhand sources.

The coziness is unreal.

The floor-to-ceiling storage, locker-room-style bench, and emerald green accents seriously can't be missed.

It's a quick afternoon project that the kids can even get in on!

This old-school (literally) find looks cool and vintage in its new space.

Amazing what a coat of paint and some fresh drawer knobs can do.

It’s nearly impossible to renovate every room of your home at once, so some spaces have to wait a little longer than others for a transformation. At Michela Andrioletti’s (@casa_in_newyork) home that she shares with her husband, that space was the entryway. “We put in the first things we could find at the most affordable budget when we moved here five years ago and then we just didn’t have time to fix it,” Michela says.

It’s one thing to renovate a home — which is a lot of work in itself — but revitalizing an entire town? That’s what you call next-level. Ben and Erin Napier, who host HGTV’s “Home Town,” took the task on in their new show “Home Town Takeover,” where they’ve chosen the lucky town of Wetumpka, Alabama, to be the star of the series.

Meera knew she was going to have to get extremely crafty with her son’s new room. The previous owners had made some questionable (and potentially dangerous) choices that needed to be fixed immediately, and Meera was able to do so with some very cool DIYs and brilliant money-saving fixes. From Meera: The walls and ceilings were covered in poorly-hung textured wallpaper and the room was a DIY mess.

When Jessica and her husband moved into their home they knew that they would need to do some serious updating. They took off the Beetlejuice wallpaper in their guest room and when it came time to turn it into a nursery they decided to go full fun. A little bit of Memphis, a sprinkling of Facts of Life, a dash of FAO Schwartz and you have a super cute, very unique nursery.

Out with the green laminate countertops, in with a bright, modern look.

No matter your age, you deserve a bedroom that’s stylish, comfy, and perfect for relaxing — and that goes for kids, too. Need help figuring out where to start? Take inspiration from this glorious kid’s bedroom redo from Jennifer Harrup (Jennifer Laura Living).When Jennifer and her family moved into their new home, this room started out pink with a white chandelier.

Name: The Three Amigos (3 year old, and twin 5 year olds) Location: Vancouver, Canada After Melissa snatched up a pretty cute playhouse from Costco, she started dreaming up an adorable upgrade. Life got in the way, as it so often does, so it took awhile for the playhouse to get an upgrade. Combine one weekend, a super creative mom, white paint and elbow grease and you get the kind of playhouse that childhood dreams are made of.

Some rooms have a million flaws that need remedying; the problem with this nursery-to-be was there was no real there there. After months of sanding, painting, ripping out, and replacing by a very pregnant lady and her crew, this room was lovingly decorated for its tiny new occupant. The word for this nursery, created by Bridget Matkovich of The DIY Playbook, is dreamy.

Whether you’re a parent of little ones or just a fan of dreamy spaces for naptime and play, you’ve probably seen your fair share of gorgeous nursery inspiration, and the guest room-turned-rainbow-nursery in Sarah Blumer (@saynihay)’s 1940s Pittsburgh home is definitely one to add to your Pinterest board.It didn’t start out that way, though. The space, Sarah says, actually went through several iterations before becoming a nursery.

You often have to get creative with the way you lay out and allocate your square footage in a smaller home. Every nook and cranny counts, and for Ella Hall, founder of Stitchroom, the cluttered problem corner in her bedroom actually became the solution to her home’s lack of space for a dedicated nursery. “When I found out I was pregnant, I knew I needed a spot for the baby, and we have limited space in our Brooklyn apartment,” says Hall.

Every parent knows that cleaning up toys is a struggle, but the right organizing system can help make it easier.Leanna Laming, the author of the blog Life by Leanna and a mom of three, acknowledges that her family’s toy closet (above) was better looking than many, but it wasn’t working for her family. Leanne realized there was room for improvement. In particular, while toy types were arranged by bin, those bins were completely opaque and didn’t have labels.