Photo by Infarrantly Creative

When you see a beauitfully-decorated room filled with unique pieces of furniture and creative details, do you immediately assume everything is out of your price range? Or ... is that just me?

Well, good news, great design doesn't have to be out of your reach when there's a whole world of DIY projects at your fingertips. Wait until you see how one woman took this boring hutch and turned into something fabulous...

When I stumbled upon this step-by-step guide to refurbishing an old, drab hutch, I was blown away. To have such outstanding creativity for a piece of furniture and to carry it out so impeccably, well, it gives new meaning to the words do-it-yourself.

Beckie at Infarrantly Creative found the not-so-inspiring hutch above in an old rental house, about to be trashed, with missing knobs and not suited for any pretty room. With a few layers of spray paint and some patterned fabric, she repurposed this (free!) piece of furniture into this:

Photo by Infarrantly Creative

Wow, right?

For Beckie's step-by-step DIY hutch tutorial, visit her blog Infarrantly Creative.

So, are there any inspiring DIY projects you've been admiring lately?