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

4 Ways to Make Over Your Living Room
Adapt these smart principles to your home―and end up with a truly new look.

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

Easy Transformations

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

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

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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