Entire Home Gets a Fresh and Up-to-Date Remodel Full of Playful Hues

While this spacious house had good bones, dark wood, dated decor and basic furnishings made it feel drab. The entire property got a total makeover and is now brimming with bold colors, playful patterns and luxurious finishes, giving the home the charisma it deserves.

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Front Exterior With Porches

Deep verandas were added to both floors of this two-story home, shady spots to enjoy the newly landscaped front yard. Hanging plants and white railings complete the pretty picture.

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Before: Exterior and Outdoor Area

The home's large outdoor space had lots of untapped potential.

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Before: Staircase

From the foyer, a staircase swooped up to the second story. But the whole area needed a refresh.

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Gray Paneled Foyer and Colorful Dining Room

The designer painted the foyer's paneling a light gray and the pale color becomes an amazing frame for bolder hues spotted through the room's open doorways.

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Before: Dining Room

The dining room felt cramped with its dark wood floors and low natural light.

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Contemporary Multicolored Dining Room With Pink Chairs

The stuffy, old-fashioned look of this dining room is out the window, replaced by contemporary wallpaper singing with color and cheeky pink velvet chairs.

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Before: Kitchen

Boring wood cabinets and plain tile floors were just part of this problem in this outdated kitchen.

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Transitional White Chef Kitchen With Navy Island

The designer went with an elegant navy for this kitchen's lower cabinets. The dark shade becomes a foil for the gold accents and interesting shapes.

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Transitional Chef Kitchen With Lantern Pendants

Lantern-like pendants trimmed in brass are the kitchen's handsome lighting, with an assist from recessed lights. The room's visual anchors are navy lower cabinets and dark brown hardwood floors.

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White Transitional Chef Kitchen With Gold Backsplash

An intricate gold pattern brings razzle dazzle to the backsplash—and the entire look—of this chef kitchen. The tiles' curved lines are echoed in the glass front cabinets and brass pulls continue the metallic shimmer.

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Contemporary Dining Room With Pink Chairs

The kitchen and dining area use white as a calming foundation, then add color and vibrant pattern via artwork, rugs and rosy pink velvet chairs.

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White Transitional Coffee Station

One kitchen wall holds a coffee station, made more decorative with the backsplash's gold trim.

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Before: Music Room

Interior rooms had tasteful details—nice moldings, outdoor access—but dark floors made this space feel heavy.

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Multicolored Living Room With Yellow Tray

A beautiful piano still gets pride of place in the living room, but now the overall look is unified with serene gray walls as a base, brightened by a few pops of bright colors in smaller items (pillows, artwork, trays).

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Built In Blue Gray Bookshelf

Built-in blue-gray shelving fills one entire wall, storage for books, family photos and other accessories. A break in the lower cabinets allows one shelf to be used as a desk.

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Before: Living Room

This living room hadn't had an update for years and its old-fashioned furniture showed it.

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Blue and White Transitional Living Room With Coffered Ceiling

The designer redid all the shelving around the fireplace, replacing cluttered, outdated cabinets with new clean lines and calm colors.

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Pink and Green Bohemian Powder Room

Bold wallpaper—green palms on a pink background—gives so much personality to this powder room.

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Before: Stair Landing

An upper floor stair landing had plenty of room to be a useful space.

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Built In Shelf on Stair Landing

Ceiling-high built-in shelving outside the playroom is a little extra storage for kids' books, toys and pillows.

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Multicolored Playroom With Striped Wallpaper

Candy-colored stripes march cheerily down the walls of this long, slim playroom. Toys and a ferris wheel photo add to the fun.

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Multicolored Transitional Playroom With Striped Walls

The playroom is a joyful place to be with its big windows and popsicle colors. Beanbag chairs and lots of floor space invite long afternoons of imagining.

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Before: Gold Bathroom

This bathroom's textured wallpaper and gold finishes made the space feel dark and dated.

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Gray Transitional Main Bathroom With Herb Bunch

The primary bathroom soothes the senses with green forest views framed in by the many windows and a calming white-and-gray palette.

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Transitional Bathroom With Brown Patterned Floor

To shine attention on the exciting patterned floor, designers kept the other elements in this bathroom simple: round wood mirrors, glass-and-brass sconces and a vanity painted in rich sapphire blue.

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Before: White Bathroom

Dated recessed lighting, ruched blinds, basic countertops and cabinets...this bathroom was desperate to be pulled into modern times.

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Pink Transitional Bathroom and Rug

Softest pink cabinetry bathes this bathroom in a peaceful glow. The brass-and-glass sconces and mirror push the overall look in a more modern direction.

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Pink and White Bathroom

Brass fixtures make this bathroom's light pink tile feel more grown up.

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Entire Home Gets a Fresh and Up-to-Date Remodel Full of Playful Hues

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Front Exterior With Porches

Before: Exterior and Outdoor Area

Before: Staircase

Gray Paneled Foyer and Colorful Dining Room

Before: Dining Room

Contemporary Multicolored Dining Room With Pink Chairs

Before: Kitchen

Transitional White Chef Kitchen With Navy Island

Transitional Chef Kitchen With Lantern Pendants

White Transitional Chef Kitchen With Gold Backsplash

Contemporary Dining Room With Pink Chairs

White Transitional Coffee Station

Before: Music Room

Multicolored Living Room With Yellow Tray

Built In Blue Gray Bookshelf

Before: Living Room

Blue and White Transitional Living Room With Coffered Ceiling

Pink and Green Bohemian Powder Room

Before: Stair Landing

Built In Shelf on Stair Landing

Multicolored Playroom With Striped Wallpaper

Multicolored Transitional Playroom With Striped Walls

Before: Gold Bathroom

Gray Transitional Main Bathroom With Herb Bunch

Transitional Bathroom With Brown Patterned Floor

Before: White Bathroom

Pink Transitional Bathroom and Rug

Pink and White Bathroom

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