Our den has west-facing windows, so it gets light in the late afternoon, but it had fake wood paneling along with its unusual brick floors, so it would just absorb all light it came into contact with. I've long envisioned ripping out (or painting over) the paneling, in hopes that that would make it brighter.
Here's what the den looked like when we bought the house:
Facing south
Facing north-ish, toward the kitchen and breakfast nook.
This picture was taken mid-day with all of the lights on.
This picture was taken mid-day with all of the lights on.
On Monday the contractors ripped out the paneling:
Looking better already!
Wednesday the hung the dry wall, taped, and spackled:
It's so much lighter!
This is at night, with the same lights as the pre-move-in pictures.
This is at night, with the same lights as the pre-move-in pictures.
Thursday they returned to texture the walls.
Tomorrow (or maybe Monday?) it'll get primed. I haven't figured out what color to paint the walls yet, since we still have brick floors (under the protective paper) and a brick hearth.
1 comment:
Amazing transformation in the den! And I don't know if you're interested, but I saw a really pretty white fireplace where the owners actually painted the brick white. I thought it would look terrible, but it looked great! And the kitchen. Love it that you took out the uppers and opened up the room and that you got rid of the wall stove. I always like my stove and cooktop in the same spot. You so needed more pantry. Can't wait to see all this! Don't work yourselves to death before we get there. ;-) I don't know about the kitchen color, but bring home a lot of paint chips or look online at kitchens. Pale yellow is always nice, at least I like it in a kitchen. I hope Reaper is closed Friday after Thanksgiving so we get to see Gus too.
Post a Comment