Craftsman Living Room/Dining Room Help
Nancy S
10年前
This post replaces my request for suggestions in hiring a designer. Through that post we were able to find an architect who helped us with a master plan and we'll be submitting plans to replace and enclosed patio (sun room) with an addition. Then we'll tackle the kitchen and other bath.
Meanwhile, my personal project is in my favorite part of the house. As stated in my original post I have decided broadly on my course of action, in the following order.
1. Paint the ceiling (this wasn't on my original list but upon realizing the the ceiling is now kind of pink I thought this should be painted).
2. Remove shutters and refinish wood (this is a big project!)
3. Either remove wallpaper and paint or decide to be happy with it.
4. Remove carpet and refinish the wood floors underneath.
5. Then... see about furniture...
I am thankful for all the advice received so far and hope to be able to provide updates (and get more help as we move along).
Meanwhile, my personal project is in my favorite part of the house. As stated in my original post I have decided broadly on my course of action, in the following order.
1. Paint the ceiling (this wasn't on my original list but upon realizing the the ceiling is now kind of pink I thought this should be painted).
2. Remove shutters and refinish wood (this is a big project!)
3. Either remove wallpaper and paint or decide to be happy with it.
4. Remove carpet and refinish the wood floors underneath.
5. Then... see about furniture...
I am thankful for all the advice received so far and hope to be able to provide updates (and get more help as we move along).
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Nancy S
9年前A bit of before and after. The bright spotlight is kind of blowing out the color and I will take new photos tomorrow, but the walls were painted and it is wonderful. Now to put things back and to decorate.
Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前Living room is put back together. We uncovered the floors but need to have them refinished when the dining room is done, which I'll be starting on this weekend. Here are photos of the "finished" look... We are working with a decorator so there will be more changes. Meanwhile I'm pretty happy with my work. Thanks to everyone who's given tips and encouragement.
lepstein
9年前Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前So we started on the dining room today. It's amazing how much light we have without the shutters and grasscloth. But I'm most excited about the discovery under the wallpaper... A plate rail.
abbyjean
9年前Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前Hi Linda, the wall has stain on it so it can look confusing. The first photos shows the wall at an angle. The paneling covers the bottom half of the wall and grass cloth is on the top half. Today, when removing the grass cloth, we discovered that there was wallpaper covered by paint and then the grass cloth was on top. While scraping this off we discovered more wood which seems to correlate with a board and batten wainscoting. So the dark brown is the wood, the white on both sides is the painted wallpaper, and the wall is yellowish with a brown stain. Hopefully that makes sense. I'll have to find some more trim molding to finish it off but I like the idea of a plate rail.
Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前Hi Linda, we had the home tour at the end of September. We weren't home for it but were told that almost 500 people toured. We went and saw the other houses on the tour. It was a fun day. Meanwhile I'm hard at work in the dining room. Recently I successfully unstuck the dining room windows. They had been sealed shut, sash cords cut with holes plugged ( thankfully they didn't plug the whole track), painted shut on outside, with some extra molding added on outside. But now they work! I still need to strip, stain, and finish the wood, but it was pretty gratifying to accomplish this repair.
Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前After 18 months of working in my spare time (and in between other parts of the project) I'm pleased to say that I have finally finished stripping the wood! This is a major milestone and one for which I've been saving a bottle of my favorite wine. Cheers!
We also had some missing trim milled and installed. Next stop is sanding, staining, finishing.
PRONancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前I think that I mentioned before that we are doing an addition. I wanted to have my project completed before the addition started but all the funding was lined up and we started December 18. Then I was hoping to finish me project before the addition. Now I'm trying to at least finish at close to the same time but realistically my contractors are working faster than me. Anyway, it is all pretty exciting. Here are a few photos of the addition in progress.
Nancy S
9年前Nancy S
9年前After 19 months I'm finished staining. Maybe I'll be ready for some before/after photos in April
abbyjean
9年前Nancy S
9年前abbyjean
9年前Nancy S
9年前abbyjean
9年前Nancy S
9年前
Update: the floor was refinished this week. We can walk on it now but need to wait another day (and dust thoroughly) before putting the furniture back. I need to put two more coats of finish on the buffet. Painter is coming Tuesday and shoe trim will hopefully be installed while we are on vacation. Then we can put the furniture back and slowly start decorating.
mamabear2014
9年前Nancy S
8年前Hi Linda, I did finish my project last May. I still need to purchase furniture and rugs and stuff but need to wait until we have some money for all of that! We also finished our addition and it looks great. I'll post some photos for you. Next up will be the kitchen and then the inside will be all done! Well...except for the furniture.
This is me having a celebratory glass of wine the day I finished my wood project.
This art is only there until I find something better (and more colorful) but you can see some of the wood.
One of my little dogs checking out the Christmas activity. Apparently I haven't taken too many photos once I was done. Which is amazing as I have so many in progress photos. I'll post the addition separately
Nancy S
8年前And... our addition is complete!
outside shot
Here are a couple of bathroom shots. I don't have nay of the den, closet, laundry room or of the shower in the bathroom. I must have run our of picture taking energy! Let me know if you'd like to see more.
MarleneM
8年前abbyjean
8年前
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