1930's House facelift help please
Richard Sibley
9 years ago
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Re-model our 1930's detached house: can you help please?
Comments (8)To me the proportions of the windows don't look right. I don't think that the front face of the bay would've originally been one pane - I think there wouldn't been one or two vertical dividers. To improve the look of the house I would replace the windows with something that looks more in keeping. I would also re-render with a smooth render. I would either put the front door where the flat window is, or make more of an entrance of the for where it is. You don't say whether you use the driveway down the side of the house for a car. if not there are things you could do to make the existing entrance more appealing with a path, planters, etc....See MoreHelp choosing front door colour - 1930s house
Comments (3)Farrow and Ball 'Pigeon' or Oval Room Blue' would complement the bricks and tiles....See More1930s home layout. Would you redesign or extend?
Comments (8)Turn dining room into cozy sitting room, add log stove to existing fireplace and assume french doors to orangery are not usually used. Get structural engineer's advice about how much of the wall between the current living room and kitchen you can safely remove then get the sledge hammers in. Remove all of kitchen and pantry, add insulating internal doors to access orangery. 3 Put kitchen units down both sides of current living room, old kitchen (possibly with chimney retained or steel columns) will be a small dining area for winter use. Conservatory / orangery can then be open to this area for the mild weather or closed off in mid winter. The flow from front door to kitchen - dining - conservatory will be along clear sight lines and would not feel so 'busy'. Retiring to the cosy sitting room would be just off the main hall. The restored privacy means It could also double as a guest bedroom. Upstairs, I would turn the smallest bedroom into a large bathroom, look into keeping the loo as an ensuite to the left bedroom (although does this plumbing go internal to the conservatory?). Anyway good luck with it....See MoreHelp please with 1930’s Kitchen diner layout…
Comments (20)I’m not 100% sure I have the dimensions or orientation correct - hopefully I have. I definitely agree with taking out the stud wall between the kitchen & hall. I presume you will replace it but further away from the back wall of the house which will lengthen your kitchen. If you keep your kitchen in its current room I think you could have your run of tall cupboards as proposed in the new kitchen plan but switch the orientation of the island to run in parallel to that wall. Put the hob on the island and you will look towards the dining area as you are cooking. Having the island parallel to the tall cupboards is also a more modern look. If you take out the wall between the kitchen & current dining area too you would have the scope to make that run of cupboards a bit longer too by taking them over to your double-doors. I think you need to make that whole space at the back of the house feel like one large room (kitchen diner) - which could be achieved by including some of the same kitchen units in the dining side. Are you keeping the fireplace if you keep the kitchen in its current space?...See MoreOnePlan
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