The ENTRY
Above you can see the entry way before the renovation and below is after. I'll point out the differences. First, we repainted. The yellow was unflattering and looking dull after so many years. The trim was updated to an antique white which really made a difference. I could not tell that the trim needed painting before we started but it made all the difference after. The floors were refinished with a period correct finish. We replaced the light. It was an old boob light but we stole the chandelier from the library, polished it (that took about 10 hours of elbow grease) and washed all the crystals. It looks amazing in the entry. The newel post was a half white, half stained number that I stripped down, sanded and refinished. unfortunately, the bottom quarter was badly abused and repaired with MDF so it could not be stained to match and was painted. However, the finished newel post looks 100% better and I am so happy with it.
The LIVING ROOM
This living was ROUGH when we purchased the house. The mantle had been savagedly ripped out, the original tile had been covered over with square ceramic bathroom tiles, most of the baseboards were covered with radiators and the 80's style planation shutters blocked so much gorgeous light. We patched and repainted. We installed a new heat systerm that eliminated the radiant heat. The old windows were replaced and we removed all the shutters as well. Luckily, there is an awesome antique market in Atlanta, called Scott's Antique Market and we scored a deal purchasing 3 mantles at once to cover all that had been stolen. Below are the images just before the final cleaning.
You can see our beautiful new mantle and tile surrounds.
Look at the fantastic view that was hidden behind those plantation shutters. There isn't a room in this house with a bad view.
Up next: the dining room, kitchen and new butler's pantry. Here's a sneak peek.
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