Before and after, 1930s house restoration
Nicola Hassall
7 years ago
we bought our unmodernised 1930s semi-detached 5 months ago, and started the big task for tackling every room. As I have enjoyed looking at houzz for inspiration during this time, I thought I'd share our progress so far and some before and after pics! In addition to decorating 5 rooms we have had a new roof, new boiler and radiators, two new bay windows, full rewire and some plastering. We've still got three rooms to do, before we think about our extension!
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Alannah Moore
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Reconfiguration of 1930's detached house
Comments (8)Thanks for all your helpful comments. I have been thinking a lot about how we use the space and been less concerned with keeping rooms just for the girls. I was concerned that it currently looks like a 3 bedroom house with a study but we have no plans to move in the foreseeable future so I think I can put that aside as well. Looking at the plans drawn up by the previous owners is confusing me too much. Our needs are different so I have gone back to the basic floor plan of what we have at the moment. We want to remove the conservatories and utility room and replace these with a large open plan area which will include the existing living room and kitchen. There will be a column (maybe attached to island ) somewhere and velux windows in the roof. I want to keep the kitchen on the right and move the utility into the rear of the garage and install a shower room next to it. I think I would like the living area to be at the back and take advantage of the views. This means the dining area will be on the left of the kitchen . We will have 2 sets of bifold or sliding doors ( apparently it would be very costly to have one large set as we would need to hire a very large crane to put in the steel). I also want a wood burning stove. I still like the idea of a study or even a boot room with external door on the side but appreciate One Plans comments about the space not being big enough. Thank you in advance for any further ideas....See MoreBankton House - Before and After
Comments (1)Wow that is a labour of love, what a beautiful, beautiful home....See MoreBefore and after, 1930s house restoration
Comments (22)thanks everyone! lkirk44 the blue wallpaper is by blendworth and the pattern is called Hex from their Wedgwood collection. it's a really lovely wallpaper!...See MoreBefore & After: The truth about 1930's house kitchen renovations
Comments (18)I love this timeless look. It looks like a great layout and an immeasurable improvement on the before. For various reasons range cookers and real wooden worktops don’t work in practice for me, but that’s a personal thing and everyone has different preferences....See Morelologlow
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6 years agohi Suzie, thanks for your comment. the window is original (one of the things that we were looking for in a 1930s house!). eventually we will look at replacing it but will keep the original top glass. In one of my other posts I've shown my bay windows which we've had replaced with flush casement PVC but encapsulating the leaded lights (pic below). I feel it's important to keep as much of the original features as possible :)
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