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Easy Home Makeovers 

Refresh your entire house on a budget. Use our DIY tricks and stylish solutions for making easy upgrades that’ll give your home a brand new look.

Amazing Makeovers

16 Before-and-After Room Makeovers
Learn how Real Simple transformed readers’ kitchens, bathrooms, and more.

Black and white decor in a living room

4 Ways to Make Over Your Living Room

Adapt these smart principles to your home―and end up with a truly new look.
Photo: Lucas Allen

3 Amazing Room Makeovers

These decorating projects were stopped in their tracks...until Real Simple stepped in and turned a space from incomplete to incomparable.
Photo: Jonny Valiant

No-Money Home Makeover Ideas

There’s no reason to buy new stuff; you already have everything you need.
Photo:  Mark Lund

How to Create a Well-Balanced Room

Avoid a proportional faux pas: Click on the orange dots below to learn how to make the elements in a room work in beautiful harmony.
Photo:  William Waldron
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Shanta’s living room after the makeover
Wall covered with framed artwork
Bench-styled sofa

Easy Transformations

Decorative clock in hall

21 Ways to Enhance an Entryway
Looking to add vigor to your vestibule, fizz to your foyer? Try these easy ideas.

Mini Mudroom in a garage with a scooter

3 Great Garage Makeovers
How a trio of families corralled their clutter for good with smart solutions.

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Complete Living-Room, Dining-Room, and Bedroom Cleaning Checklist

An 11-step guide to cleaning three rooms (yes, three!) in just a few hours or over a few days.

  • Dust the furnishings. Start with the furniture (tables, dressers, bookshelves) and then move on to the electronics (stereo, television, cable box), wiping down the outsides with a microfiber cloth. Don’t worry too much about what’s inside the furniture: You’ll get to that later.
  • Sanitize the telephone and remote controls. Use a disinfecting wipe. Phones and remote controls for electronics and video-game equipment are germ magnets and are frequently overlooked when cleaning.
  • Clean the upholstery. Wipe it all down with a moistened microfiber cloth. If your sofa, chairs, and ottomans seem unusually soiled, go over the fabric with a dry-cleaning sponge.

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