Before & After: 5 Minute Wall Makeover

Before & After: 5 Minute Wall Makeover

Dying to decorate that empty wall in your dining room, but aren’t sure what exactly to do with it? You’ll love this modern before and after transformation that only took five minutes. See how we used one big canvas to take this space from boring to WOW!  Getting the canvas ready to hang Although our canvas came with two large D-rings, we opted not to use them. Instead, we installed...

IKEA Table Makeover with Paint

IKEA Table Makeover with Paint

*Written by Liette Tousignant, UTR Decorating Co-Founder Can you believe it’s the same table? I was ready to give away this old IKEA table because it no longer fit in my decor. I’m sure glad I didn’t because I’m totally smitten with its new look in white. This is a simple makeover that delivers huge impact while barely spending any money.  Lucky me, I had two of these orangey coloured tables...

Desk Makeover: Giving New Life to Old Furniture

Desk Makeover: Giving New Life to Old Furniture

Have you ever acquired a piece of furniture that you didn't know what to do with, but you just couldn't say goodbye to? That's the story with this desk... we've had it since the early days of starting our company, Under The Roof Decorating. Although it's all scratched up, and damaged, we've never wanted to part with it because it's part of our story. So, we decided to give it a makeover, and we're so glad we did because we've fallen in love with it all over again.

Before and After: A Dull Breakfast Nook Turns Into A Cozy Morning Paradise

Before and After: A Dull Breakfast Nook Turns Into A Cozy Morning Paradise

Doesn’t this little breakfast nook just radiate summer? See us turn dreams of warm sunlight, roadside lemonade stands, and chirping birds into a cozy morning lover’s paradise. Bring bright cheerful colors into your home! On a recent trip to HomeSense we fell in love with this lemon print tablecloth, and thought it’d be the perfect accessory to transform a drab lifeless corner into a vibrant happy one! Can you believe...

Before and After: A cottage bedroom gets a well-deserved makeover

Before and After: A cottage bedroom gets a well-deserved makeover

This bedroom is very spacious, but it was also very dated. After 17 years of enjoying the old cottage, my husband and I finally bit the bullet and renovated. New flooring, a fresh coat of paint and different furniture placement that's all that was needed to transform this master into a peaceful retreat.

Bookend makeover: from boring bronze to crisp white

Bookend makeover: from boring bronze to crisp white

  Last year, I held a quick poll on Facebook and asked whether or not I should paint my bronze equine bookends, white. Most of you said “NO”. Well, that was then and this is now. I ended up painting them knowing they would be much more versatile with a fresh coat of white paint (sorry to disappoint you poll-takers)! What a difference! The bookends now work with so many décor...

5 minute IKEA dresser makeover

5 minute IKEA dresser makeover

I’m feeling quite self-conscious as I’m writing this article because I just read Is there an age when you should stop buying inexpensive (IKEA) furniture? Personally, I don’t think so and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m 55. My shopping philosophy is simple:  if you love it, buy it. On this note, I bought this white IKEA dresser that was the perfect size for a guest bedroom, the only problem is that it...

Before and after: dining chair makeover

Before and after: dining chair makeover

I bought these chairs over 12 years ago. After renovating and changing our wall color, the chairs' dated fabric clashed with our new décor, so I retired them to the basement a few years ago

Before and after: cottage bedroom makeover

Before and after: cottage bedroom makeover

Bunk room makeoverHard to believe it's the same room, isn't it? Same bunk beds, same window, same layout but it looks completely different. Check out the before and after pictures of this small cottage bedroom décor.

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