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before and after

From Ye Olde Shack to luxurious Bohemian Bed Den

Remember when Naomi asked for your help in re-decorating her boring ‘ol bed nook? You’d hardly recognize it now! Homies, you give some good advice. Check out what you inspired…

From boring kitchen lamp to faux stained glass geek light

Homie, Sarakenobi turned her kitchen pendant light from boring to BAZINGA! when she used a faux stained glass technique in the nerdiest possible way. And it’s pretty damn Marvelous… Doctor Who-ious… and Harry Potter-ious…

From mod to modern: ’60s-era dresser makeover

Offbeat Homie Jessica — aka “Not Exactly Martha,” aka the mastermind behind that bishop chair makeover — uploaded her newest makeover to our Flickr pool. This photo is just a little teaser for the impressive bright and mod dresser update. Seriously, it’s impressive how a little paint can create such a drastic change such as this…

Before and after: Craigslist buffet-turned-TV-console

From the Homie who brought us the re-usable paper towel roll, and the Craigslist chair makeover comes this GORGEOUS buffet table-turneed-TV console makeover. This just might have you re-thinking that old buffet — or even dresser — that you’ve been thinking about giving away…

Closet before and after with bonus rainbow hallway action!

Last winter, I re-organized my husband’s closet, and moved many of the storage systems I had in my closet over to his. Surely I could make do without them, right? Wrong. A year later, and my closet had reached epic fail mode. Time to make some changes. Here’s how I used a closet organizing tool, plus IKEA to re-organize my closet.

We made a tiki-inspired “carbana” in three weeks!

As soon as I saw Megan’s carbana post, I knew that was the answer to the ongoing question of “WTF do we do about our horrible backyard?” Here’s how we pulled it off our tiki-inspired carbana in three weeks.

Don’t judge a cake stand by its color

>Homie, AmalaaFish was gifted a cake stand, and what she did with it has me re-considering how I deal with gifted items that aren’t really my style… at first glance. Look at what she did with a can of spray paint.

A “baskets!” hack for broken dresser drawers

Ever have a drawer malfunction on an awesome dresser? I have met that sad fate, and my faithful, trusty, and much loved dresser was out on the curb by end of day. Oh, if only I had half the brains of Offbeat Homie Tess, who totally had a “baskets!” moment with this dresser drawer makeover.