Category: Makeovers


Design Dilemma with Samantha Pynn: Saving Facade Lunchtime Fix Photos: New Income Property Makeovers Makeover: My Baby's 'Big Girl' Bedroom Revealed! #ProjectNurseryFabulous Makeover Reveal: The Finished Nursery #ProjectNurseryFabulous Makeover Part 1: Meet Designers Meredith and Gretchen  Shoestring Makeover: My Dark Bathroom Gets a Bright Makeover With a Can of Paint Discuss: Summer Home, Ep. 7 Parental Unit Outdoor Design Dilemma: The Right Place for Flower Beds -- See Before & After! Shoestring Makeover: My Romantic Backyard July is BATHROOMS Month! Discuss: Summer Home, Ep. 4 Lounge Lodge Dress My Nest: Master Bedroom Bay Window, To Drape or Not To Drape? Real People Makeover: How To Refinish -- Ratty Bentwood Chairs Born Anew  Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Great Tips on How to Pick A Landscape Designer Design Dilemma with Peter Fallico: From Bland to Elegant -- Curb Appeal Quick Fix! 
 
Nov
30

Design Dilemma with Samantha Pynn: Saving Facade

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 11/30/2011 4:58:00 PM
Design Dilemma is back y'all! Sam Pynn (who'll probably kill me for writing y'all in the same line as her name) will be fielding your questions and making sense of your grapples with decorating for the next fortunate while! Sam has been on a steady diet
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Oct
06

Lunchtime Fix Photos: New Income Property Makeovers

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Posted by Alicia Cox 10/6/2011 12:19:00 PM
Have you been enjoying the new season of Income Property ? We know (and totally understand) that host Scott McGillivray has a huge fan base -- we nicknamed him McGillibabe , after all! This season has seen some of the biggest makeovers yet with three-bedroom
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Aug
31

Makeover: My Baby's 'Big Girl' Bedroom Revealed!

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Posted by Mia Rodak 8/31/2011 8:19:00 AM
It was just over three months ago that I posted this sneak peek at my daughter Anabella’s newly renovated but still very empty ‘big girl bedroom’ . Take a look back at that post to see the ‘ before renovation ' photos, the ‘ after renovation’ photos and
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Aug
18

#ProjectNurseryFabulous Makeover Reveal: The Finished Nursery

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Posted by Alicia Cox 8/18/2011 1:48:00 PM
HGTV: We've all been waiting for the big reveal since the interview in Part 1 and the inspiration ideas in Part 2 so let's get to it...(drum roll) from baby boy blue to baby girl pink, it's Project Nursery Fabulous ! All photos by Russ Mezikofsky Gretchen,
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Aug
04

#ProjectNurseryFabulous Makeover Part 1: Meet Designers Meredith and Gretchen

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Posted by Alicia Cox 8/4/2011 11:26:00 AM
August is Kids' Month and we're kicking off a fun three-part makeover series : Project Nursery Fabulous ! Now, if you're on Twitter and you follow certain interior designers and design bloggers, you may have heard of #ProjectNurseryFabulous already. Toronto-based
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Jul
19

Shoestring Makeover: My Dark Bathroom Gets a Bright Makeover With a Can of Paint

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Posted by Vanessa 7/19/2011 11:30:00 AM
When we first visited the house that is now ours, the bathroom on the second-floor was dark, had junk everywhere, a broken vanity and walls that matched the light brown tiles on the floor. We understood immediately why the house had been on the market
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Jul
18

Discuss: Summer Home, Ep. 7 Parental Unit

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Posted by Alicia Cox 7/18/2011 11:25:00 AM
Welcome to a new week, Summer Home fans! Designer Karen Sealy tackled her own summer home in this episode, transforming an old bunkie into a retreat for her parents. What a good daughter, right? The cozy little suite was inspired by the Sealy family's
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Jul
13

Outdoor Design Dilemma: The Right Place for Flower Beds -- See Before & After!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/13/2011 10:09:00 PM
Did you think there was a right place and a wrong place to plant flower beds? I didn't really. I mean, I know what looks about right and what looks weird, but I didn't know the following was basically a rule... Our kindest landscaping know-it-all, Carson
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Jul
07

Shoestring Makeover: My Romantic Backyard

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/7/2011 5:22:00 PM
Ok, I am jealous of myself right now. I have the quintessential, romantic summer yard . But my husband and I really worked for it. We kind of deserve it. Not to mention that summer is halfway done, and only now, having started the transformation beginning
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Jul
04

July is BATHROOMS Month!

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Posted by Vanessa 7/4/2011 1:33:00 PM
Yes, you read that right. Bathrooms in July, because why not? We covered Curb Appeal in May and Backyards in June so we're moving back inside to one of the most popular rooms to renovate . Since bathrooms are usually the smallest rooms in a house, a small
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Jun
27

Discuss: Summer Home, Ep. 4 Lounge Lodge

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Posted by Alicia Cox 6/27/2011 10:00:00 AM
Morning Summer Home fans! This week's episode, Lounge Lodge, saw Karen Sealy helping with a family of five to make their open concept floor plan work for them. That's a lot of space! An vintage couch was given new life with some reupholstering to make
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Jun
24

Dress My Nest: Master Bedroom Bay Window, To Drape or Not To Drape?

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Posted by Mia Rodak 6/24/2011 9:20:00 AM
Buying, renovating and moving into my new (old) house has ultimately been one of the most exciting times in the history of forever. But it's also been one of the most overwhelming: though obviously fun, the millions of design decisions that come along
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Jun
23

Real People Makeover: How To Refinish -- Ratty Bentwood Chairs Born Anew

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Posted by Guest Blogger 6/23/2011 3:11:00 PM
Twenty years ago I inherited four Bentwood cane cafe chairs from a long-time roommate when he moved on in style and circumstance. Even then the chairs were in bad shape. They were used ruthlessly in impromptu workshops and photo shoots, left out in the
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Jun
22

Design Dilemma with Carson Arthur: Great Tips on How to Pick A Landscape Designer

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/22/2011 3:51:00 PM
Poor Jadwiga and her expansive blank slate of a property in Wisconsin! Well, on the other hand, that's a NICE piece of land... One thing's for sure however, Carson Arthur , our Outdoor Design Dilemma expert-in-residence, is pretty adamant about Jadwiga's
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Jun
15

Design Dilemma with Peter Fallico: From Bland to Elegant -- Curb Appeal Quick Fix!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/15/2011 4:06:00 PM
Curb appeal is a ceaseless source of dilemmas for home owners. How to get inspired when you're looking at a totally uninspiring facade? You ask a designer; that's how. Someone who has experience looking beyond the grey, with a catalog of quick, practical
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