Amazing Before & After DIYs
One of the things I love to see are amazing before and after DIYs. I find them on Pinterest and Instagram and just by Googling.
Some people astonish me at what vision they have when they see some old piece of furniture by the side of the road.
Confessions Of A Serial DIYer:
Christy of Confessions Of A Serial DIYer can do the most incredible things with junk she finds. She continually amazes me. Just look at these plain dark frames.
Here’s Before
Here’s during
And After
Whenever I go over to her blog to take a peek, there’s always some new gem for me to see.
DIY Beautify:
Now let’s go over to DIY Beautify and see what project Cindy’s made.
Here’s during
And here’s after
Incredible ingenuity with this old tray turned spring decor. Beautiful, isn’t it?
Girl In The Garage:
Jen from Girl In The Garage spotted this outdated piece of furniture and decided to buy it. She must have seen beyond what it was when she purchased it.
Here’s before
Here’s during
And here’s after
Now that’s some serious pretty with those bold, colorful flowers against the white of the furniture piece. Looks like a different piece of furniture.
House Of Hawthornes:
Now let’s go visit Pam over at House Of Hawthornes. She’s one hell of a great crafter/DIYer.
Before
Here’s during
And here’s after
This would be beautiful any time of year, but it seems especially appropriate for springtime when everyone is looking forward to flowers blooming.
Salvaged Inspirations:
Denise at Salvaged Inspirations loves to find old stuff and kick it up a few notches. She found these beat up pieces and took them under her wing.
Here’s before
Here’s during
Now I know a few of you must like to eat in front of the TV on trays. So let’s look at what she accomplished here.
First up was attaching the two together and then painting them.
And here’s after
She obviously had a vision and she made it happen.
Denise decided to use this as a decorative piece of furniture that serves as a side table. You could use it in any room. Or use it to eat on.
I hope you enjoyed seeing what these crafty ladies can do. I regularly look on Pinterest for furniture flipping and trash to treasure photos.
And I’m continually amazed by all the talent out there.
I love to see before and afters! Thanks for sharing some inspiring ones!
Thank you so much for these, Brenda! Now I want to make some of these. 😃
These are all beautiful makeovers. I paint abstract paintings and do art journaling, but I am not crafty. My mom paints furniture beautifully – she even used to sell her pieces. But she’s been sick for a year now with two autoimmune illnesses (Graves disease and Thyroid Eye Disease), so she’s really had to cut back on the things she’s been doing. She hasn’t been painting, but she’s now perfecting sourdough bread. I think it’s wonderful how we all have our own different talents.
Oh, I love the smell of bread baking. Yes, we all have our own individual talents. Your mother sounds very interesting.
I’m a sucker for a good makeover, too and these are beautiful!
I love all of them. But the one with the bunny on the tray stole my heart.
It always amazes me when people can see a diamond in the rough and transform it into a shining beauty. I don’t have that vision. I see something old, and can’t see it’s potential, so I admire people who can. I can sometimes recreate things I see, but I can’t think of them myself. I love everything you shared today!
I don’t have it either. And even if I did, I’m a sloppy painter.
I have several channels I watch on YouTube of people who do the most amazing things with furniture rescued from dumps, garbage piles, rummage sales and thrift stores. I never cease to be amazed at the skills these people have and the vision in bringing a piece of “dead” furniture back to life. I also love watching before/after videos of room makeovers, especially where the budget is realistic to basically non-existent! I will sometimes watch channels where people challenge themselves to reproduce a look from higher-end stores with thrifted finds – some of them are amazing. I am a big fan of the show “Bargain Block.” The two men (Evan, who is the carpenter/builder skills and Keith, who is the genius decorator but also knows how to redo furniture and build things literally out of scraps of wood and cloth) are just amazing. They buy bargain basement priced run-down homes in Detroit and repair/remodel/restore and decorate them and then sell to usually first-time home buyers for reasonable prices. Keith is the “artist” of the two and he boggles my mind with his creativity and artistic talent, whether it’s redoing a piece of furniture rescued from a garbage pile on trash day or creating amazing wall art and accent walls with left-over wood, salvaged materials and paint. He’s amazing. Watching my favorites show me how to make beauty on a budget are always inspiring.
I’ll have to check out the YouTube channels you mention. I watch XO McCenna and Lone Fox.
Wow, wow and wow! Very talented, indeed. I wouldn’t even know where and how to start all of those projects.
Me either.
And I think I am crafty when I pop a few fake flowers on a grapevine wreath! My friend is an amazing painter. I am lucky to enjoy a heart shaped pin with a beautiful bear face on it that she gifted me. You can see such detail in her work. Watching Bob Ross amazes me every time. My husband’s great grandfather and his son made everything from desks to 20 foot totem poles to beautiful small wooden sculptures. Skipped my husband but his brother and some children and grands have the artistic gene!
Yeah, I know just what you mean!