Here are all the before and after pictures of the Living Room & Dining Room from ‘Our 1930s Fixer Upper’
August 2016
Right Move Picture of Front Room (Dining Room)
Right Move picture of Living Room
October 2016 – September 2018
We gave the Living Room a temporary makeover while the extension building work was going on.
October 2018 – November 2018
Following the completion of the new extension, we decided to knock through the two reception rooms into one to make a larger Living/Dining Area. One of the main reasons for doing this was to ensure maximum light coming through from front to back of the house. The existing Living Room was incredibly dark and we never used the front room so it was a no brainer. Still to this day, the best decision we made.
Dark and dingy Living Room
You can see the light comparisons here
Before the knock through
The start of things to come
Rooms Plastered
Rooms Plastered
Rooms Plastered
Rooms Plastered
New Fireplace being installed
New Fireplace being installed
New Fireplace being installed
New Fireplace being installed
New Fireplace
Ian starts to decorate
Ian starts to decorate
Floor is leveled to ensure an even finish
Late November 2018
The flooring is laid and the room enters the final finishes
Flooring is laid
Flooring is laid
Flooring is laid
Moving furniture in
New Dresser
December 2018 – September 2019
The Living & Dining Room would go on to have lots of different styles before we would go on and decide the final look for this space.
Before Ian started the built-ins
October 2019 – December 2019
The dresser went darker and we added a new 2 seater sofa to replace the leather chair.
The dresser painted in Neptune ‘Ink’
The dresser painted in Neptune ‘Ink’
The dresser painted in Neptune ‘Ink’
The dresser painted in Neptune ‘Ink’
The dresser painted in Neptune ‘Ink’
Emma Bridgewater Black Toast
New Sofa arrives plus we change the pictures above the sofa
Christmas Eve
January 2020
The Living Room was lacking character and needed some additional detail so Ian created some new built-ins working in collaboration with Wickes
Before Ian started the built-ins
Finished result
February 2020
To add some more greenery to compliment the neutrals in this space, we went with this stunning Olive Tree from Villaggio Verde
April 2020
We later went lockdown crazy (like most people) and decided to take the mirror above the Fireplace a darker colour (Mylands Orbatory) and paint the dresser the same colour. In the Dining Room, we add a larger rug from Heals which finished this room off perfectly.
