Author and Professional Building Designer Jim Madsen has a project gallery on his website filled with photos of his remodeling work. This morning I was admiring all of his before and afters. This was such a sad, closed-off little kitchen before. Take a look at how open and bright it looks after he finished with it:
Here’s another one that I thought was pretty dramatic. Before:
And after:
You can see more photos from these projects and other before and afters, including how he transformed the yellow kitchen below, on his Design Classics website (look for the project gallery).
Jim Madsen is an award-winning designer and the author of 101 Great Building Ideas. You can learn more about his book here. I read it and think it would be really helpful to anyone who is planning to build or remodel their home. I know I learned a lot from it!
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Those are GORGEOUS! Think he’d come do mine for free? I mean, I’d totally do a post and advertise for him! : )
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Isn’t amazing what thousands of dollars will do…..guess that’s why I don’t have a kitchen that looks like those!! I’m more of a few hundred dollars budget gal. Great rooms.
LeAnn:)
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E-h. It looks like every other kitchen at real estate show homes. The same old dark cabinets, counters, etc.
Wow…thanks for the tip!
We’ve ordered our cabinets and appliances….now we’re deciding on countertops and surfaces, guess I need to hurry up and go get that book before the new kitchen is cast in stone….or is that granite ?
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Those are amazing! Love to see the hidden potential come out!!
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I love them both! I absolutely love the arch in the first one, but the cabinets are gorgeous in the second one. Thanks for sharing!
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In all of the before pictures the refrigerators are covered in magnets and papers. In all of the after pictures there is nothing on the refrigerators. I think if I just de-cluttered the outside of my fridge I could probably make my kitchen look a little better until I can afford my dream kitchen makeover. Thanks for the great pictures!
Oooh oooh ooooh…I LOVE before and afters! especially when they are from the same vantage point!
Wonderful!
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WOw – love that first one – the arch in the wall is beautiful. I am very into kitchens these days!
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Those are amazing. I just love before and after anything. I am always impressed by a designer’s ability to see the end result at the beginning. That is so hard to do.
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I love that first one too… very clean and refreshing. Good point about the fridge magnets…… but I l-o-v-e my fridge magnets, quotes, photos, and such. They’re all very carefully laid out and organised to look symmetrical and with the colours just in the right place to please the eye!! (Yep, I’m a bit too fussy perhaps!). Thanks for the before and afters Julia!
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Amazing!
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Thank you for sharing the addresses of the interior designers!
Have a nice weekend,
Greet
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Ooh, Julia, that first one is my fave. Isn’t amazing how much opening a wall up can do?! As soon as I read that I eyed the Kitchen wall in front of me.
Don’t think T would appreciate me taking a crow bar to it at 8 in the morning on a Sunday. 
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Wow those are some great makeovers! I always love seeing pictures of white kitchens.
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Know what I love about that first picture? The white appliances. When I re-did me kitchen last year I put in white appliances. I do think stainless is gorgeous, but I wanted bright. White. But you don’t see it much in new kitchens. It’s so pretty! Lisa~
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I adore transformations, just hate the work! These are truly inspirational. I can’t imagine all the work and energy that went into them. Beautiful!
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Beautiful before and afters, it would be great to have unlimited $$$’s to spend, maybe you wouldn’t appreciate it so much then. Anyway it’s fun to dream! Have a great day!
Hi Julia,
What amazing Before and Afters! I especially love the first one….such a dramatic difference!
Susan
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Love the pics! Thank you for sharing them!
Sherrie
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So beautiful!!
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Oh wow! Thanks for sharing those beautiful transformations! Just my type of post!
Both are amazing!
Roeshel
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Kitchen makeovers really are amazing. I love the one with the dark cabinets.
-Angela
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Wow what a huge difference on both kitchens. Thanks for the website and the book. Looking forward to checking both out. I hope you and yours are having a super Labor Day Weekend..hugs ~lynne~
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I never fail to be amazed at the huge difference one can make with paint.
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Nice to see before and after pictures:)
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