35 Unbelievable Kitchen Makeovers That'll Give You Endless Inspiration
These before-and-after photos prove anything is possible.
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The living room and bedroom are both extremely important spaces in your house, but the kitchen is the soul of your home. It’s where you prep food for meals with family and friends, and it’s always where the party starts and ends. Your kitchen needs to be pretty to look at and functional, and if yours currently isn’t, it might be time to consider a kitchen makeover. Ahead, you’ll see designer spaces filled with ideas worth splurging on as well as other stylish kitchen makeovers that you can complete on a tighter budget, all with useful before and after photos that demonstrate you can create your dream cooking space even with an outdated canvas.
For more kitchen inspiration:
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- 100 Kitchen Design Ideas That'll Make You Want to Redo Yours
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Hadley Mendelsohn is the co-host and executive producer of the podcast Dark House. When she's not busy writing about interiors, you can find her scouring vintage stores, reading, researching ghost stories, or stumbling about because she probably lost her glasses again. Along with interior design, she writes about everything from travel to entertainment, beauty, social issues, relationships, fashion, food, and on very special occasions, witches, ghosts, and other Halloween haunts. Her work has also been published in MyDomaine, Who What Wear, Man Repeller, Matches Fashion, Byrdie, and more.
Meghan Shouse is House Beautiful's Assistant Editor, a role she has held since September 2023. On top of being the magazine's go-to Waco expert, Meghan also touches on quite a few other verticals in the digital space, like hot news content featuring your favorite HGTV stars, home design inspiration, and the latest interior TikTok trends. However, her favorite pieces are the ones that start conversations, such as stories about resale value and whether or not the Solo cup is chic. Before becoming a home writer, Meghan worked in the fashion industry for two years, writing for Harper's Bazaar after graduating from Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in apparel merchandising. When she's not interviewing interior designers about home trends, you can find Meghan reading a fictional thriller with her cat in her lap, planning themed parties, or strolling through flea markets searching for chunky candle holders and vintage bookends.
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