Before and After: Green Bathroom Remodel by Candice

This week’s Before and After winner comes from Candice in Southern California.  Candice and her husband, Scott, give a badly outdated and worn bathroom a new life. We chose Candice’s submission because this remodel required completely gutting a wood-rotted room–an intimidating task to say the least.  We’ve worked in environments like this in some of our Rebuilding Together... 

Before and After: Fire Place & Family Room Turned Fabulous by Jenny

This Before and After from Jenny @ Anything Pretty ran in the 2009 Before and After contest and was one of our finalists.  It’s one of the top transformations of a fireplace we’ve received. Jenny uses paint, accessories, and materials available at the big box stores. We hope you enjoy reading it again, or if you’re new here, for the first time. This week’s Before and After... 

Before & After: Simple Art Room Creation

This week’s Before and After is brought to you by Sara @ Russet Street Reno. Sara is a member of our community blogs and we were excited to have her submit an entry for the contest! For winning this week’s contest, Sara gets a $50 gift card to Home Depot, Lowes, or Amazon. And, we’ll make a $100 donation to Habitat for Humanity in Sara’s honor.  She’s also entered into... 

Before & After: Enclosing a Porch Alcove by Lisa @ The Pennington Point

This week’s Before and After hails from The Pennington Point blog.  Lisa (a mom of 9!) needed one more bedroom in their small house to accommodate a baby graduating from the crib.  As I’m sure you guessed from the title of the article, Lisa found that space in a small alcove on the front of her house, and in just about a week, transformed that into a small bedroom for her 11-year old. For... 

Before & After: Rebuilding a Deck

I love this week’s Before and After because it shows us a really dramatic deck transformation. Michael from Better D.I.Y. had an old, rotting deck. It was dangerous and liable of collapsing at any time. Michael took the time to research decks and rebuilt it from the ground up with a stunning result. For being this week’s Before and After winner, Michael gets a $50 gift card to Lowes, Home... 

Before and After: A Basement Remodel that Makes the Most of a Small Space

This week’s Before and After shows us that even a small basement space can be transformed into a cozy modern family room and office.  Greg MacLellan over at GroogsBlog remodels his basement, changing it from an old storage area with a spare refrigerator into a modern entertaining space complete with plasma TV and leather sofa and ottoman. Despite the smallness of the space, Greg still manages... 

Before & After: Complete Exterior and Front Porch Makeover by Lauren @ chezerbey.com

Hey folks! It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: our first Before and After winner of the Summer! Before we start, let me say that the support for this event has been overwhelming. We’ve already received enough entries to cover the entire Summer (and some are really fabulous, like this week’s winner!).  Many of our readers and fellow bloggers have spread the word and... 

Before and After: Laundry Room Upgrade by Christy @ Beachbrights

With Summer’s unofficial end this weekend, we’re just three Before and Afters away from the end of our contest! (Can you believe how fast it’s gone?) This week’s entry is brought to you by Christy at Beachbrights. Christy updated her laundry room with new cabinets and a great stackable washer and dryer. We were impressed that she finished unfinished cabinets to get the very... 

Before and After: Powder Room Power Up By John & Sherry @ Young House Love

This week’s Before and After comes to you from one of the most popular decorating blogs on the web.  John and Sherry at Young House Love recently redecorated their half bath powder room.  The project is great, and shows how you can go outside the bounds of a single wall color to create a dramatic effect. For their winning submission, John and Sherry get $25 to Lowes, Home Depot, or Amazon.... 

Before & After: Brick Porch and Walkway

For our next Before and After, we venture back outside. Nicole from This D*mn House completed the “hardest, longest and most dedicated” DIY project she’s undertaken. She’s extremely proud of this accomplishment and it’s easy to see why. Nicole completely bricked her front porch and replaced her walkway with brick too! For being selected this week, Nicole gets a $25 gift...